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[Anselmo]: Hello! This is DeafDots,
28 January 2022.

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Bringing alerts & news reports at
intervals for all Deaf Canadians.

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[Anselmo]: Omicron is highly
infectious and COVID-19 cases

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have continued to grow and is
at an all time high in Canada.

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The Ontario Chief Public Health
Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam said

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the Omicron variant is infectious
for up to 10 days.

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Recently, a Deaf woman from Ontario,
Cassie Bell, posted a vlog on

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Facebook sharing her experience
with COVID-19 and it went viral.

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I was sick with a fever and my
throat felt like it was on fire.

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I had a cold and a headache.

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My body was sore, my joints
were hurting everywhere.

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I had nausea and
my appetite was lost.

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I coughed constantly.

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That was the physical
part of being sick.

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Mentally, I was stressed, wondering
how I got infected? Does this mean

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I wasn’t responsible enough? Did I
infect anyone else around me?

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The worrying and guilt of whether
I passed it on consumed me.

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When you combine the mental
challenges and physical sickness,

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it becomes a lot.

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Going through all that at once and
multiplying that by five was

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what it felt like for me.

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[Anselmo]: When did you suspect
it might be COVID-19?

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It came out of nowhere.

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I was hit with a sudden fever one
night and all the other symptoms

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hit the next morning.

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That’s when I knew I had COVID.

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[Anselmo]: What was the worst thing
about having COVID-19?

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The throbbing headache! I realised
what I felt wasn’t your typical

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headache or migraine.
I’ve had both before.

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This one was a different beast in
its entirety, my head was filled

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with so much pain that it
affected every other part of me.

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I felt nothing but the constant pain.

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My head felt heavy too.

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I avoided bright lights and
couldn’t read books.

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I tried pain killers but the pain
in my head was just too much.

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I had to endure the pain.
I got on my knees and prayed

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for help to make the
headache go away.

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I finally made it through and
that was the worst part.

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[Anselmo]: After going through COVID-19,
what precautions do you take now?

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Before I got sick, I did receive
two shots. I use masks.

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When I go out and  come back home,
I always wash my hands.

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I avoided social settings.

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Yet, I got sick anyway.

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I learned I need to be extra careful.

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I will still go ahead and
get my booster next month.

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When I go to the store and get back,
I need to disinfect my purchases.

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I know it’s such a hassle,
but I have to do it.

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I’ll wash my hands and change
my face masks regularly.

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I don’t want to do this, but I need
to grow a backbone to be more vocal

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about keeping my distance
from other people.

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It feels mean, but honestly, I don’t
want to go through this again.

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I have to stand firm and enforce
some distance between

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myself and other people.

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I’ll have to be more socially
distant too and maybe not allow

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others to come into my home.

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I thought I should share my story
to help me and to help you.

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I want to protect myself and I want
you to protect yourself as well.

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Really, we’re all in this together.

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We need to support each other.

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[Anselmo]: Yes, we can support each
other if we respect recommended

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guidelines - getting vaccinated,
a booster shot, and following

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precautions by washing our hands
and wearing our masks.

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This pandemic is no fun.

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[Anselmo]: In early January, a
petition went viral within

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the Deaf community in Ontario.

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Parents, students, staff, and
alumni were outraged that PDSB,

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Provincial Demonstration School
Branch, announced that the dormitories

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at its schools of Deaf in Ontario
- Sir James Whitney in Belleville,

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E C Drury, in Milton, and
W. Ross MacDonald in Brantford

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are still closed even after other
schools in the province had reopened.

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Several students live long distances and
sleep in a school dormitory from Sundays

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to Fridays, so they can attend class and
get access to additional resources.

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DeafDots interviewed two people
about this situation.

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I’m a former SJW student.

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Right now, I’m a teacher at ECD.

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I’m also the Union president for
teachers at all four PDSB schools,

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SJW, Robarts, ECD, and Brantford.

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Government shutting down
the residences is concerning.

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I feel like they don’t
understand what it’s like inside.

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They’ve decided our congregate
setting is similar to nursing homes

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or prisons, but that’s not true.

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There are only a few students
living in the residential building

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and there’s plenty of space; it’s
not even at capacity.

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There hasn’t been a single
COVID case at the dorms.

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I feel their reasoning for closing
the residences is due to medical

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fragility with the assumption of
many students having health issues,

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again, not true. Only a few have
health issues. Most don’t.

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In public schools, there are
students with medical issues.

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I think all schools might have
students with medical issues,

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not just us. They said,
“many are medically fragile”.

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Not true.

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I’m a mother and a former student
of Sir James Whitney in Belleville.

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Ben is currently a student there.

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As a mother, I’m not happy.

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Ben needs school.

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(To Ben): Residence at school?
Ben: Residence.

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[Anselmo]: What are your concerns?

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I have two main concerns with
the residence closing.

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One is, students who stay home will
be missing out on gaining

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necessary skills, training, knowledge,
and learning before they graduate.

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Many of them already missed out last
year and two years ago, causing isolation.

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Two, graduation is near, and the
question is whether they have

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the skills they need to learn
and move on with life.

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Some face severe
language deprivation.

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It’s the worst possible
scenario for them.

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Other schools, with constant COVID
breakouts, are allowed to stay open,

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while we haven’t had a breakout.

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The audacity of their decision.

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I notice Ben isn’t happy at home.

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He wants to go to the residence and school.

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I’m also not happy.

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He needs to be in school.
It's important.

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I really want the residences to open.

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[Anselmo]: Have you approached school
officials to express your concerns?

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That’s a tough question to answer.

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We’ve had frequent meetings during
winter break, during discussions,

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it seems the higher-ups are the ones
making all the decisions and

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we don’t have any choice.

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But, who are the higher ups?
It’s not clear.

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They haven’t shared any data to
support the residential shutdown.

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There hasn’t been a COVID breakout.

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So, I want to know who is in charge;
it’s not clear, it’s very vague.

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Consult with who? So, we’re not
satisfied with that response.

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[Anselmo]: What do you want them to do?

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What we want from them is to push
back at whoever decided to shut down

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the residences and explain that
they were doing fine,

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they haven’t had any breakouts and it’s
been proven that residences are safe.

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Compared to other places, they’ve
had breakouts, but not us.

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It means our safety procedures
have been effective.

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Masks.

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Six feet distancing.

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The numbers are small.

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I wish the higher-ups would push
back and open a dialogue instead of

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blindly accepting what they’ve
been told to do and relaying that

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information to us, with the implication
that it’s out of their hands.

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I feel that we should fight
back a little bit.

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I want to help and support all the
schools to open their residences

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because it’s important.

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Please don’t close it - just wait.

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[Anselmo]: The petition mentioned
there has been a decline in

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enrollment at PDSB schools.

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What is causing this decline?

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The number of students is dwindling
for several reasons.

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The biggest one is that
we cannot promote our school.

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It always has to stay “hidden.”
It’s like we’re Ontario’s best kept

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secret in public schools;
we can’t advertise our schools.

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I feel it’s time to make it known
that our schools are excellent.

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Other Deaf schools can promote
themselves; they have a website

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and a Facebook page.

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Our website is dry and
stale and it lacks colour.

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People like sites that offer
exciting content, showing details

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of what the school looks like on
the inside and what accomplishments

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they have achieved, not sites that
are dull and difficult to navigate.

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[Anselmo]: DeafDots contacted the
Ontario Minister of Education,

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Stephen Lecce who responded
through his spokesperson.

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[Anselmo]: Minister Lecce said -
“We are committed to reopening

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lodging as soon as it is safe as
we continue to follow the advice of

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Ontario’s Chief Medical
Officer of Health.

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All PDSB schools where possible
will provide in-person learning

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support for individual students
who cannot be accommodated through

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remote learning.

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We have elevated the public health
protocol every step of the way to

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protect schools and communities.

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We will continue to take action
to support our students, improve

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ventilation and quality masking,
and get them back to class.”

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[Anselmo]: Last April in 2021,
the new Executive Director for

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Deaf Culture Centre started work
after its co-founder Joanne Cripps

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retired. Leanne Gallant comes
onboard with varied background

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and passion for the
Deaf community in Canada.

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DeafDots asked Leanne to tell us more
about her role in the Canadian

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Cultural Society of the Deaf (CCSD)
which is the parent organization

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of Deaf Culture Centre.

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I bring vast experience
to the position.

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I’ve been involved
with the Deaf community.

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I worked and volunteered at
three different levels - local,

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provincial and, and national.

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I’ve been involved with a lot of
different Deaf organizations across Canada.

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I feel my growing experience
reached a plateau.

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I wanted more.

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I finally stumbled across CCSD’s job
opening post for the

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Executive Director position.

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I interviewed for it and felt
like I had plenty to offer.

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And then they hired me.

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I wasn’t stuck at a wall anymore.

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I’m looking forward to working with
you all in Deaf arts and culture

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for many years to come.

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[Nicole]: What happened to the
Deaf Culture Centre Museum?

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The CSSD Museum was located at
the old Deaf Culture Centre.

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It’s not there anymore because of
high budget costs in repairs,

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renovations, and maintenance,
we couldn’t afford it.

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So, we moved to a smaller
Deaf Culture Centre.

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Of course, we are working
on bringing the museum back.

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We value Deaf skills and their
artwork should be displayed.

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Maybe in the future we could
consider creating an online museum

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because it’s important
to bring it back.

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The when is unknown;
we are working on it.

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We’re still growing,
and with your support,

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we’ll be able to
expand even more!

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[Nicole]: In 2019, Deaf Culture Centre
announced a partnership with Palgong Tea.

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What is the benefit
of this partnership?

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Partnership with Palgong Tea,
PT for short, would depend on

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how you define partnership.

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The word can be
easily misunderstood.

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Our partnership is based on working
together and supporting each other.

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For us, we receive support from
Def-T opening shops across Canada.

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Palgong Tea donates a monthly
percentage which helps CSSD

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expand and set up Def-T.

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[Nicole]: This is a creative way to
raise revenue to support your

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operations! What goals have
you set for CCSD?

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CCSD’s goals include a recent mention,
bringing back the CCSD museum.

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A big Deaf Gallery that
features Deaf artwork.

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We would like to focus on Deaf Arts
training, schools, professionals,

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and highly skilled Deaf theatre.

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Sign Language Institute of Canada,
SLIC for short, recruiting more

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qualified sign language teachers.

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Def-T opening across Canada, helping
Deaf people become business owners.

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Set up an e-store so more Deaf
artists can tell their work.

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I’m really excited for CCSD’s
expansion and hope to pull in

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more Deaf artists
in the future.

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It’s nice to see more
Deaf plays, like Black Drum

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for instance, more of that.

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More plays.

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Those are just examples
of CCSD’s future goals.

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[Nicole]: Anselmo if you wonder why
they came up with the term "DEF-T",

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it stands for the richness and
history of Deaf culture while

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enjoying the aromas and
unique blends of fine tea.

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While having tea, customers can taste
and savour a sip of Deaf culture.

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Hence the term "DEF-T".

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[Anselmo]: "DEF-T", thanks for updating
on Deaf Culture Centre and CCSD!

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[Anselmo]: Fable Deaf is a short
film with an all-Deaf cast that

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focuses on the on-going isolating
struggles Deaf people face.

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Deaf Crows Collective is a
non-profit theatre in Regina,

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Saskatchewan producing the film.

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Fable Deaf is a dark fairytale
with no spoken language in a

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visual world. There are parallels
between old folktales and

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Deaf Culture in the story.

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DeafDots interviewed Joanne Weber,
an ASL consultant and artistic

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director for The Deaf Crows
Collective and Fatima Nafisa,

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one of the actors, about what
this 15-minute film is about.

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The story of Fable
Deaf is complicated.

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There are two main things, the
first is about the decline of the

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Deaf community; hearing people don’t
want to see a lot of ASL,

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sign language, Deaf Culture,
Deaf community, and Deaf identity.

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They prefer to focus on making
Deaf people hear with hearing aids,

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cochlear implants and oralism
and because of this, not a lot of

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support is given to the Deaf
community therefore the Deaf

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community gets smaller
and smaller over time.

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The second thing is how this
impacts the Deaf community

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emotionally - with negative emotions
brewing, drama thrives within

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the community, there’s inner fighting,
gossip, and backstabbing

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against people divided.

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With emotions being suppressed,
anger builds up and manifests

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into ammunition, Deaf people
vilify each other.

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So, Fable Deaf is about what
happens if two kinds of oppression

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occurs - the Deaf community
oppressing each other and hearing

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people oppressing
the Deaf community.

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The warning is for hearing parents
who dismiss ASL and focus on speech

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instead. If speech isn’t successful
for your children, then what will

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happen to their future?
They’ll end up having nothing.

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If there’s no sign language,
they will become depressed, lonely,

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isolated, and they will find
themselves in a lot of trouble

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in the future. Also it’s a warning for
Deaf people to respect other Deaf

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people in the community, respect
diverse cultures and languages.

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We can learn a lot from the
diversity in our community and pass

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that on to future generations
so they can continue to learn

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from each other.

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[Anselmo]: How long did it take to
make the film? How did your team

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handle production
during COVID?

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Deaf Crows Collective received a
grant from Canada Council in 2019.

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The project kept getting delayed
because of scheduling conflicts

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and other projects.

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We decided to start in 2020,
but Covid-19 hit.

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The four of us on the writing team,
creative writing team, worked hard

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to develop a script and
it took us almost a year.

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We started to plan
filming last summer in 2021.

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Filming took three weeks.

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We would sometimes start at 6
in the morning and work until

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1 in the morning.
It was tiring.

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I attended all the filming, all the
meetings, all the rehearsals, and

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all the decision making meetings;
I made sure everything was on track

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with integrating Deaf Culture,
sign language, behaviour, and

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interaction with
the hearing staff.

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Now that filming is finished, the
post-production team is working on

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editing, colour correction,
cutting, and piecing together

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that footage then
adding sound effects.

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We predict the release of the film
will happen in the fall of 2022.

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[Anselmo]: Now that Fable Deaf has
been filmed, what is next?

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Maybe we, the actors and the team,
will go to a festival in France,

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the International Festival of
Arts in sign language.

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The name of the festival
is Clin d’Oeil.

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This is my dream.

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[Anselmo]: And what’s
next for you?

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I will be working on a project
called “One Thousand Ladders Down.”

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We’ve had rehearsals, but
I’m not sure when

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it’ll be ready
for the public.

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[Anselmo] Good luck
to both of you.

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I hope to be able
to watch the film.

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