Publications
Keeping the Hands in Motion
by Chris Kenopic (2001)
This project is aimed at identifying the needs and abilities of senior citizens who are culturally and linguistically Deaf. It focused on the need for technical aids that are designed to match their communication abilities, and it developed recommendations for dealing with situations that impact upon the quality of their lives, including elder abuse. (66 pages)
Price: $10.00 (English version)
Deaf Childcare in Canada
by Roger Carver (2001)
What features would make a "deaf-friendly" child care service or pre-school learning environment? Roger Carver investigated this question through interviews and data collection from three different groups: parents, deaf adults, and service providers. The result is a unique and provocative examination of best practices for early childhood programs. (170 pages)
Price: $10.00 (English or French version)
Deaf Employment Paths: National Deaf Job Strategies Project
by Tanis Doe (2000)
The complex nature of the employment challenges facing Deaf Canadians requires significant and coordinated efforts on many fronts. Access to training and re-training, career development and counseling, human services such as interpreting, and technical aids are all needed by Deaf job seekers. This report identifies potential solutions to help Deaf Canadians find, keep, and advance in employment.
Deaf people are not proportionately represented in professional occupations such as lawyers, engineers, doctors and teachers. Tanis Doe's report for the CAD offers guidelines to be used by universities to encourage more Deaf people to become professionals. It also educates post-secondary admissions offices about the accommodation needs of Deaf candidates. (73 pages)
Price: $10.00 (English or French)
The Politics of Visual Language: Deafness, Language Choice and Political Socialization
by James Roots (1999)
This book is a ground-breaking study of the political socialization of children who are deaf. Debate has raged for years over how to educate the prelingually deaf — those children who cannot acquire language "normally" (that is, orally and aurally). While the battlelines have been drawn by the proponents of oralism versus manualism and their hearing supporters, two linguistic dilemmas facing D/deaf people remain constant: a conscious choice is always made for them as to the way they will be taught, and either method of language acquisition results in a form of marginalization. Professionals will have to reconsider the emotional and political effects of current assumptions about the socialization process. (106 pages)
Price: Out of print in paperback. Available in hardcover for $25
Multiculturalism and the Deaf
by Evelyne Gounetenzi (1999)
This project examines the challenges facing Deaf people who are members of a racial-ethnic minority. The challenges faced by hearing minority groups are well-known, but the Deaf face two issues: they are members of a minority group because of their race or ethnicity, and they are also Deaf. Where do they get support to keep their culture, and how do they integrate to the Deaf community? These are the main questions that need to be answered. (51 pages)
Price: $10.00 (English or French version)
The Employment and Employability of Deaf Canadians
by Jim Roots and David Kerr (1998)
With the funding assistance of Human Resource Development Canada, the CAD undertook to survey 1,000 Deaf individuals across the country on their education, current employment, salary level, and barriers to employment. The survey results led the CAD to suggest options for increasing the employment and employability of Deaf Canadians. (115 pages)
Price: $10.00 (English or French)
Parent Information Report: Hearing Parents and Their Deaf Child
by Evelyne Gounetenzi (1998)
Ninety percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents who usually have little, if any, prior exposure to deafness. They must be deliberately and systematically taught language because they lack the medium through which language is normally acquired, i.e. through hearing. This project identifies significant factors in the parental decision-making process and gaps in access to full and balanced information. It also identifies possibilities for ensuring a healthier and more holistic approach to deafness on the part of parents, children and professionals.
Price: $10.00 (English or French)
ASL/LSQ Laws and Deaf Laws
by Henry Vlug (1995)
This two-volume publication is so highly regarded internationally that the World Federation of the Deaf has distributed copies to the national Deaf Associations of over 100 countries! Volume One and Two (33 pages report with its 250 English only) offers a "plain-language" examination of political legislation affecting Sign Language and /or the Deaf, mostly in Canada but also Internationally.
Price: $10.00 (English)
Biliterary and Bilingual Signed Language Acquistion of the Deaf in Canada
by Charlene Chamberlain and Patrick Boudreault
Price: $10.00 (version in English and French)
HDTV/ Digital Television and Captioning
CAD has published its research project called "HDTV/ Digital Television and Captioning." The book examines the technical and legislative future of captioning in the context of HDTV/digital technology developments, both in Canada and in the United States. The project was funded in part by Office of Consumer Affairs of Industry Canada.
Price: $10.00 (English or French)
The 14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf 2003
The 14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf hosted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Delegates from 101 countries came to the Congress to participate at the WFD meetings and 2,700 participants in all took part in this historical event that is hosted every 4 years around the globe.
CD-rom
Allows you to review the proceedings in its entirety. Share with the fellow citizens in your country to educate them as to what's happening around the world, what kind of research has been done, what work has been done and needs to be done.
Price: $15.00
DVD
Watch highlights from the 14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf including keynote addresses, exclusive interviews, the World Federation of the Deaf Annual General Meeting as well as parts of the opening and closing ceremonies.
Price $15.00
Special - CD-rom & DVD: $25.00
