Collin Jolicoeur-Mackenzie, a customer service clerk at the Madison Square Liquor Mart in Winnipeg, is on his second three-month work experience rotation. Photo: Mike Deal / Free Press

Internship program exposes graduating high-schoolers with developmental disabilities to career opportunities

by Local Journalism Initiative February 21, 2025

written by Local Journalism Initiative February 21, 2025

By Maggie Macintosh | Winnipeg Free Press Oly Backstrom’s new bling has renewed his belief in the power of Project Search — a school-to-workplace transition program for youth with developmental disabilities, which the Winnipeg-based rights activist brought to Canada. Earlier in the school year, Back...

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