Have you watched a talented hire quietly disengage in their first few months?
SERVICES
HOW WE CAN HELP
01. Accessibility & Inclusion Strategy
Identify barriers, strengthen existing systems.
02 . Inclusive Onboarding
A welcoming, supportive experience from day one.
03. Workshops & Speaking
Interactive presentations that inspire action and provide practical tools.
04. Workplace Assessments
Examine accessibility, psychological safety, culture, and leadership practices.
FORGE by the Numbers
20+
Years of Experience
Helping individuals and organizations remove barriers and build opportunity
10
Sectors Served
From healthcare and apprenticeship to government, education, and industry
80%
of Disabilities Are Non-Apparent
Yet often the most overlooked barrier in workplace design
8
Provinces Reached
Supporting organizations from coast to coast
01. Lay the Foundation
Understand your organization, identify strengths, recognize barriers.
02. Build the Structure
Develop leadership, onboarding, communication, and workplace systems.
03. Strengthen the Workforce
Education, practical tools, accessibility and psychological safety.
04. Sustain Success
Measure progress, evaluate impact, and continuously improve.
MEET KERRi deir
Kerri Deir is the founder of FORGE and an Accessibility & Impact Consultant with more than 20 years of experience helping individuals, organizations, and communities remove barriers and build opportunities.
Today, Kerri works with organizations across Canada to strengthen accessibility, psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and workforce sustainability.
"I witnessed talented, capable people struggle—not because they lacked ability, but because the systems around them weren't designed to help them succeed."
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At FORGE, we know that you want to build a workplace where people stay, succeed, and belong. In order to do that, you need systems — leadership, onboarding, communication, and culture — that are designed with people in mind from the start.
The problem is most workplaces aren't built that way: barriers go unnoticed until someone struggles, and by then, trust is already hard to rebuild.
We believe organizations shouldn't have to wait until something goes wrong to invest in their people.
We understand how frustrating it is to invest in recruiting great talent, only to watch them leave because the workplace wasn't set up to help them thrive — which is why we help organizations build stronger workplaces through accessibility, psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and systems that support people from the very beginning.
So, book a consultation to see where your organization stands today. And in the meantime, download our Workplace Foundation Self-Assessment — so you can stop losing good people to systems that weren't built for them, and instead build a workplace where people stay, succeed, and belong.
INSIGHTS & UPDATES
Trusted by organizations across Canada
Find out if your workplace is built to last
A five-minute self-assessment across the five foundations of a workplace where people stay, succeed and belong. Score yourself, spot the gaps, and leave with one practical next step.