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]
| French: Association des sourds du Canada | |
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| Abbreviation | CAD |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1940 |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | To promote the interests and well-being of the Deaf community in Canada. |
| Website | cad |
History edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Canadian Communications Foundation. "Closed Captioning on Canadian Television". History of Canadian Broadcasting. 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.