“(PWD) get to contribute meaningfully to society and find fulfilment in doing so. This business would serve the community while benefiting the environment by reducing pollution caused by long-distance shipping. Currently, parts must be ordered and shipped from afar, meaning people with disabilities must often wait extended periods for critically needed parts and equipment. Examples are limited only by the imagination, but one participant brought forward an idea to locally source accessibility products, including wheelchair parts. “People with disabilities can impact society through such ventures,” Tettevi says. Her efforts will not only change the lives of program participants, but also removes barriers and creates a more inclusive society. Her program delivers workshops to PWD from Kamloops and Kelowna. Social enterprises are defined as businesses that create positive change. Tettevi is researching ways that social entrepreneurship training is a viable career direction for PWD. Professor Bruce Martin is a co-supervisor of Selali Tettevi’s thesis. ![]() Searching for a way to make an even greater impact, in 2021 she enrolled in the MBA program and is now putting her passion for social entrepreneurship together with her commitment to improving the lives of PWD. Unable to continue her nursing career, Tettevi began working in health administration and became an advocate for people with disabilities (PWD). So, I figured, do what you do, work around your disability. ![]() I believe in bending situations to suit you. “I don’t believe in bending to situations. “It was tough after being in the accident, but I’ve always been a driven, reach-for-the-skies kind of person,” says Tettevi, now a thesis-based Master of Business Administration (MBA) student at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). She could have let her newly acquired disability dissolve her ambition, but that’s not what happened. Four years later, her life changed in an instant when an accident left her with quadriplegia. In 2004, Selali Tettevi left her home country of Ghana to further her education and start a nursing career in Canada.
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