In 2020, Jenelle Rouse made history as the first Black deaf person to receive a Ph.D. in the country of Canada. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. In 2008, ...

A mother in Canada is rejoicing after Ottawa officials reversed themselves and now say her deaf daughter in the Philippines will be allowed to join her. In May, Canadian officials told Karen Talosig ...

The Ontario Association of the Deaf recently hosted the 46th annual Mayfest, a celebration of deaf culture, language and heritage. The expo serves to bring together people from the deaf, deafened, ...

OTTAWA, Canada, September 29 (UNHCR) - Moving half-way across the world to an entirely new country and culture could seem daunting to a deaf teenage refugee from Bhutan. But Pabi Rizal says it's the ...

When Karen Talosig came to Canada from the Philippines in 2007, she knew that to give her daughter a better life, she had to leave her behind. Like thousands of other Filipina women who come to the ...

Manitoba’s deaf community is demanding the province take action to combat audism — discrimination against people who are deaf or hard of hearing — after the minister in charge of accessibility was ...

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