Deaf News: Deaf and dying: How a volunteer team brings palliative care comfort through communication in the capital of Canada.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa Citizen: The first experience Monica Elaine Campbell had with palliative care was helping a woman who had lost her ability to speak because of throat cancer.
Campbell, profoundly Deaf since birth, is an excellent lip reader and staff at an Ottawa Hospital asked if she could interpret the dying woman’s words. The woman had been communicating with paper and pen, but now was too weak even to do that.
“I was very hesitant. Then I thought, well, the least I could do is give it a try,” said Campbell, who is able to speak despite never having heard a word herself. “I put my hand on her right arm and said, ‘I’ve never done this before. I will try my best.”
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Campbell leaned close as the woman mouthed her words. Campbell repeated it back and had the woman nod yes if she had understood correctly. She spent five hours with the woman, relaying messages between her and her family and the medical team. She was able to interpret about 85 per cent of what the woman told her.
“I came away a different person,” Campbell said. “I was very touched by the experience.”
The dying woman had not been Deaf, but the experience got Campbell thinking about the communication needs of people like herself: the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. A few years later, Campbell was asked to help a Deaf friend who was about to receive bad news about her cancer diagnosis.
“I didn’t know much about palliative care, but she was struggling with her terminal illness,” Campbell said. “I thought, my goodness, what if that was me? I thought, I should talk to my Deaf friends about death and dying and what our experiences have been.”
Those conversations led Campbell and her friend, sign language interpreter Christine Wilson, to start up the Ottawa Deaf Palliative Care Team, a group of volunteers that provide end-of-life care for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and their families. In 1999, she enrolled in palliative care courses at Algonquin College with two Deaf colleagues (the Deaf use a capital D to refer to the sub-culture of people who communicate with sign language; “Hard of Hearing” are those who have lost some or most of the hearing but can still use some speech, sometimes augmented with sign language; the “Deafened” or “Oral Deaf” have lost some or all of their hearing, but either learned to speak before their deafness or, like Campbell, learned to speak despite it.) Read More at Ottawa Citizen.
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Thursday, November 10, 2016
Deaf Teacher Discriminated at Alberta School
Deaf News: Edmonton Public Schools must pay $15,000 for discriminating against an Alberta School for the Deaf teacher who is Deaf, a recent Alberta Human Rights tribunal decision says.
EDMONTON, AB -- Edmonton Journal: The school district breached human rights law in its dealings with teacher Gail Lidkea when her new service dog prompted them to move her to a small, isolated classroom and limit the dog’s movement around the school, human rights tribunal chairman William Johnson ruled last month.
Lidkea, who has profound hearing loss, had been teaching for 17 years when, in 2009, she became eligible for a service dog from the Lions Foundation of Canada, the ruling said. During training in Ontario, she discovered her new Labrador/golden-retriever cross, Widget, was supposed to stay with her most of the time and should not be left alone for more than three hours.
When her co-workers at the Grade 1-12 school found out Widget would come to the building daily, some raised concerns about their allergies and the possibility medically sensitive students in Lidkea’s class might be affected.
On the advice of a district administrator, the school’s principal put Lidkea on paid leave for three weeks while the school decided how to accommodate the dog and people sensitive to its dander.
“I was very anxious because I didn’t understand what was going on,” Lidkea testified at a human rights hearing. “I was upset. I was hurt and disappointed because I was hoping for a smooth transition, which wasn’t happening.”
The principal and district’s then-director of staff relations, meanwhile, were questioning Lidkea’s need for the service dog, according to emails exchanges submitted as exhibits to the commission.
Then-principal Sandra Mason wrote to her superior that although Lidkea’s dog was for safety and security, the school was purposefully designed for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and staff.
“Am I, as the principal, going to be ‘set up’ for every other staff member to want to explore the same thing? (This may be a stretch but it is a concern for me and I can see this becoming an issue),” Mason wrote.
Without consulting Lidkea, the district assigned the teacher new classes in two small rooms in a remote part of the building. In an email to the principal, Lidkea said she was “heartbroken about losing the students I am so close to.”
The teacher was told to leave her dog in her classroom when she went to school events or made photocopies in the office. One time, she and her dog were told to stand in the doorway during a staff meeting to keep the dog away from an allergic co-worker.
“I feel alienated from my colleagues and the students. I feel anxious and uncertain when it becomes necessary to go to other locations in the building and I must leave Widget behind … I can’t help feel, however, that a certain amount of over-reaction is happening,” Lidkea wrote in a January 2010 letter to the school.
Lidkea continued to teach for two years in rooms she described as cramped, inappropriate for students with behavioural issues and full of safety hazards for students, Widget and herself. The isolation continued nearly two years after the school had ruled out allergies as a concern.
What happened after 2012 is unclear from the document. Lidkea could not be reached for comment.
The human rights tribunal chair said the school district could have found a more appropriate space for Lidkea to work, and failed to properly assess the health effects of the dog on other staff and students in the school.
Edmonton Public Schools did not provide a response to questions by Thursday evening.
Lidkea’s lawyer said he has not received any notice of appeal from the school district.
Johnson’s Oct. 14 ruling awarded Lidkea $15,000, plus interest from December 2009, for “mental anguish, injury to dignity and injury to self-respect.”
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Related: #Deaf Canadians
EDMONTON, AB -- Edmonton Journal: The school district breached human rights law in its dealings with teacher Gail Lidkea when her new service dog prompted them to move her to a small, isolated classroom and limit the dog’s movement around the school, human rights tribunal chairman William Johnson ruled last month.
Lidkea, who has profound hearing loss, had been teaching for 17 years when, in 2009, she became eligible for a service dog from the Lions Foundation of Canada, the ruling said. During training in Ontario, she discovered her new Labrador/golden-retriever cross, Widget, was supposed to stay with her most of the time and should not be left alone for more than three hours.
When her co-workers at the Grade 1-12 school found out Widget would come to the building daily, some raised concerns about their allergies and the possibility medically sensitive students in Lidkea’s class might be affected.
On the advice of a district administrator, the school’s principal put Lidkea on paid leave for three weeks while the school decided how to accommodate the dog and people sensitive to its dander.
“I was very anxious because I didn’t understand what was going on,” Lidkea testified at a human rights hearing. “I was upset. I was hurt and disappointed because I was hoping for a smooth transition, which wasn’t happening.”
The principal and district’s then-director of staff relations, meanwhile, were questioning Lidkea’s need for the service dog, according to emails exchanges submitted as exhibits to the commission.
Then-principal Sandra Mason wrote to her superior that although Lidkea’s dog was for safety and security, the school was purposefully designed for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and staff.
“Am I, as the principal, going to be ‘set up’ for every other staff member to want to explore the same thing? (This may be a stretch but it is a concern for me and I can see this becoming an issue),” Mason wrote.
Without consulting Lidkea, the district assigned the teacher new classes in two small rooms in a remote part of the building. In an email to the principal, Lidkea said she was “heartbroken about losing the students I am so close to.”
The teacher was told to leave her dog in her classroom when she went to school events or made photocopies in the office. One time, she and her dog were told to stand in the doorway during a staff meeting to keep the dog away from an allergic co-worker.
“I feel alienated from my colleagues and the students. I feel anxious and uncertain when it becomes necessary to go to other locations in the building and I must leave Widget behind … I can’t help feel, however, that a certain amount of over-reaction is happening,” Lidkea wrote in a January 2010 letter to the school.
Lidkea continued to teach for two years in rooms she described as cramped, inappropriate for students with behavioural issues and full of safety hazards for students, Widget and herself. The isolation continued nearly two years after the school had ruled out allergies as a concern.
What happened after 2012 is unclear from the document. Lidkea could not be reached for comment.
The human rights tribunal chair said the school district could have found a more appropriate space for Lidkea to work, and failed to properly assess the health effects of the dog on other staff and students in the school.
Edmonton Public Schools did not provide a response to questions by Thursday evening.
Lidkea’s lawyer said he has not received any notice of appeal from the school district.
Johnson’s Oct. 14 ruling awarded Lidkea $15,000, plus interest from December 2009, for “mental anguish, injury to dignity and injury to self-respect.”
SOURCE
Related: #Deaf Canadians
First Deaf Canadian Iron Worker With Certificate
Deaf News: Winnipeg iron worker receives red seal certificate in Canada.
CTV WINNIPEG -- Jonathon Anderson is a qualified tradesman. At 26 years of age, he's the first Deaf Canadian iron worker with a red seal certificate.
The national designation lets qualified tradespeople use their skills anywhere in the country, something Anderson said he’s very proud of.
“I'm very happy to be doing what I am doing,” Anderson explained using American Sign Language. “I love my job."
Anderson was diagnosed as Deaf shortly after his first birthday, when his parents noticed he was sleeping through loud noises.
His parents said he never let his hearing impairment get in the way of what he wanted to do.
“He learned to adapt, he couldn't hear but he always had his way of communicating," his mother Bertha Anderson said.
Growing up in Winnipeg, Anderson attended the Manitoba School for the Deaf and St.James Collegiate.
According to his mother, Anderson played hockey and football with the help of an interpreter and by finding unique ways to communicate with his teammates.
“The coaches would often write on the white board to help with the communication,” she said.
Anderson attended Red River College where he earned his iron working qualifications.
Last spring he took his red seal examination and passed.
On Sunday family, friends and mentors gathered at Union Centre to celebrate Anderson’s achievement.
Throughout his career Anderson has worked across the country, but his most significant job was at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
It’s the building he is most proud to have helped build.
"My parents will say my son helped build that building and my sons will say daddy worked there," he explained.
Anderson has also worked on many other buildings in the city, including the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, University of Manitoba and True North Square.
He hopes what he has accomplished will inspire youth who also live with a hearing impairment to chase their dreams.
"I want to show people that Deaf people can work with people who are not Deaf," Anderson said.
“You can succeed and prove them wrong if they say you can’t, show them that you can."
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CTV WINNIPEG -- Jonathon Anderson is a qualified tradesman. At 26 years of age, he's the first Deaf Canadian iron worker with a red seal certificate.The national designation lets qualified tradespeople use their skills anywhere in the country, something Anderson said he’s very proud of.
“I'm very happy to be doing what I am doing,” Anderson explained using American Sign Language. “I love my job."
Anderson was diagnosed as Deaf shortly after his first birthday, when his parents noticed he was sleeping through loud noises.
His parents said he never let his hearing impairment get in the way of what he wanted to do.
“He learned to adapt, he couldn't hear but he always had his way of communicating," his mother Bertha Anderson said.
Growing up in Winnipeg, Anderson attended the Manitoba School for the Deaf and St.James Collegiate.
According to his mother, Anderson played hockey and football with the help of an interpreter and by finding unique ways to communicate with his teammates.
“The coaches would often write on the white board to help with the communication,” she said.
Anderson attended Red River College where he earned his iron working qualifications.
Last spring he took his red seal examination and passed.
On Sunday family, friends and mentors gathered at Union Centre to celebrate Anderson’s achievement.
Throughout his career Anderson has worked across the country, but his most significant job was at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
It’s the building he is most proud to have helped build.
"My parents will say my son helped build that building and my sons will say daddy worked there," he explained.
Anderson has also worked on many other buildings in the city, including the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, University of Manitoba and True North Square.
He hopes what he has accomplished will inspire youth who also live with a hearing impairment to chase their dreams.
"I want to show people that Deaf people can work with people who are not Deaf," Anderson said.
“You can succeed and prove them wrong if they say you can’t, show them that you can."
SOURCE
Related Deaf Winnipeggers:
Deaf 'Peg Faced 'Disrespect' During Traffic Stops
Deaf-Blind Housing Project In Winnipeg, Canada
Deaf Canadian's Gallaudet Dream
Manitoba Deaf Athletes To Get More Sign Language Help
Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics
Deaf Homeless Man In Compassionate Gesture
Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies
Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
The Challenges of Being Deaf in a Hearing World
Deaf News: Even though I knew that I was Deaf and used sign language, parts of my identity were still fragmented.
TORONTO, ON -- Torontoist: This article is part one of a series on accessibility in Toronto for a Deaf, queer, nonbinary person. I grew up in small-town southern Ontario. I hated it--I wanted to experience something bigger, but I didn’t know what or how. My life was slightly different from others. I was a Deaf kid living in a Hearing world.
Growing up as a Deaf kid was really challenging. There were limited options, especially in a tiny community. Unlike hearing kids who went to their local schools, I had to get up earlier than other kids so I wouldn’t miss the short school bus.
Our Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing program was at a mainstream school with other hearing kids. The Deaf kids would have their own homeroom, taught by a “Teacher of the Deaf.”
Students in our program would occasionally be placed in “normal” classrooms with other hearing students, communicating through the use of an interpreter. Unfortunately, none of the teachers in the program were actually deaf, so no examples of healthy Deaf adult role models were present in my childhood.
The only other option was to attend a provincial school for the Deaf. The problem? I couldn’t stand being away from my mother, and attending the school meant that I’d have to live in residence. So I didn’t have much exposure to the Deaf community growing up, except for a few events here and there.
I remember attending Mayfest, an annual Deaf expo hosted by the Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD) at St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. The number of Deaf and signing participants often overwhelmed me--they signed so differently, not like the way I did.
There were literally hundreds of them from various backgrounds, of different races, and of all types of disabilities. This event was something that I looked forward to every year--a favourite part of my childhood, being in a space where we could celebrate being ourselves.
It was not until I became a teenager that I understood that my school taught us Signed Exact English (SEE) and not American Sign Language (ASL). So that was why others signed differently.
The signing system I had learned was intended to accommodate hearing people and “improve” our English literacy skills. This, I felt, had taken away my Deaf community and Deaf culture. I was being assimilated, and, due to that, I had no sense of identity.
Even though I knew that I was Deaf and used sign language, parts of my identity were still fragmented. Nearly everyone around me was straight and I didn’t fit the mold. I knew that, despite being Deaf, I was further marginalized by my own Deaf community. What did you expect? Growing up in a small community meant limited options, limited resources, limited identities, and limited access.
This meant that the Deaf community that I grew up in was not accessible for me as a deaf person with emerging identities yet to be discovered.
In Grade 12, something happened that paved the way to my discovery as a culturally deaf person. There was an interpreter shortage, and I couldn’t attend all of the classes that I registered for. I remember showing up for a class and the interpreter was not in her typical assigned seat, and the teacher continued to speak while I looked around, feeling lost, like a fool.
That was it. The lack of accessibility led to my ultimate decision to transfer to a school for the Deaf.
Through socializing with Deaf peers, fragmented parts of my identity and soul were finally put back together and began to feel whole. This journey helped me unpack internalized audism, and change the “d” in deaf to a “D,” to represent my transition to a culturally Deaf person.
Approaching the end of high school, I thought, “What am I going to do?” I thought I’d attend a local post-secondary institution, become a teacher, and lead a very boring life, only because that’s what my family wanted for me. But what did I want? To be accepted, to be in a place where I could be myself.
That space was discovered at Gallaudet University, where I met more members of the queer and trans community. That led to me coming out, embracing different parts of my identity.
Every summer on break from university, I attended the Pride festivities in Toronto and discovered the Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, where I met more folks like me.
But what was in my future after graduation? I wasn’t so sure yet.
Toronto was this place that I’d always dreamed of living in. This city was the place that I was going to move to after I graduated from Gallaudet University.
Being the capital city of Ontario, you’d think this city would be accessible for a person like me.
Toronto, you are exceptionally large, with a population of more than six million people in the city and its surrounding areas. Here, you can expect to find a few communities that you belong with. You’d expect more options, more resources, more identities, more accessibility, right?
The next article in this series will detail what accessibility in Toronto looks like.
SOURCE
Related: #Deaf Canadians
Related Deaf and Hearing Worlds:
Deaf Awareness: Alone In A Deaf World
Deaf Awareness: Alone In A Hearing World
Ted Evans - In Search Of The DEAF WORLD
Living In Between The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
A Hearing Son In Deaf Family 'I'd Rather Be Deaf'
Dropout Rate Among Mainstream Deaf Students
Life and Deaf - BBC4 Documentary
Through Deaf Eyes - Documentary Film
TORONTO, ON -- Torontoist: This article is part one of a series on accessibility in Toronto for a Deaf, queer, nonbinary person. I grew up in small-town southern Ontario. I hated it--I wanted to experience something bigger, but I didn’t know what or how. My life was slightly different from others. I was a Deaf kid living in a Hearing world.Growing up as a Deaf kid was really challenging. There were limited options, especially in a tiny community. Unlike hearing kids who went to their local schools, I had to get up earlier than other kids so I wouldn’t miss the short school bus.
Our Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing program was at a mainstream school with other hearing kids. The Deaf kids would have their own homeroom, taught by a “Teacher of the Deaf.”
Students in our program would occasionally be placed in “normal” classrooms with other hearing students, communicating through the use of an interpreter. Unfortunately, none of the teachers in the program were actually deaf, so no examples of healthy Deaf adult role models were present in my childhood.
The only other option was to attend a provincial school for the Deaf. The problem? I couldn’t stand being away from my mother, and attending the school meant that I’d have to live in residence. So I didn’t have much exposure to the Deaf community growing up, except for a few events here and there.
I remember attending Mayfest, an annual Deaf expo hosted by the Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD) at St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. The number of Deaf and signing participants often overwhelmed me--they signed so differently, not like the way I did.
There were literally hundreds of them from various backgrounds, of different races, and of all types of disabilities. This event was something that I looked forward to every year--a favourite part of my childhood, being in a space where we could celebrate being ourselves.
It was not until I became a teenager that I understood that my school taught us Signed Exact English (SEE) and not American Sign Language (ASL). So that was why others signed differently.
The signing system I had learned was intended to accommodate hearing people and “improve” our English literacy skills. This, I felt, had taken away my Deaf community and Deaf culture. I was being assimilated, and, due to that, I had no sense of identity.
Even though I knew that I was Deaf and used sign language, parts of my identity were still fragmented. Nearly everyone around me was straight and I didn’t fit the mold. I knew that, despite being Deaf, I was further marginalized by my own Deaf community. What did you expect? Growing up in a small community meant limited options, limited resources, limited identities, and limited access.
This meant that the Deaf community that I grew up in was not accessible for me as a deaf person with emerging identities yet to be discovered.
In Grade 12, something happened that paved the way to my discovery as a culturally deaf person. There was an interpreter shortage, and I couldn’t attend all of the classes that I registered for. I remember showing up for a class and the interpreter was not in her typical assigned seat, and the teacher continued to speak while I looked around, feeling lost, like a fool.
That was it. The lack of accessibility led to my ultimate decision to transfer to a school for the Deaf.
Through socializing with Deaf peers, fragmented parts of my identity and soul were finally put back together and began to feel whole. This journey helped me unpack internalized audism, and change the “d” in deaf to a “D,” to represent my transition to a culturally Deaf person.
Approaching the end of high school, I thought, “What am I going to do?” I thought I’d attend a local post-secondary institution, become a teacher, and lead a very boring life, only because that’s what my family wanted for me. But what did I want? To be accepted, to be in a place where I could be myself.
That space was discovered at Gallaudet University, where I met more members of the queer and trans community. That led to me coming out, embracing different parts of my identity.
Every summer on break from university, I attended the Pride festivities in Toronto and discovered the Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, where I met more folks like me.
But what was in my future after graduation? I wasn’t so sure yet.
Toronto was this place that I’d always dreamed of living in. This city was the place that I was going to move to after I graduated from Gallaudet University.
Being the capital city of Ontario, you’d think this city would be accessible for a person like me.
Toronto, you are exceptionally large, with a population of more than six million people in the city and its surrounding areas. Here, you can expect to find a few communities that you belong with. You’d expect more options, more resources, more identities, more accessibility, right?
The next article in this series will detail what accessibility in Toronto looks like.
SOURCE
Related: #Deaf Canadians
Related Deaf and Hearing Worlds:
Deaf Awareness: Alone In A Deaf World
Deaf Awareness: Alone In A Hearing World
Ted Evans - In Search Of The DEAF WORLD
Living In Between The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
A Hearing Son In Deaf Family 'I'd Rather Be Deaf'
Dropout Rate Among Mainstream Deaf Students
Life and Deaf - BBC4 Documentary
Through Deaf Eyes - Documentary Film
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Don't Erase School For Deaf History In NL
Deaf News: Don't erase school for Deaf history: former administrator.
ST. JOHN'S, NL -- The Telegram: John Reade points through windows of the former School for the Deaf and rhymes off classrooms and labs and how they were designed with no obstructions to students' ability to follow instruction.
John Reade recalls the home economics teacher who designed her own classroom and others who contributed ideas that made it easier for the students of the specialized facility.
His voice fills with pride as he recalls the Queen Elizabeth II's visit in the 1990s.
He remembers how he and other staff would visit the site in the mid-1980s when it was under construction and look over the foundation footings, imagining what would be a state of the art facility.
Before moving to Topsail Road, the school was located in an old military building by the airport and the windows would shake when planes took off and landed, wreaking havoc on those students who had hearing aids, he said.
Though many people in St. John's refer to it as the old School for the Deaf, there are no visible markings of that history and Reade said they disappeared two years ago.
The facility has had many uses since the school closed several years ago.
One wing now houses the school lunch program and it's filled in as temporary location for students from schools under construction.
The inquiry into the Donald Dunphy shooting is the latest tenant.
Reade, a former administrator who started teaching at the School for the Deaf in 1975, was leading a charge to have plaques returned to the school façade - one marked its opening and another a visit by Prince Edward.
While those plaques were removed, there remains on the grounds a memorial to the old sanatorium that once occupied the site.
Reade said he and a group of alumni want to see the plaques put back where they were on the brick façade, but even a marking beside the sanatorium plaque "would be something."
After The Telegram looked into the controversy, inquiring with the province and the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District about the issue, the board said late Friday it intends to have the two plaques reinstated next week.
Reade has been cataloging artifacts from the school - including a Steve Jobs-autographed early Apple that he said was bound for the trash when the Department of Education shuttered the school. He wants The Rooms to collect the artifacts.
He said it was only this summer during a come home year, that students realized the plaques had been removed from the school.
So Reade wrote to both Education Minister Dale Kirby and the English School District last month. He has no qualms with it being reused for other things, but lamented removal of its legacy.
"That building has a very important history," said Reade.
Prior to 1964 all children who were classified as Deaf were sent to first Montreal and later to Halifax for their education, Reade noted in his letter to officials.
In 1964, the Smallwood government decided to open a school for Deaf children in Pleasantville and the next year the school was moved to the U.S. barracks built in 1940 at the Torbay airport, Reade said.
In 1987, the students and staff moved into the modern Topsail Road building, but it was closed in 2010 with the province siting a lack of student enrolment.
"This building was much more than a school for four generations of Deaf Newfoundlanders. For some, it was a place of refuge from being bullied as being 'different,'" Reade said. "Through the (school's) home parent program, parents were taught how to communicate with their children and provide them with a basic language of everyday items that hearing children learn incidentally.
"(It) became a home away from home, an educational oasis, a place of acceptance, a recreation center, and most importantly, the introduction to Deaf Culture."
When the building was still known as the School for the Deaf, the Deaf community took pride in visiting and reminiscing about their time there and activities such as theatre productions by and for the Deaf or sports, he said.
"Now that the plaques were removed that dedicated the school by Premier (Brian) Peckford and commemorating the visit by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex the Deaf community, as a whole, feels as if they have been kicked in the stomach - again," Reade said.
SOURCE
Related Posts: #Deaf Canadians
ST. JOHN'S, NL -- The Telegram: John Reade points through windows of the former School for the Deaf and rhymes off classrooms and labs and how they were designed with no obstructions to students' ability to follow instruction.John Reade recalls the home economics teacher who designed her own classroom and others who contributed ideas that made it easier for the students of the specialized facility.
His voice fills with pride as he recalls the Queen Elizabeth II's visit in the 1990s.
He remembers how he and other staff would visit the site in the mid-1980s when it was under construction and look over the foundation footings, imagining what would be a state of the art facility.
Before moving to Topsail Road, the school was located in an old military building by the airport and the windows would shake when planes took off and landed, wreaking havoc on those students who had hearing aids, he said.
Though many people in St. John's refer to it as the old School for the Deaf, there are no visible markings of that history and Reade said they disappeared two years ago.
The facility has had many uses since the school closed several years ago.
One wing now houses the school lunch program and it's filled in as temporary location for students from schools under construction.
The inquiry into the Donald Dunphy shooting is the latest tenant.
Reade, a former administrator who started teaching at the School for the Deaf in 1975, was leading a charge to have plaques returned to the school façade - one marked its opening and another a visit by Prince Edward.
While those plaques were removed, there remains on the grounds a memorial to the old sanatorium that once occupied the site.
Reade said he and a group of alumni want to see the plaques put back where they were on the brick façade, but even a marking beside the sanatorium plaque "would be something."
After The Telegram looked into the controversy, inquiring with the province and the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District about the issue, the board said late Friday it intends to have the two plaques reinstated next week.
Reade has been cataloging artifacts from the school - including a Steve Jobs-autographed early Apple that he said was bound for the trash when the Department of Education shuttered the school. He wants The Rooms to collect the artifacts.
He said it was only this summer during a come home year, that students realized the plaques had been removed from the school.
So Reade wrote to both Education Minister Dale Kirby and the English School District last month. He has no qualms with it being reused for other things, but lamented removal of its legacy.
"That building has a very important history," said Reade.
Prior to 1964 all children who were classified as Deaf were sent to first Montreal and later to Halifax for their education, Reade noted in his letter to officials.
In 1964, the Smallwood government decided to open a school for Deaf children in Pleasantville and the next year the school was moved to the U.S. barracks built in 1940 at the Torbay airport, Reade said.
In 1987, the students and staff moved into the modern Topsail Road building, but it was closed in 2010 with the province siting a lack of student enrolment.
"This building was much more than a school for four generations of Deaf Newfoundlanders. For some, it was a place of refuge from being bullied as being 'different,'" Reade said. "Through the (school's) home parent program, parents were taught how to communicate with their children and provide them with a basic language of everyday items that hearing children learn incidentally.
"(It) became a home away from home, an educational oasis, a place of acceptance, a recreation center, and most importantly, the introduction to Deaf Culture."
When the building was still known as the School for the Deaf, the Deaf community took pride in visiting and reminiscing about their time there and activities such as theatre productions by and for the Deaf or sports, he said.
"Now that the plaques were removed that dedicated the school by Premier (Brian) Peckford and commemorating the visit by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex the Deaf community, as a whole, feels as if they have been kicked in the stomach - again," Reade said.
SOURCE
Related Posts: #Deaf Canadians
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
CRTC Launches Canada Video Relay Service
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
METRAC Campaign Aims Toronto Deaf Women
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: The METRAC campaign and program is aimed at making justice more accessible to Deaf women in family breakup situations.
TORONTO -- MetroNews: A new campaign in Toronto aims to help Deaf women facing family breakdowns navigate the legal system.
Through its Family Law Education for Women program, METRAC has partnered with Springtide Resources and members of the Deaf community to create two videos being launched Thursday.
The videos were produced in American Sign Language, with closed captioning, and contain detailed information about child custody rights and information about support services for survivors of domestic assault.
METRAC has for years provided sign language services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing women through direct translation, but feedback from the Deaf community showed it “wasn’t very helpful,” said METRAC’s legal director Tamar Witelson.
“This is about increasing access to justice. There’s a lot of concerns when women are separating from their partners, and it’s even harder for Deaf women,” she said, noting that having a multimedia element in the resources will go a long way.
The challenges facing Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing women during family separation battles can stretch beyond just access to justice. If a family is breaking up due to intimate abuse in relationships, for example, the woman is less likely to even seek legal help because of stigma around such cases, Witelson said.
“We still have many women in this situation who don’t even understand what their legal rights are,” she said. “Many even end up going in court without a lawyer to represent them.”
According to Canadian Hearing Society, there are over 530,000 people in Ontario who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. That’s almost 5 per cent of the population.
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TORONTO -- MetroNews: A new campaign in Toronto aims to help Deaf women facing family breakdowns navigate the legal system.
Through its Family Law Education for Women program, METRAC has partnered with Springtide Resources and members of the Deaf community to create two videos being launched Thursday.
The videos were produced in American Sign Language, with closed captioning, and contain detailed information about child custody rights and information about support services for survivors of domestic assault.
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METRAC has for years provided sign language services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing women through direct translation, but feedback from the Deaf community showed it “wasn’t very helpful,” said METRAC’s legal director Tamar Witelson.
“This is about increasing access to justice. There’s a lot of concerns when women are separating from their partners, and it’s even harder for Deaf women,” she said, noting that having a multimedia element in the resources will go a long way.
The challenges facing Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing women during family separation battles can stretch beyond just access to justice. If a family is breaking up due to intimate abuse in relationships, for example, the woman is less likely to even seek legal help because of stigma around such cases, Witelson said.
“We still have many women in this situation who don’t even understand what their legal rights are,” she said. “Many even end up going in court without a lawyer to represent them.”
According to Canadian Hearing Society, there are over 530,000 people in Ontario who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. That’s almost 5 per cent of the population.
SOURCE
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The Halifax Explosion - The Deaf Experience
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Documentary film explores experience of the Deaf community during Halifax Explosion.
HALIFAX, NS -- MetroNews: Film examines why everyone at the Halifax School for the Deaf survived despite damage and weather that followed the disaster. The 1917 Halifax Explosion has been the subject of numerous movies and books.
But the disaster as experienced by the Deaf community has been relatively unknown.
That’s why Linda Campbell and Jim McDermott, who are both Deaf, decided to co-produce a documentary film to highlight that story.
‘Halifax Explosion: The Deaf Experience’ should be ready for viewing in time for the 100-year commemoration of the event on Dec. 6, 2017.
“Nova Scotia actually has a long history of inclusiveness when it comes to the Deaf community and our allies,” explained Linda Campbell.
“Upon learning that the Deaf community's experiences during the Halifax Explosion is so poorly documented despite a wealth of books, movies and published stories about this important event, we felt it was necessary to preserve some of those stories for sharing.”
Campbell and McDermott agreed to an interview, but it had to be conducted via email as they both communicate using American Sign Language.
When collecting information for the film, Campbell said they were surprised to learn everyone in the Halifax School for the Deaf survived the explosion, despite how badly damaged the school was.
“It was so close to the zone of maximum damage that every single window shattered, plaster ceilings collapsed and doors flew off their hinges. Many people got badly cut by the flying glass,” Campbell explained.
“Yet only two boys were hurt badly enough to go to the hospital. Not only that, there was a bad blizzard with freezing temperatures right after the explosion occurred, and many people across Halifax died from exposure. Even so, no one in the (school), student or staff, died from the cold."
She said the film examines why everyone survived despite the damage, the shock, and the weather.
It will also introduce people to Maritimes Sign Language.
“Many people in Nova Scotia do not know we have our own distinctive sign language, Maritimes Sign Language (MSL) which is syntactically and grammatically distinct from American Sign Language (ASL),” Campbell explained.
“Unfortunately, MSL as a language is fading out, although you can still see old MSL signs being used during ASL conversations every day here. Our film will include examples of MSL signs and dialogue as a part of our storytelling process.”
McDermott said the documentary will include a mix of historical photographs, narration, and interviews with older members of the deaf community who attended the Halifax School for the Deaf.
Despite funding from municipal and provincial grants, the project requires additional funding. At press time they were just $100 shy of their initial crowdfunding goal on their IndieGoGo page.
“While we are nearing our stated goal, we do hope to raise at least $5,000 to cover post-production costs,” McDermott said.
SOURCE
HALIFAX, NS -- MetroNews: Film examines why everyone at the Halifax School for the Deaf survived despite damage and weather that followed the disaster. The 1917 Halifax Explosion has been the subject of numerous movies and books.But the disaster as experienced by the Deaf community has been relatively unknown.
That’s why Linda Campbell and Jim McDermott, who are both Deaf, decided to co-produce a documentary film to highlight that story.
‘Halifax Explosion: The Deaf Experience’ should be ready for viewing in time for the 100-year commemoration of the event on Dec. 6, 2017.
“Nova Scotia actually has a long history of inclusiveness when it comes to the Deaf community and our allies,” explained Linda Campbell.
“Upon learning that the Deaf community's experiences during the Halifax Explosion is so poorly documented despite a wealth of books, movies and published stories about this important event, we felt it was necessary to preserve some of those stories for sharing.”
Campbell and McDermott agreed to an interview, but it had to be conducted via email as they both communicate using American Sign Language.
When collecting information for the film, Campbell said they were surprised to learn everyone in the Halifax School for the Deaf survived the explosion, despite how badly damaged the school was.
“It was so close to the zone of maximum damage that every single window shattered, plaster ceilings collapsed and doors flew off their hinges. Many people got badly cut by the flying glass,” Campbell explained.
“Yet only two boys were hurt badly enough to go to the hospital. Not only that, there was a bad blizzard with freezing temperatures right after the explosion occurred, and many people across Halifax died from exposure. Even so, no one in the (school), student or staff, died from the cold."
She said the film examines why everyone survived despite the damage, the shock, and the weather.
It will also introduce people to Maritimes Sign Language.
“Many people in Nova Scotia do not know we have our own distinctive sign language, Maritimes Sign Language (MSL) which is syntactically and grammatically distinct from American Sign Language (ASL),” Campbell explained.
“Unfortunately, MSL as a language is fading out, although you can still see old MSL signs being used during ASL conversations every day here. Our film will include examples of MSL signs and dialogue as a part of our storytelling process.”
McDermott said the documentary will include a mix of historical photographs, narration, and interviews with older members of the deaf community who attended the Halifax School for the Deaf.
Despite funding from municipal and provincial grants, the project requires additional funding. At press time they were just $100 shy of their initial crowdfunding goal on their IndieGoGo page.
“While we are nearing our stated goal, we do hope to raise at least $5,000 to cover post-production costs,” McDermott said.
SOURCE
Thursday, August 4, 2016
CODA Woman Adopts Deaf Puppy 'Evie'
Deaf News: Deaf puppy finds forever home with loving couple.
VANCOUVER, BC -- Vancouver Sun: Evie, a playful husky-German shepherd cross, will never hear someone call her a good girl.
But the intuitive white puppy with one blue and one brown eye does know her owners think she’s special and have given her a second chance at a great life despite being completely Deaf.
Three months ago, Marisa Nielsen and fiancé Desmond Kumar were walking by the SPCA in east Vancouver when, on a whim, they went in to see the dogs up for adoption.
The two had been struggling after the death of their beloved dog Oliver in January, and decided to take a walk through the kennels even though they had no intention of adopting a dog at that moment.
But there, right before them was the match they knew was too perfect to pass up.
Nielsen, 27, is from a home in which both parents are Deaf, and Kumar works as a sign-language interpreter.
While they know how to communicate with Deaf humans, they were ready to jump through hoops to give Evie the extra attention needed for her puppy training.
“She barks when she wants to play,” Nielsen said of their new family member. “She has no idea how loud she sounds.”
While both can fully communicate in sign language, Nielsen admits it was a daunting task when they began to train Evie. “When we first got her it was a two-person job training her,” said Nielsen.
One of the toughest things at the start of the training was to keep the dog from looking off and losing focus, so one person held her head while the other would give her the hand signals.
Along the way, the couple have had some help with the training, mostly from people in the Trinity Lutheran Church for the Deaf congregation where her father David Nielsen is a pastor.
One member of her father’s church group in Surrey has a Deaf dog and Nielsen said they got some great tips. “We were told the most important thing to focus on was to get her onto as many signs as possible while she is young.”
“They love her out there,” added Nielsen.
Evie was originally bought on Craigslist as a small puppy by a young couple, but once they found out she was Deaf and would require a different training regime they sent her off to the SPCA in Vancouver.
Growing up in a family with both parents Deaf helped in the training process, said Nielsen. “Having that background was so helpful in understanding why her behaviour was different than other dogs,” she said.
Once they were able to make strides in the puppy training, Nielsen said few could tell Evie was Deaf.
“She is such a cute puppy,” said Nielsen. “She is a very calm little dog. She walks well on the leash and is very friendly with other dogs.”
Once Evie gets older, the couple plan on getting a vibration collar for her and take her to agility classes. “She is so smart and always wants to please,” Nielsen said of their prized pooch.
The BC SPCA’s Lorie Chortyk thinks the couple and the dog are a perfect fit. “For us the important thing is getting the right match,” said Chortyk. “In this case when we have an animal with special needs we work to get them matched up with the right owners.”
She warned people about buying pets off the internet. “That can be where they often sell dogs from puppy mills,” said Chortyk. “Go to a reputable breeder or go to a shelter to get a dog. There are so many great animals in shelters.“
A reputable breeder will have the history of the pup’s parents, she noted.
“We certainly do get dogs (at the shelter) that are Deaf,” said Chortyk. “Our philosophy is there is a right match for every dog that comes to us, and in this case that is what happened.”
She added that a deaf dog can have a great life, with few barriers once they are trained.
“You have to have some precautions, but they can live a long, happy life,” she said.
SOURCE
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VANCOUVER, BC -- Vancouver Sun: Evie, a playful husky-German shepherd cross, will never hear someone call her a good girl.But the intuitive white puppy with one blue and one brown eye does know her owners think she’s special and have given her a second chance at a great life despite being completely Deaf.
Three months ago, Marisa Nielsen and fiancé Desmond Kumar were walking by the SPCA in east Vancouver when, on a whim, they went in to see the dogs up for adoption.
The two had been struggling after the death of their beloved dog Oliver in January, and decided to take a walk through the kennels even though they had no intention of adopting a dog at that moment.
But there, right before them was the match they knew was too perfect to pass up.
Nielsen, 27, is from a home in which both parents are Deaf, and Kumar works as a sign-language interpreter.
While they know how to communicate with Deaf humans, they were ready to jump through hoops to give Evie the extra attention needed for her puppy training.
“She barks when she wants to play,” Nielsen said of their new family member. “She has no idea how loud she sounds.”
While both can fully communicate in sign language, Nielsen admits it was a daunting task when they began to train Evie. “When we first got her it was a two-person job training her,” said Nielsen.
One of the toughest things at the start of the training was to keep the dog from looking off and losing focus, so one person held her head while the other would give her the hand signals.
Along the way, the couple have had some help with the training, mostly from people in the Trinity Lutheran Church for the Deaf congregation where her father David Nielsen is a pastor.
One member of her father’s church group in Surrey has a Deaf dog and Nielsen said they got some great tips. “We were told the most important thing to focus on was to get her onto as many signs as possible while she is young.”
“They love her out there,” added Nielsen.
Evie was originally bought on Craigslist as a small puppy by a young couple, but once they found out she was Deaf and would require a different training regime they sent her off to the SPCA in Vancouver.
Growing up in a family with both parents Deaf helped in the training process, said Nielsen. “Having that background was so helpful in understanding why her behaviour was different than other dogs,” she said.
Once they were able to make strides in the puppy training, Nielsen said few could tell Evie was Deaf.
“She is such a cute puppy,” said Nielsen. “She is a very calm little dog. She walks well on the leash and is very friendly with other dogs.”
Once Evie gets older, the couple plan on getting a vibration collar for her and take her to agility classes. “She is so smart and always wants to please,” Nielsen said of their prized pooch.
The BC SPCA’s Lorie Chortyk thinks the couple and the dog are a perfect fit. “For us the important thing is getting the right match,” said Chortyk. “In this case when we have an animal with special needs we work to get them matched up with the right owners.”
She warned people about buying pets off the internet. “That can be where they often sell dogs from puppy mills,” said Chortyk. “Go to a reputable breeder or go to a shelter to get a dog. There are so many great animals in shelters.“
A reputable breeder will have the history of the pup’s parents, she noted.
“We certainly do get dogs (at the shelter) that are Deaf,” said Chortyk. “Our philosophy is there is a right match for every dog that comes to us, and in this case that is what happened.”
She added that a deaf dog can have a great life, with few barriers once they are trained.
“You have to have some precautions, but they can live a long, happy life,” she said.
SOURCE
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Deaf Dog Gets Adopted By Deaf Man
Deaf Girl Uses ASL To Communicate With Pet Dog
Deaf Girl Teaches Deaf Puppy Sign Language
Friday, July 15, 2016
Being Blind Versus Being Deaf
VIDEO [CC] - A vision loss activist Collab with Deaf Youtuber Rikki Poynter discussion and conversation questions "Being Blind Versus Being Deaf"
Molly Burke (Collab) a visually impaired Canadian woman from a rural community Oakville, Ontario, she was amazing opportunity and inspiring chatter with a Deaf activist Rikki Poynter. The young women explains how the difference between "Being Blind VS. Being Deaf" video with closed captions.
Check this out Rikki's channel: How Do Deaf And Blind People Communicate ?
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Shit Hearing People Say About Deaf People
Deaf Lifestyle - Oralism Versus Manualism
Molly Burke (Collab) a visually impaired Canadian woman from a rural community Oakville, Ontario, she was amazing opportunity and inspiring chatter with a Deaf activist Rikki Poynter. The young women explains how the difference between "Being Blind VS. Being Deaf" video with closed captions.
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Check this out Rikki's channel: How Do Deaf And Blind People Communicate ?
Subscribe to Rikki's channel: http://youtube.com/rikkipoynter
Follow @MollyBurke:
Facebook - http://facebook.com/mollyburkeofficial
Twitter - http://twitter.com/mollybofficial
Blog - http://mollyburke.ca/blog
Official Site - http://mollyburke.ca
Follow @RikkiPoynter:
Subscribe - https://youtube.com/rikkipoynter
Twitter - http://twitter.com/rikkipoynter
Instagram - http://instagram.com/rikkipoynter
Tumblr - http://rikkipoynter.tumblr.com
Related Rikki Poynter:
Shit Hearing People Say About Deaf People
Rikki Poynter In British Deaf News Magazine
Being Deaf and Socializing
Related Deaf vs. Hearing:
Deaf Versus Hearing - Eat And Talk
Deaf Pity Versus Hearing Pity
Deaf vs. Hearing - Reaction To The Light Flashing
Hearing People Versus Deaf People
Being Blind Versus Being Deaf
Deaf Community Versus Hearing Community
Living In Between The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
Shit Hearing People Say About Deaf People
Deaf Lifestyle - Oralism Versus Manualism
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Deaf Reacts To CHS' Announcement On New CEO
VIDEO: Signed - Deaf Canadians reaction to the Canadian Hearing Society's announcement on Julia Dumanian as new president and CEO.
TORONTO - The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Julia Dumanian has been appointed President and CEO, effective July 6, 2015.
"We are very excited about having Julia join us. She is a visionary leader with a track record of success in change management and innovation. We had a very complex and thorough search. She was clearly the right choice for CHS as we celebrate our 75th anniversary," says CHS Board Chair Timothy Andradé.
For more than 20 years, Ms. Dumanian has been a leader and accomplished executive in the field of healthcare. Serving in the public, non-profit and private sectors, she has held CEO and senior executive roles in many Canadian organizations, most recently as President of Canadian Lab Solutions, President/CEO of Cambridge Memorial Hospital, and Provincial Supervisor and CEO of CCACs in Hamilton and Niagara. Ms. Dumanian has also been a United Way CEO...Read more
OAD's take on CHS' Announcement on new CEO - The Ontario Association of the Deaf was founded in 1886 by Samuel Thomas Greene and William Nurse, both teachers at the school. Members have since worked to improve the lives of Deaf Canadians and that's still needed.
Prof. Donald Bisson - See the "alleged fraud" with this CEO's past: http://m.therecord.com/news-story/expenses-of-cambridge-memorial-s-former-president-revealed
Speaks Up, Speaks Out! Canadian Hearing Society Needs Change Now!
Read more - An Open Letter For Canadian Hearing Society
About the Canadian Hearing Society - The Canadian Hearing Society has proudly served Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities for 75 years. CHS was incorporated in 1940 and in 2015 is celebrating 75 years of providing services, products and information to people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing and educating the hearing public. CHS is governed by a board of directors, the majority of whom are Deaf or hard of hearing. CHS is a charitable organization funded by government, grants, membership and generous donors. For more information or to find your regional office, visit www.chs.ca
TORONTO - The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Julia Dumanian has been appointed President and CEO, effective July 6, 2015.
"We are very excited about having Julia join us. She is a visionary leader with a track record of success in change management and innovation. We had a very complex and thorough search. She was clearly the right choice for CHS as we celebrate our 75th anniversary," says CHS Board Chair Timothy Andradé.
For more than 20 years, Ms. Dumanian has been a leader and accomplished executive in the field of healthcare. Serving in the public, non-profit and private sectors, she has held CEO and senior executive roles in many Canadian organizations, most recently as President of Canadian Lab Solutions, President/CEO of Cambridge Memorial Hospital, and Provincial Supervisor and CEO of CCACs in Hamilton and Niagara. Ms. Dumanian has also been a United Way CEO...Read more
OAD's take on CHS' Announcement on new CEO - The Ontario Association of the Deaf was founded in 1886 by Samuel Thomas Greene and William Nurse, both teachers at the school. Members have since worked to improve the lives of Deaf Canadians and that's still needed.
Prof. Donald Bisson - See the "alleged fraud" with this CEO's past: http://m.therecord.com/news-story/expenses-of-cambridge-memorial-s-former-president-revealed
Speaks Up, Speaks Out! Canadian Hearing Society Needs Change Now!
Read more - An Open Letter For Canadian Hearing Society
About the Canadian Hearing Society - The Canadian Hearing Society has proudly served Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities for 75 years. CHS was incorporated in 1940 and in 2015 is celebrating 75 years of providing services, products and information to people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing and educating the hearing public. CHS is governed by a board of directors, the majority of whom are Deaf or hard of hearing. CHS is a charitable organization funded by government, grants, membership and generous donors. For more information or to find your regional office, visit www.chs.ca
Friday, June 5, 2015
Deaf Canadian's Gallaudet Dream
VIDEO [CC] - Winnipeg family faces $200K bill to send Deaf son to the United States university.
CBC WINNIPEG - Manitoba family appeals to province to help fund Deaf students to go to only Deaf university in world.
A Manitoba family is calling on the provincial government to better fund schooling for Deaf students after they incurred thousands of dollars of debt for just one year of university for their son.
Last year, 18-year-old Cody Zimmer left his home in Winnipeg to attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the world's only university exclusively for Deaf students.
"My vision of what it might be like was completely obliterated - it was so much more than what I expected," said Cody. "I made so many friends so quickly. I was involved in sports and soccer. It was just such a quick year because it was so exciting. It felt like a blink and it was done."
But his education came with a hefty price tag. One year of undergraduate study cost his family $56,000 (including tuition, dorm fees and health insurance.)
And financial assistance was limited; Cody's application and appeal to have the full cost covered were denied by the province. Instead, he got about $10,000.
"They would support him in going [to Gallaudet], however, they'll only pay at the level of what tuition would be at the University of Manitoba," said Rick Zimmer, Cody's father.
The province used to fund the cost of Deaf students attending Gallaudet completely, but they've since reduced the amount of money students can apply for and instead encourage them to go to a Manitoba school and use interpreters.
Officials with the Manitoba government said the province runs a $1.9-million-a-year program called marketAbilities, "that provides the same amount of funding to a student pursuing training out of province as would be available to the student if they chose to study in Manitoba. Courses that have no equivalent in Manitoba may be fully funded."... See more: CBC News with Closed Captioning
Why fundraising campaign? April 14, 1997 Cody Zimmer was born and from that moment I knew he was bound for greatness. You see Cody is Deaf and he comes from a long line of Deaf family members and I knew from the moment we found out he was Deaf that he was going to change the world.
Cody and his family have spent countless hours advocating for basic human rights that Deaf people are denied. It is now time for Cody to pursue his dream of going to university. Cody wanted to go to a university where everyone shares his culture and language. Unfortunately there is only one university in the world that provides this opporunity That university is Gallaudet and it is located in Washington D.C. Read more: Cody's Gallaudet Dream - gofundme.com
Cody Zimmer's fundraising website:
http://www.gofundme.com/w5nz8g8
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CBC WINNIPEG - Manitoba family appeals to province to help fund Deaf students to go to only Deaf university in world.A Manitoba family is calling on the provincial government to better fund schooling for Deaf students after they incurred thousands of dollars of debt for just one year of university for their son.
Last year, 18-year-old Cody Zimmer left his home in Winnipeg to attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the world's only university exclusively for Deaf students.
"My vision of what it might be like was completely obliterated - it was so much more than what I expected," said Cody. "I made so many friends so quickly. I was involved in sports and soccer. It was just such a quick year because it was so exciting. It felt like a blink and it was done."
But his education came with a hefty price tag. One year of undergraduate study cost his family $56,000 (including tuition, dorm fees and health insurance.)
And financial assistance was limited; Cody's application and appeal to have the full cost covered were denied by the province. Instead, he got about $10,000.
"They would support him in going [to Gallaudet], however, they'll only pay at the level of what tuition would be at the University of Manitoba," said Rick Zimmer, Cody's father.
The province used to fund the cost of Deaf students attending Gallaudet completely, but they've since reduced the amount of money students can apply for and instead encourage them to go to a Manitoba school and use interpreters.
Officials with the Manitoba government said the province runs a $1.9-million-a-year program called marketAbilities, "that provides the same amount of funding to a student pursuing training out of province as would be available to the student if they chose to study in Manitoba. Courses that have no equivalent in Manitoba may be fully funded."... See more: CBC News with Closed Captioning
Why fundraising campaign? April 14, 1997 Cody Zimmer was born and from that moment I knew he was bound for greatness. You see Cody is Deaf and he comes from a long line of Deaf family members and I knew from the moment we found out he was Deaf that he was going to change the world.
Cody and his family have spent countless hours advocating for basic human rights that Deaf people are denied. It is now time for Cody to pursue his dream of going to university. Cody wanted to go to a university where everyone shares his culture and language. Unfortunately there is only one university in the world that provides this opporunity That university is Gallaudet and it is located in Washington D.C. Read more: Cody's Gallaudet Dream - gofundme.com
Cody Zimmer's fundraising website:
http://www.gofundme.com/w5nz8g8
Related Deaf Winnipeggers:
Deaf 'Peg Faced 'Disrespect' During Traffic Stops
Deaf-Blind Housing Project In Winnipeg, Canada
Study on Sarcasm and American Sign Language
Manitoba Deaf Athletes To Get More Sign Language Help
Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics
Deaf Homeless Man In Compassionate Gesture
Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies
Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Deaf Film 'Seen & Heard' Campaign Video
VIDEO [CC] - The film projects 'Seen & Heard' campaign video on Vimeo.
MONTREAL - We've launched an Indiegogo campaign for this new documentary (currently in production) that shines a spotlight on Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors in a unique hearing/ Deaf collaboration.
Seen and Heard is an entertaining and eye-opening documentary, currently in production, that takes viewers backstage and into the lives and challenges of a unique mixed Deaf and hearing theatre group mounting a big new performance!
Seen and Heard is a new thought-provoking documentary currently being filmed following the backstage and performance exploits of a unique Canadian amateur theatre group where Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing cast and crew members collaborate.
We document the members of Seeing Voices Montreal as they rehearse and then perform a Deaf-themed version of The Little Mermaid. In this retelling, Ariel, a Deaf mermaid from the undersea world of Atlantis falls in love with a man from the land-based hearing world against her father’s wishes. Read more: https://indiegogo.com/projects/seen-heard#/story
Visit us at http://seenandheardmovie.com
MONTREAL - We've launched an Indiegogo campaign for this new documentary (currently in production) that shines a spotlight on Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors in a unique hearing/ Deaf collaboration.
Seen and Heard is an entertaining and eye-opening documentary, currently in production, that takes viewers backstage and into the lives and challenges of a unique mixed Deaf and hearing theatre group mounting a big new performance!
Seen and Heard is a new thought-provoking documentary currently being filmed following the backstage and performance exploits of a unique Canadian amateur theatre group where Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing cast and crew members collaborate.
We document the members of Seeing Voices Montreal as they rehearse and then perform a Deaf-themed version of The Little Mermaid. In this retelling, Ariel, a Deaf mermaid from the undersea world of Atlantis falls in love with a man from the land-based hearing world against her father’s wishes. Read more: https://indiegogo.com/projects/seen-heard#/story
Visit us at http://seenandheardmovie.com
Friday, May 1, 2015
DeaFined - Canada's New Deaf Restaurant
VIDEO: Deafined Breaks Down Barriers - Vancouver’s First ‘Deaf Restaurant’ Teaches Diners To Order in American Sign Language.
VANCOUVER, CANADA - A new Vancouver restaurant is encouraging diners to order with their hands - DeaFined, opening May 7 on West 4th Avenue near Vine Street in Kitsilano, is staffed entirely by Deaf and Hard of Hearing servers. Among the first of its kind in Canada, the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant asks customers to order food and drinks using American Sign Language.
For those who don’t know how to sign, there’s no need to fret. “There’s a cheat sheet on the table with the menu,” said owner Moe Alameddine. “The server comes up to take the order, and the fun part starts there.”
In the mood for steak? Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand, and wiggle a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat. How about salad? Use both hands and picture yourself tossing some greens.
When customers arrive at the DeaFined, a hearing host or hostess greets them and acts as an interpreter while they introduce the server.
Alameddine came up with the idea after starting his popular blind-dining restaurant O.Noir in Montreal and Toronto and Dark Table in Vancouver, where guests dine in complete darkness while they are served by visually impaired staff. The concept aims to give customers a taste, albeit briefly, of what it’s like to be blind.
Although the business helped provide jobs for Blind people, Alameddine said he realized a need for employment opportunities to benefit the Deaf community.
Only two other North American establishments - Signs Restaurant in Toronto, which hires mostly Deaf servers, and Mozzeria, a pizza restaurant in San Francisco, which has a Deaf owner and staff have a focus on hiring Deaf staff... Read the full story: http://metronews.ca/news/vancouvers-first-deaf-restaurant-teaches-diners-to-order-in-sign-language/
Follow DeaFine Restaurant:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/DeaFinedVan
Official site - http://www.deafined.ca
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VANCOUVER, CANADA - A new Vancouver restaurant is encouraging diners to order with their hands - DeaFined, opening May 7 on West 4th Avenue near Vine Street in Kitsilano, is staffed entirely by Deaf and Hard of Hearing servers. Among the first of its kind in Canada, the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant asks customers to order food and drinks using American Sign Language.
For those who don’t know how to sign, there’s no need to fret. “There’s a cheat sheet on the table with the menu,” said owner Moe Alameddine. “The server comes up to take the order, and the fun part starts there.”
In the mood for steak? Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand, and wiggle a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat. How about salad? Use both hands and picture yourself tossing some greens.
When customers arrive at the DeaFined, a hearing host or hostess greets them and acts as an interpreter while they introduce the server.Alameddine came up with the idea after starting his popular blind-dining restaurant O.Noir in Montreal and Toronto and Dark Table in Vancouver, where guests dine in complete darkness while they are served by visually impaired staff. The concept aims to give customers a taste, albeit briefly, of what it’s like to be blind.
Although the business helped provide jobs for Blind people, Alameddine said he realized a need for employment opportunities to benefit the Deaf community.
Only two other North American establishments - Signs Restaurant in Toronto, which hires mostly Deaf servers, and Mozzeria, a pizza restaurant in San Francisco, which has a Deaf owner and staff have a focus on hiring Deaf staff... Read the full story: http://metronews.ca/news/vancouvers-first-deaf-restaurant-teaches-diners-to-order-in-sign-language/
Follow DeaFine Restaurant:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/DeaFinedVan
Official site - http://www.deafined.ca
Job Seekers - Job Openings
Related:
Deaf-Owner Mozzeria, Chron's Onto Bouche
Deaf Owned 'Mozzeria' Small Business Story
Deaf Restaurant ‘Signs’ Opening In Toronto
DeaFined - Canada's New Deaf Restaurant
Kentucky Fried Chicken Operated By Deaf People
Indonesian Fingertalk Cafe Employs Deaf People
Restaurant Run & Staffed By Gaza Deaf People
More Deaf Entrepreneurs Show Signs of Success
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies
Deaf Manitoba curler, Clifford Beaulieu, 42, sent to hospital after being discovered outside by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
CBC WINNIPEG - The family of a Manitoba man who died after spending the night outdoors is devastated and still has questions about what led him into the cold.
Clifford Beaulieu, 42, was spending time with some friends at a home in the Rural Municipality of St. Francis Xavier, Manitoba. Feb. 4. He left and never returned.
"I know he froze from the elements and that, but why let him leave the house like that, and not, you know, check on him, see where he went?" said Martin Beaulieu, Clifford's brother.
Beaulieu was sent to hospital after being found outdoors by police the next day. He died in hospital.
Martin said the group had been drinking and that Clifford left the house after an argument broke out.
"They told me that he was intoxicated when he left the house, but he was also angry at them and when he left, he just, like, he walked away angry," said Martin. "Still, no matter what, you don't let a person walk out in the cold like that."
Beaulieu was part of a Canada’s National Deaf Curling team. The team will compete in the 2015 Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia - March 28 to April 5, 2015.
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CBC WINNIPEG - The family of a Manitoba man who died after spending the night outdoors is devastated and still has questions about what led him into the cold.Clifford Beaulieu, 42, was spending time with some friends at a home in the Rural Municipality of St. Francis Xavier, Manitoba. Feb. 4. He left and never returned.
"I know he froze from the elements and that, but why let him leave the house like that, and not, you know, check on him, see where he went?" said Martin Beaulieu, Clifford's brother.
Beaulieu was sent to hospital after being found outdoors by police the next day. He died in hospital.
Martin said the group had been drinking and that Clifford left the house after an argument broke out.
"They told me that he was intoxicated when he left the house, but he was also angry at them and when he left, he just, like, he walked away angry," said Martin. "Still, no matter what, you don't let a person walk out in the cold like that."
Beaulieu was part of a Canada’s National Deaf Curling team. The team will compete in the 2015 Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia - March 28 to April 5, 2015.
SOURCE
Guest Book: (Share your memories and/or express your condolences)
Clifford Beaulieu - Passages - Winnipeg Free Press
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Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics
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Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's
Saturday, January 26, 2013
911 Staff Will Text Message With Deaf Canadians
OTTAWA - Canadians who have hearing or speech problems will soon be able to send text messages to 911 services.
Other Canadians, however, must continue to communicate with 911 services over the phone, says Canada's telecommunications regulator.
By Jan. 24, 2014, all telephone and wireless companies must upgrade their networks to support text messaging communication with Canadians who have hearing and speech impairments. The service may become available before then in areas where the upgrades are completed early.
"Services such as 911 are critical to the health and safety of all Canadians,” said Jean-Pierre Blais, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in a statement Thursday.
“This initiative is a perfect example of how technology can be used to improve access to 911 services for Canadians with disabilities." ... Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/24/tech-911-texting.html
Saturday, December 22, 2012
How To Hypnotize A Deaf Person
VIDEO: VANCOUVER - How to hypnotize a Deaf person. This is kind of funny, but it's a genuinely effective method used to hypnotise people who are completely Deaf. Turn it up. Anyway it's real and t does actually work.
Just as a count down works with progression, or a relaxation verbal induction takes the person progressively through a process, so does the light electric pulsing of the Csta. It gives a light shock that slows down and gently takes the person into a form of trance. Visit http://www.FreeHypnosisTrainingOnline.com for more information.
Hypnosis on Deaf People! Yes Or Fake? - Yes, we can hypnotize a consenting Deaf person.
Just as a count down works with progression, or a relaxation verbal induction takes the person progressively through a process, so does the light electric pulsing of the Csta. It gives a light shock that slows down and gently takes the person into a form of trance. Visit http://www.FreeHypnosisTrainingOnline.com for more information.
Hypnosis on Deaf People! Yes Or Fake? - Yes, we can hypnotize a consenting Deaf person.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Montreal Institute For The Deaf Ex-Students Allege Horrific Abuses
VIDEO [CC] - Montreal School for the Deaf's ex-students allege horrific abuses. Warning: This story with the video contains potentially disturbing content.
MONTREAL - Former students at a church-run institute for the Deaf in Montreal have come forward with graphic tales of sexual abuse they allege they suffered during more than four decades.
Quebec's Superior Court authorized a class-action lawsuit last March against members of the Clerics of St-Viateur who worked at the school, formerly known as the Montreal Institute for the Deaf.
The former boarding school was run by the Clerics of Saint-Viateur, a religious congregation founded in 1831.
According to students who attended the all-boys institute between 1940 and 1982, violent sexual assaults were commonplace. Denis Chalifoux, who alleges he was eight years old when the abuse began in 1968, is one of 64 claimants taking part in the class action against 28 religious staff and six lay workers.
Only four or five of the alleged abusers would still be alive today.
Most of the alleged victims' identities are protected in court documents, but Chalifoux came forward to tell his story to CBC's French-language service with the help of a sign language interpreter. He described horrific acts allegedly at the hands of a staff member. "He showed me his penis. It was in front of me, in my face. I didn't want to look," Chalifoux told Radio-Canada. "He touched my cheek with it. All the while, he was masturbating." ... Read The Full Story
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MONTREAL - Former students at a church-run institute for the Deaf in Montreal have come forward with graphic tales of sexual abuse they allege they suffered during more than four decades.
Quebec's Superior Court authorized a class-action lawsuit last March against members of the Clerics of St-Viateur who worked at the school, formerly known as the Montreal Institute for the Deaf.
The former boarding school was run by the Clerics of Saint-Viateur, a religious congregation founded in 1831.
According to students who attended the all-boys institute between 1940 and 1982, violent sexual assaults were commonplace. Denis Chalifoux, who alleges he was eight years old when the abuse began in 1968, is one of 64 claimants taking part in the class action against 28 religious staff and six lay workers.
Only four or five of the alleged abusers would still be alive today.
Most of the alleged victims' identities are protected in court documents, but Chalifoux came forward to tell his story to CBC's French-language service with the help of a sign language interpreter. He described horrific acts allegedly at the hands of a staff member. "He showed me his penis. It was in front of me, in my face. I didn't want to look," Chalifoux told Radio-Canada. "He touched my cheek with it. All the while, he was masturbating." ... Read The Full Story
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Sexual Abuses Children At Montreal School For The Deaf
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Sexual Abuses Children At Montreal School For The Deaf
Sexual Abuses Children by priests at Montreal School for the Deaf in Quebec, Canada.
MONTREAL -- Lawsuit alleges dozens of clergy abused children at Montreal school for Deaf. Another chapter of Quebec’s dark history of the sexual abuse of children in church-run institutions was aired this week by Radio-Canada. But this was not just any chapter. It threatens to be one of the most horrifying in an already heartbreaking record.
It deals with the sexual abuse of young boys, already vulnerable because of their age but doubly or triply so because they were also Deaf and mute. Their alleged abusers were educated men who promised to set the boys free from their silent world.
Clerical and lay members of a much-admired Roman Catholic teaching order, the Clercs de Saint-Viateur, these men did not set the boys free. The boys who say they were abused ended up in a living hell, terrified of telling anyone what was happening to them. They remained trapped in that hell in adulthood, unable to erase the grotesque images in their heads of masturbating priests and anal rape.
This case may turn out to be the worst ever seen involving the abuse of Deaf children. Unlike the previous record, held by a single Roman Catholic priest, Lawrence Murphy of Wisconsin, in Quebec more than 30 clergy are alleged to have abused the Deaf children in their care, sometimes one after another. (Murphy, who may have sexually assaulted as many as 200 children at a school for the Deaf in Wisconsin, was denounced in 1996 to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête called its program The Perfect Victims. The boys came as boarders to the only school for the deaf in the province at the age of 7 or 8. Many were thrilled to be at the school, where for the first time they would be taught to communicate with other children and learn to read and write. ... Read The Full Story
Watch the coverage video: HERE
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Montreal Institute For The Deaf Ex-Students Allege Horrific Abuses
Deaf Students Abused By Priests Win $30-Million
Mea Maxima Culpa Silence In House Of God
MONTREAL -- Lawsuit alleges dozens of clergy abused children at Montreal school for Deaf. Another chapter of Quebec’s dark history of the sexual abuse of children in church-run institutions was aired this week by Radio-Canada. But this was not just any chapter. It threatens to be one of the most horrifying in an already heartbreaking record.
It deals with the sexual abuse of young boys, already vulnerable because of their age but doubly or triply so because they were also Deaf and mute. Their alleged abusers were educated men who promised to set the boys free from their silent world.
Clerical and lay members of a much-admired Roman Catholic teaching order, the Clercs de Saint-Viateur, these men did not set the boys free. The boys who say they were abused ended up in a living hell, terrified of telling anyone what was happening to them. They remained trapped in that hell in adulthood, unable to erase the grotesque images in their heads of masturbating priests and anal rape.
This case may turn out to be the worst ever seen involving the abuse of Deaf children. Unlike the previous record, held by a single Roman Catholic priest, Lawrence Murphy of Wisconsin, in Quebec more than 30 clergy are alleged to have abused the Deaf children in their care, sometimes one after another. (Murphy, who may have sexually assaulted as many as 200 children at a school for the Deaf in Wisconsin, was denounced in 1996 to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête called its program The Perfect Victims. The boys came as boarders to the only school for the deaf in the province at the age of 7 or 8. Many were thrilled to be at the school, where for the first time they would be taught to communicate with other children and learn to read and write. ... Read The Full Story
Watch the coverage video: HERE
Related:
Montreal Institute For The Deaf Ex-Students Allege Horrific Abuses
Deaf Students Abused By Priests Win $30-Million
Mea Maxima Culpa Silence In House Of God
Friday, November 23, 2012
Deaf Canadian Dart Players Compete For National Title
VIDEO: Deaf Canadian dart players compete for national title In St. John's, Newfoundland.
ST. JOHN'S - Top dart throwers from all over Canada are in St. John's this weekend for a unique championship.
Competitors are vying for one of the top sporting titles for the nation's Deaf community, the Canadian Deaf Darts Championship.
The salons in the Capitol Hotel are strikingly quiet, yet full of non-stop action and people chatting.
"Darts is a fantastic sport. It's probably the top Deaf sport," said the event's chair, Bryan Johnson, speaking through sign language interpreter, Debbie Newport.
"It's sometimes difficult when you're playing with a mixed league of both Deaf and hearing," he added. "At least this way, there is no barrier, we can just chat freely."
But players have noticed that even in sign language, people from different parts of the country say things a little differently.... Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/10/nl-deaf-darts-championship-1110.html
The orinigal NTV video: http://ntv.ca/n-l-wins-second-deaf-darts-championship/
ST. JOHN'S - Top dart throwers from all over Canada are in St. John's this weekend for a unique championship.Competitors are vying for one of the top sporting titles for the nation's Deaf community, the Canadian Deaf Darts Championship.
The salons in the Capitol Hotel are strikingly quiet, yet full of non-stop action and people chatting.
"Darts is a fantastic sport. It's probably the top Deaf sport," said the event's chair, Bryan Johnson, speaking through sign language interpreter, Debbie Newport.
"It's sometimes difficult when you're playing with a mixed league of both Deaf and hearing," he added. "At least this way, there is no barrier, we can just chat freely."
But players have noticed that even in sign language, people from different parts of the country say things a little differently.... Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/10/nl-deaf-darts-championship-1110.html
The orinigal NTV video: http://ntv.ca/n-l-wins-second-deaf-darts-championship/
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