Success Stories

The MentorAbility program is about researching your career path and determining if, “What you think you want to do is actually what you really want to do.” MentorAbility matches clients with opportunities to compare the career path identified and to gain the work experience. PPRC matches client Protégés with Employer Mentors. Steve Brezynyski of SLB […]

Travis Richards chose Performance Plus Rehabilitative Care Inc. (PPRC) as his service provider and joined the MentorAbility Program as a protégé. Travis is from the Barry’s Bay and operates his own company, Travis Richards Office (TRO). Travis’ business interest is social media and he provides marketing services in Renfrew County.PPRC is a partner within the […]

Evripos has been a champion employer in hiring inclusively, they have been a partner with Performance Plus Rehabilitative Care Inc. (PPRC) for several years. When Jennifer Forbes the PPRC MentorAbility Coordinator spoke to Evripos they jumped at the chance to offer a MentorAbility opportunity to a PPRC protégé. Robyn Lapp selected PPRC as her service […]

Some pretty magnificent things happen when talented people team up to pursue innovative research.  That spirit of teamwork was in full force when The Ottawa Hospital, Performance Plus Rehabilitative Care (PPRC) and Sphere teamed up to help Dawson Frobel access meaningful and challenging work at the hospital’s research institute. Dawson was a job seeker with […]

Finding employment equal to your skills in another country is challenging enough, but try it with a disability. Heather Scott faced that challenge after she came to Canada in 2010 to pursue a new degree and a new career. A dual citizen of Canada and South Africa, Heather had spent her adult life in South […]

A little courage and enthusiasm can take you a long way. For Jennie, it led to her first full-time job in four years within a few days. Jennie once worked as a teacher and as a project coordinator. But a few health issues left her in need of more flexible work arrangements to deal with […]

By the time she graduated high school at the age of 17, Sophie Cleroux had endured a coma, three surgeries and the implantation of a pacemaker thanks to a heart condition that left her with a learning disability. Such challenges would have left many people in her circumstances discouraged about the future, with low expectations […]

During her years of struggle with depression and Attention Deficit Disorder following a major breakdown in 2003, Donna (that is not her real name) was told by doctors that she would never work again. Today, she is employed by the Canada Revenue Agency after a return to school that saw her graduate with a 94-percent […]

Every person with a disability has unique abilities that helps them adapt and grow, those strengths can be transferred to their on the job performance.  What they need is an opportunity to work, an employer champion who will give them a chance. Jorde Hess is the owner of Hess’ Your Independent Grocer on Montreal Road […]

Performance Plus Rehabilitative Care Inc. (PPRC) is one of the founding members of the Employment Accessibility Resource Network (EARN).  EARN is a United Way community lead initiative. It was designed to assist persons who self-identify as having a disability get access to the labour market.  The goal is to bring employers, both from business and government together with service […]

Dimitri Jean-Paul is a good natured, bright young man with ambition and a desire to work.  The only challenge is his hearing loss.  Finding employment is not easy when the world does not know how to communicate with you. Dimitri is not complacent, he knew what he wanted, and he set out to find a service provider […]

Performance Plus Rehabilitative Care Inc. celebrates 25 years of connecting employers with people with disabilities Ottawa Business Journal – OBJ360 Content Studio Published: Feb 21, 2019 Where do you find top talent? One of the common misconceptions for employers is that bringing in a person with a disability can be difficult and costly. Performance Plus […]