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A silent rally took place Friday in front of the Ontario Government building on James Street as a part of the International Day of sign language rights. A group of citizens from Thunder Bay's deaf community gathered hoping to raise awareness.
Speaking through an interpreter, the president of the Thunder Bay Centre of the Deaf, Karen Higginson said suppression of sign language continues in Canada and all levels of government have violated deaf children's rights to sign language and accessible education. Another issue in the city is access to services for the deaf she said, saying hospitals and even government buildings usually do not even have an interpreter.
Higginson says many children are deprived of learning and practicing American Sign Language in school saying that she is part of a linguistic minority that is ignored and their goal is to force politicians to work in consultation with deaf organizations.
Higginson added that culturally deaf people feel like second class citizens because of language barriers with health care and education.
Spokesperson of the Canadian Hearing Society, Carolyn High says changes in Ontario need to be made. Similar rallies took place all around the world today by the World Federation of the Deaf.
A silent rally took place Friday in front of the Ontario Government building on James Street as a part of the International Day of sign language rights. A group of citizens from Thunder Bay's deaf community gathered hoping to raise awareness.
Speaking through an interpreter, the president of the Thunder Bay Centre of the Deaf, Karen Higginson said suppression of sign language continues in Canada and all levels of government have violated deaf children's rights to sign language and accessible education. Another issue in the city is access to services for the deaf she said, saying hospitals and even government buildings usually do not even have an interpreter.
Higginson says many children are deprived of learning and practicing American Sign Language in school saying that she is part of a linguistic minority that is ignored and their goal is to force politicians to work in consultation with deaf organizations.
Higginson added that culturally deaf people feel like second class citizens because of language barriers with health care and education.
Spokesperson of the Canadian Hearing Society, Carolyn High says changes in Ontario need to be made. Similar rallies took place all around the world today by the World Federation of the Deaf.