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SIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
CANADA

Promoting sign languages in Canada

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Report on the Legal Status and Statistics of Canadian Sign Languages

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JULY 31- AUGUST 4, 2024 

SLICe Certification

For SLICe application 2024: SLIC will not accept new SLICe applications for 2024.

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SLIC is going through the transition stage to establish professional standardized national accreditation for the sign language instructor’s certification/internship program and accreditation.

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Due to the transition plan, applying for the SLICe certification is now closed.  We will open with new applications at a later date in the year 2025. 

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More details to follow once it is ready to accept new applications.

OUR TEAM

Executive Director | Director | Administrative Assistant | Research | Training | Accreditation | Trainers | Trainees

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Executive Director  
Leanne Gallant  

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Director 
Gary Malkowski 

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Administrative Assistant 
Victoria Meusel

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Research Team  
Marty Taylor  

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Training Team 
Beverly Buchanan  

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Beverly Buchanan 
Lead Trainer 

SLIC TRAINERS (2023)

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Rae-Mairi Richardson 

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 Charline Savard 

Alice Dulude

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 Imran Hakamali 

SLIC TRAINEES
(2023) 

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Destiny Cordell

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Kevin Goodfeather

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Vernon Jebb 

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Michael Saunders

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Hélène Hebert

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Martin Boucher

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Marie-Pierre Petit

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Daphné
Leroux-Connelly

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Zahra Bhaijee

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Symara Bonner

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Andres Loaiza

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Farishta Normohamad

SLIC TRAINERS
(2024)

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Rae-Mairi
Richardson 

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Alice
Dulude

 Charline
Savard 

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 Imran
Hakamali 

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Amar

Mangat

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 Merilee

Gietz 

SLIC TRAINEES
(2024)

INDIGENOUS 

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Shawna Joynt

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Alanda McLeod

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Shayla-Rae Tanner 

LSQ

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Sylvain Laverdure

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Nadine Petit

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Hodan Youssouf

IBR

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Kanwal Mohammad Ali

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Sul Noor

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Amelia Palmer

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Zoh Qureshi

2SLGBTQI+

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Michelle Bourgeois

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Jonathan MacDonald

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Abigail Munn 

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Jessica Sergeant

Organization Members
2024  

1 Yellowquill University College
2 Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf
3 NL Association of the Deaf
4 Alberta Cultural Society of the Deaf
5 ASL & Deaf Studies, Red River College Polytechnic
6 Vancouver Community College
7 Saskatchewan Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
8 Saskatchewan Cultural Society of the Deaf
9 Alberta School for the Deaf
10 Provincial Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
11 School of Linguistics and Language Studies , Carleton University
12 Burnaby School Board, BC School for the Deaf
13 E-Quality Communication Centre of Excellence, Inc
14 Northern Signs Research, Inc
15 UBC Extended Learning
16 New Brunswick Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Inc
17 Canadian Association of Sign Language Interpreters
18 Mohawk College
19 Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA)
20 Durham Deaf Services
21 Indigenous Deaf of Canada (IDC)
22 Canadian Hearing Services
23 Western Canadian Centre of Deaf Studies
24 Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf
25 New Brunswick Cultural Society of the Deaf

26 Canada Association of the Deaf–Association des Sourds du Canada (CAD-ASC)
27 Deaf Blind Ontario Services
28 Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
29 TradqSigne
30 Deaf & Hear Alberta
31 Purple Moontower LLC (True Way ASL)
32 ASL - English Interpreting Program, Geroge Brown College
33 Canadian Assoication of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)
34 Silent Voice Canada Inc
35 Service linguistiques CB (SLCB)
36 Bob Rumball Canadian Centre of Excellence for the Deaf (BRCCED)
37 Association de l'Ouie de l'Outaouais (ADOO)
38 Asign 
39 English Language Institute, Gallaudet University
40 Deaf Children's Society of BC

41 Association de personnes vivant Avec une surdité de Lava (APVSL)

42 Association Ontarienne des Sourd(e)s Francophones (AOSF)

43 Centre Alpha-Sourd

44 Centre Alpha-Sourd Rive-Sud

45 Centre de la Communate Sourde du Montreal Métropolitain (CCSMM)

46 Deaf Youth Canada / Jeunes Sourds du Canada

47 Ecole Provinciale - CCJL

48 Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies, York University

49 Nova Scotia Community College (ASL Studies Program & AEIP)

50 Ontario Ministry of Education Provincial Schools Branch

51 Reseau quebecois pour l'inclusion sociale des personnes sourdes et

      malentendantes (ReQIS)      

52 VCH Well Being Program for Deaf/Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind

53 Yeshiva Nefesh David 

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