Canadian Association of the Deaf
French: Association des sourds du Canada | |
Abbreviation | CAD |
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Founded | 1940; 84 years ago (1940) |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Purpose | To promote the interests and well-being of the Deaf community in Canada. |
Website | cad |
The Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD; French: Association des sourds du Canada, ASC) is a Canadian non-governmental organization that works to promote the interests and well-being of the Deaf community in Canada. It represents users of both American Sign Language and Quebec Sign Language.[1] It was founded in 1940 through a joint effort by the Western Canada, the Ontario, and the Eastern Canada associations of the Deaf, with the support of the Montreal Association of the Deaf.[2][3]
History
The Canadian Association of the Deaf was founded in 1940 in order to create and administer a fund that could provide scholarships to Deaf persons in Canada who did not live in regions that currently provided them.[3]
In 1970, the CAD successfully won funding from the Canadian Department of Communications to begin a Captioned Films and Telecommunications Program for Canada. It hosted a conference on captioning in Washington in 1975, and two more conferences in Canada in 1978. A partnership with the Department of Communications and the National Film Board in 1981 led to the creation of The Canadian Captioning Development Agency (CCDA), which for a time was the only such agency in Canada.[4]
On May 12, 1989, inspired in part by the Deaf President Now protests the previous year,[5] the CAD organized the National Deaf Education Day rally in several locations across the country to raise support for Deaf educators and sign language instruction in Deaf schools.[3][5]
In 2003, the Canadian Association of the Deaf hosted the 14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf in Montreal,[3] during which the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters was established.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Canadian Association of the Deaf. Language. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ Canadian Association of the Deaf. CanadaHelps.org. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Canadian Association of the Deaf. History. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Barnartt Sharon N. (2008). Social Movement Diffusion? The Case of Disability Protests in the US and Canada. Disability Studies Quarterly, 28(1). Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ World Association of Sign Language Interpreters. History. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
External links
- Official website
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and events
- Lawrence R. Newman (b. 1925)
- Edward Miner Gallaudet (b. 1837)
- Dorothy Miles (b. 1931)
groups
- Royal Association for Deaf people (est. 1841)
- National Association of the Deaf (United States) (est. 1880)
- Hungarian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (est. 1907)
- The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) (est. 1911, UK)
- Italian National Agency for the Deaf (est. 1932)
- Ukrainian Society of the Deaf (est. 1933)
- Canadian Association of the Deaf (est. 1940)
- Edmonton Association of the Deaf (est. 1951)
- International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People (est. 1968)
- International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (est. 1977)
- National Black Deaf Advocates (est. 1982)
- European Union of the Deaf (est. 1985)
- Pakistan Association of the Deaf (est. 1987)
- Action Deaf Youth (est. 1988)
- Comitato Giovani Sordi Italiani (est. 1994)
- National Deaf Federation Nepal (est. 1996)
- National Association of the Deaf (India) (est. 2005)
- The Qatari Center of Social Cultural for the Deaf (est. 2005)
- Section des sourds et malentendants socialistes (est. 2010)
institutions