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[Anselmo]: Hello! This is DeafDots,
27 November 2020.

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

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[Anselmo]: Arthur Last,
chair of Ontario Mission of the Deaf

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announced during Annual Town Hall meeting

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of the Bob Rumball Canadian
Centre of Excellence for the Deaf,

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BRCCED last month that they have decided
to sell the 2395 Bayview Avenue property

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and to make move to a new and better
place as part of a five-year process.

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BRCCED’s mission is to provide
educational, independent living,

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and social environment Deaf people within
a space without communication barriers.

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They currently provide Literacy &
Basic Skills (LBS) classes to help

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adults become
independent and get jobs,

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Language Instruction for Newcomers
to Canada (LINC) funded by

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Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada,
Employment Services for Deaf immigrants,

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housing for 75 people, sign
language classes, preschool programs,

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and the PAH!
mental health program.

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They also operate the Bob
Rumball Home for the Deaf,

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a 64-bed housing facility with 24 hour
nursing care in Barrie, a camp in Parry Sound,

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and a centre for people
with special needs in Milton.

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Their combined revenues in 2019
exceeded $20 million with revenues

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from province, federal and municipal
governments and charitable donations.

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They employ 384 people in
part time and full time positions.

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Who is Rev. Robert Rumball?
His son explains where it started.

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[Derek]: Hello,
my name is Derek Rumball.

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Rev. Bob Rumball is a former
professional football player with

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Ottawa Rough Riders and
Toronto Argonauts football teams.

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After he retired and
completed school,

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he became a minister and was assigned
to the Deaf Church in downtown Toronto,

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an old church right in the middle
of everything, a beautiful area.

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At that time when
he started to serve,

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he noticed Deaf people who were
poor and needed social services

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and really support in
the home - some minimal,

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but some were in serious need.

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He saw that the church wasn't
doing enough, that was a while ago.

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With support of the Ontario
Mission of the Deaf (OMD),

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the Deaf church began to offer social
services for Deaf people in Toronto,

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that was back in 1956.

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[Anselmo]: Derek is one of
Reverend Rumball’s two sons,

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and there are
also five daughters.

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[Derek]: In 1984 after I
finished school and university,

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I was hired by the Deaf
church to run the Deaf camp

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which I continued to manage.

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Then in 1999, the Board,
at that time BRCD,

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asked me to become assistant
to Rev. Rumball which I accepted.

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Since that time, I have worked full time
for the president of BRCCED, our new name.

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My responsibilities were to
supervise and guide the organization,

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services with the Rumball
name... the services in Milton,

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the nursing home in Barrie, Ontario,
and growing our services across Ontario.

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I am responsible for the next step
in the services for our Community.

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[Anselmo]: What is
the BRCCED vision?

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[Derek]: We recently
announced that OMD who hosts

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and is responsible
for our Rumball operations,

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that we will be selling the property
on Bayview Avenue, the main offices.

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It is now time to grow as there
are not enough residences here,

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not enough classrooms,
and not enough of everything!

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We have a waiting list of people
who need services and have to wait.

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It has become necessary to grow and
it is time to explore for a new property,

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and build new, the world's best Center
for our community to provide services...

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and the time is now.

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[Anselmo]: Reverend
Rumball died in 2016 at 86.

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His son, Derek has been with
BRCCED for over 21 years.

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[Anselmo]: When the COVID-19 pandemic
outbreak reached Canada in January,

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it caused many issues.

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People had to wash their hands, wear masks
and maintain a proper social distance.

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Stores, businesses,
and schools had to change procedures.

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Clubs and events were also impacted
because people needed to keep away.

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Governments placed limits
on the size of gatherings which

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impacted classes,
social events, and activities.

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This has increased our
reliance on technology:

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classes switched online, meetings,
visits and social events are all online.

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Zoom and Microsoft
Teams usage rocketed.

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Zoom subscribers jumped from 10
million to 200 million, now 300 million!

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Microsoft Teams now has 40 million
users doing 2.7 billion minutes per day!

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Both tools offer modern
cloud-based platforms for video

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conferencing, chat and webinars.

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I know some Deaf research in UK and
Europe experience same issues.

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Its good that more of us
are using Zoom

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The man at the end,
Dr. Robert Adam,

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assistant professor in the UK
and president of International Sign

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Language and Deaf Studies
Commission at World Federation of

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the Deaf says
responses are mixed.

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He and three other Deaf people did
a case study on the experiences of

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three deaf staff members at
Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.

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They work with interpreters in
daily work settings and they found

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online platforms are
tiring to watch interpreters

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in 2-dimension
instead of 3-dimension,

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unreliable internet connection
affecting video quality,

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and adapting signing, having to
sign slower and more to the point.

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Sometimes they have to
type words in the chat box.

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It is difficult for interpreters
to shift while online.

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Microsoft Teams makes it difficult
to "pin" the interpreter and it is

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often difficult to get a closer look
on the hearing person speaking.

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Looking at the interpreter
means we miss out on the visuals

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showing
during the session.

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The team found zoom more suitable
for direct sign to sign meetings as

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all windows of everyone
are displayed at once.

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Each person needs to pause to give
time for the next person to talk,

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to pin the person, or look at
documents or visuals on the screen.

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Some online video conferencing platforms
now incorporate live captioning.

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In addition to Microsoft Teams,

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Google also announced last May
its video-chat “Google Meet” can

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transcribe a conversation to
live captions within seconds.

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Technology still
needs to catch up!

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[Anselmo]: Last September DeafDots
reported that all Deaf people who

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are already approved for Disability
Tax Credit or receive disability

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support should have
received up to $600 by now

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to deal
with the impact of COVID-19.

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I hear there has been
a new development.

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Could Nicole tell
us more about it?

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[Nicole]: Yes,

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the Canadian federal government spent
$548 million for this one-time payment.

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What about those people
with disabilities who had

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never applied for the
Disabled Tax Credit, DTC?

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Now the Canada government
has extended the deadline on DTC

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applications to allow
more people with disabilities

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including Deaf
people to get a one-time,

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tax-free payment of up to
$600 to deal with COVID-19.

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They say DTC applications that are
approved by end of November will

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receive the one-time
payment in January 2021.

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If you miss the deadline,

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DTC applications approved
by the end of February 2021

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will still
receive payment in spring 2021.

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[Anselmo]: Thanks,
Nicole.

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I am glad the Canadian
government is allowing more time

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for people to
qualify for DTC.

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A question for you,
DeafDots viewers -

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would a one-time payment
of up to $600 be enough to

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support the additional costs Deaf
people have to deal with COVID-19?

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Please share your thoughts
here on social media!

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[Anselmo]: In our last DeafDots
report we talked about ASL and LSQ.

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We also mentioned
Inuit Sign Language.

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But Deaf people are also
members of other indigenous tribes.

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One of them is Marsha Ireland who
is a member of the Turtle clan from

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Oneida Nation of the Thames,
near London, Ontario.

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She is working to create signs
based on the Oneida language

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as she wants to pass
along her Indigenous culture

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to four
generations of her Deaf family!

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Marsha is working with Oneida
Language and Cultural Centre to

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research and document the
tribe's history and language.

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[Marsha]: The Oneida Nation
community involvement has helped us

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work on Oneida
Sign Language (OSL),

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we are identifying
and developing signs.

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Our Circle has created
over 500 signs to date.

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[Anselmo]: Where
is Oneida Nation?

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[Marsha]: The Oneida
Nation currently is in NY State,

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Ontario, Wisconsin and Oklahoma.

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The Nine Title by Clan Mothers,

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Clan Mothers brings names to our
new born babies during Ceremonies.

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Traditional values, we give Thanks at
Events, People, Water, Earth Mother, Life,

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Creator, Nine clan title,
3 bear, 3 wolf, 3 turtle,

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Ceremony calendar, Mid-winter,
Maple run, Strawberry,

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Planting/Seed Dance,
Corn, and Harvest.

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[Anselmo]: How many Deaf people
are members of the Oneida Nation?

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[Marsha]: There are 22 members of
the Oneida Nation from babies to Elders.

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[Anselmo]: Have you hosted any
large event for Deaf Indigenous peoples?

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[Marsha]: Seventy five people
attended the Indigenous Deaf

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Gathering in Oneida in 2018,

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majority were Deaf and also
Hearing people with Deaf relatives.

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[Anselmo]: Marsha is mother
to five Deaf adult children,

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grandmother to 12 grandchildren and
great-grandmother of a 1 year old.

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Four generations
of her Deaf family!