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Information provided by Proposed Customer Service Standard from Manitoba Accessibility Advisory Council (MAAC)
Proposed Customer Service Standard
By Doug Momotiuk,
MAAC Representative
November 19, 2014
You remembered
that the Accessibility for Manitobans Act became law on December 5, 2013. This
purpose of the legislation is to provide a process for the identification,
preventation and removal of barriers that prevent people disabled by barriers
from full participation.
It will accomplish
this procession to develop standards on customer service, information and
communication, transportation, employment and the built environment.
As customer
service is the first standard to be developed, the Minister agreed that the
Council should be on the role of the Customer Service Standard Development
Committee to work leading to application of the legislation.
This Committee has
been meeting regularly since February 2014. We provided to the public on the
government’s website. The ideas, questions and concerns were collected and
considered in the preparation of this Proposed Customer Service Standard.
In April 2014, the
Committee released the Discussion Paper on an Initial Proposed Customer Service
Standard. They also collected feedbacks and concerns from the stakeholders and
the public consultations on June 17-18, 2014 that more than 150 people attended
the two day event and also webcast.
The Customer
Service Standard Recommendation now has the purpose and application, effective
dates, establishment of policies, practices and procedures, use of support
persons, use of service animals, notice of temporary disruption, training for
staff, feedback process for providers of goods or services, notice of
availability of documents, format of documents and compliance.
The example is
that the organizations with 20 or more employees must have the
policies/practices/procedures and trainings on how to communicate with Deaf
people at customer services at the Government of Manitoba, every government
agency and all private and non-profit organizations. The other example is that
colleges and universities’ support services or customer services make sure if
there are qualified sign language interpreters at Deaf students’ classes or
meetings. The other example is to have full accessibility of communication
between doctors and Deaf patients/families with qualified sign language
interpreters in person or by video interpreters at hospitals.
We forwarded the
Committee’s recommendations on a Proposed Customer Service Standard to the
Minister.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Letter from Canadian Administrator of VRS for Interested Parties!
CANADIAN ADMINISTRATOR OF
VRS
Nov.
21, 2014
To: Interested Parties
Subject: Canadian
Administrator of VRS – Call for Stakeholders
Dear
Sir or Madame,
This letter is being
sent to you by the Interim Board of Directors of the Canadian Administrator of
VRS (CAV) Inc., a new organization that is currently being established to
oversee the delivery of video relay service (VRS) in Canada. We would like to provide you with information
about this new organization and to inquire whether your group may be interested
in becoming a Stakeholder of the CAV in order to participate in the selection
process to determine the individuals associated with the CAV's permanent Board
of Directors. There is no fee for being
a Stakeholder. If your group is
interested in becoming a Stakeholder, we invite you to contact us to express
your interest at the contact information below.
We are currently
preparing videos of this letter in American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des
signes québécois (LSQ). These videos
will be distributed once available.
The Canadian
Administrator of VRS: Bringing VRS to
Canadians
The CAV is a
not-for-profit organization that the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recently determined would be established to
oversee the delivery of VRS in Canada. The
CAV will engage independent VRS service providers to deliver services to Canadians
across the country in both ASL and LSQ, and ensure that VRS is provided in
accordance with CRTC requirements. The
CRTC has provided that VRS in Canada will receive funding of up to $30 million
each year, to be paid by contributions from telecommunications service
providers (TSPs).
A number of steps
need to take place before the CAV can launch VRS in Canada:
1)
Determine the Corporate Structure of the CAV: The first step toward launching VRS involves
determining the corporate structure of the CAV. The Interim Board of Directors has designed a
proposal for the corporate structure of the CAV that is currently being
considered by the CRTC. We expect that
the CRTC will issue a decision on the proposal in the near future. Once the corporate structure of the CAV has
been approved, further steps can be taken to set up the CAV.
2)
Establish a permanent Board of Directors for the
CAV: Once the corporate structure of the CAV has
been determined, the Interim Board of Directors will run processes to select
individuals associated with the CAV's permanent Board of Directors (see the
section below, Selecting the Permanent
Board of Directors: The Role of Stakeholders).
3)
Set up VRS: The permanent Board of Directors of the CAV
will then take steps to contract with independent VRS service provider(s) to
provide VRS in both ASL and LSQ across the country.
It is the goal of the
Interim Board of Directors to establish the permanent Board of Directors as
soon as possible after the CRTC issues its decision with respect to the
corporate structure of the CAV. Once the
permanent Board of Directors is in place, a number of months will be needed before
VRS can become operational.
Selecting
the Permanent Board of Directors: The
Role of Stakeholders
The permanent Board
of Directors of the CAV will be structured to benefit from perspectives of the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community, sign language interpreters, TSPs and
the Canadian public.
Stakeholders will
play an important role in selecting the individuals who will bring these
perspectives to the CAV Board of Directors. Groups that register with the CAV as Stakeholders
will be entitled to nominate and vote for candidates to serve in roles that align
with their interests. For example, the
Board of Directors will include individuals who provide perspectives from the
DHH community. These individuals will be
selected by Stakeholders groups that represent the interests of DHH users. These groups will register as DHH Stakeholders
of the CAV, and as DHH Stakeholders, they will be eligible to nominate and vote
for candidates who will sit on the Board of Directors to provide the
perspective of DHH users.
Similarly, individuals
who will bring the perspectives of TSPs and sign language interpreters to the
Board of Directors will be selected by telecommunications companies and
interpreter groups, respectively. TSPs
will register as TSP Stakeholders of the CAV to participate in the election of individuals
who will bring TSP perspectives to the Board of Directors, and sign language
interpreter groups will register as Interpreter Stakeholders of the CAV to
participate in the appointment of individuals who will bring the perspectives
of sign language interpreters to the Board of Directors.
In order to register
as a DHH Stakeholder, a TSP Stakeholder, or an Interpreter Stakeholder, DHH
groups, TSPs and sign language interpreter groups will need to meet specific
eligibility criteria. These criteria are
still being considered by the CRTC and have not yet been finalized.
The
Process for Becoming a Stakeholder of CAV
If your group
represents the interests of DHH users, sign language interpreters, or is a TSP,
and is interested in becoming a Stakeholder of the CAV, we would invite you to
let us know by sending a short message to info@cav-acs.ca.
In your message,
please indicate the following information:
-
The name of your group;
-
The name and contact information (phone
number/email) of the appropriate person at your group for us to contact; and
-
Identify which type of Stakeholder your group
would like to register as, whether as a:
·
DHH Stakeholder;
·
TSP Stakeholder; or
·
Interpreter Stakeholder.
Once the corporate structure
of the CAV is approved by the CRTC (as discussed above), we will formally
register Stakeholders to participate in the election of individuals to be
associated with the permanent Board of Directors. By expressing your interest now, we will
automatically send your group a Stakeholder Registration Form to complete once
the registration period begins.
Please feel free to share
this letter with other groups that you believe may be interested in becoming a
Stakeholder of the CAV.
If you have any
questions or comments, please feel free to send them to "info@cav-acs.ca"
We hope you will
consider becoming a Stakeholder of the CAV and we look forward to hearing from
you.
Yours
truly,
[ Original signed
by F. Folino ]
|
[ Original signed
by J. Daniels ]
|
[ Original signed
by G. Birch ]
|
Frank Folino, BA
(Hons.)
Director,
Interim Board
CAV
|
Jonathan Daniels
Director,
Interim Board
CAV
|
Gary
Birch, O.C., Ph.D., P.Eng
Director,
Interim Board
CAV
|
*** End of
Document ***
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Prairie Theatre Exchange will have ASL Interpreted Performance on January 3rd!
Prairie Theatre Exchange
ASL Interpreted Performance:
Canada's Most Beloved Children's Auther Robert Munch comes alive on stage with 5 stories performed: The Paper Bag Rincess, David's Father, The Fire Station, Give Me Back My Dad and It's My Room!
Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 3pm
Rush Seating $10.25
Assigned Seating $12.75
Family Pack $33-$46
Please let the box office know you will be using the interpreter!!
Order on line at www.pte.mb.ca or call204-942-1774
Canada's Most Beloved Children's Auther Robert Munch comes alive on stage with 5 stories performed: The Paper Bag Rincess, David's Father, The Fire Station, Give Me Back My Dad and It's My Room!
Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 3pm
Rush Seating $10.25
Assigned Seating $12.75
Family Pack $33-$46
Please let the box office know you will be using the interpreter!!
Order on line at www.pte.mb.ca or call204-942-1774
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Team Canada Deaf Men Curling Bonspiel at Morris Curling Club /Rosenort Area
Team Canada Deaf Men
Curling will curl in the bonspiel at
Dekalb 7th
Annual Super Spiel
from November 20 –
24, 2014
Morris Curling Club
and Rosenort Arena
Come out and support
Team Canada Deaf Men are:
Cliff Beaulieu, John
Gessner, Shawn Demianyk and Marc Comte’s first game
on Fri. Nov 21 at 12
noon on Ice C at Morris Curling Club.
Admission
$10.00 per day /
$30.00 weekend including ladies final day on Monday.
Other participants
Men’s
Teams
Team Marnoch from
Carberry, MB
Team Calvert in
Winnipeg
Team Ramsay in
Winnipeg
Team Grassie in
Winnipeg
Team Jonasson in
Dauphin, MB
Team Sullivan from
Halifax, NS
2 Teams from U.S.
National Teams
Team Manitoba Bisons from
U of MB
Team Stanus in
Winnipeg
Team Hartung from SK
Team Lyburn in
Winnipeg
Team Sigurdson in
Winnipeg
Team Heidt from SK
Team Peters in
Winnipeg
Women’s
Teams
Team Menard from
Dauphin, MB
Team Einarson in East
St. Paul (Wpg)
Team Eberle from
Regina, SK
Team Auld from
Toronto, ON.000
Team Horgan from
Sudbury, On
Team Champagne in
Winnipeg
Team Jones in
Winnipeg
Team Meakin from
Ottawa, On
Team Sigurdson from
Morden, MB
Team McDonald in
Winnipeg
Team Birchard in
Winnipeg
Team Thursston in
Winnipeg
Team MacIntosh from
Halifax, NS
Team Harvey in
Winnipeg
Team Campbell from La
Salle, MB
Team Ogasawara from
Japan
Team Brown from
Madison, WI.
Team Roberston in
Winnipeg
Team Kilallen from
Pinawa, MB
Team Brown in
Winnipeg
Team Link in East St.
Paul (Wpg)
Team Montford in
Winnipeg
Team Grandy from
Mississauga, ON
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) 's special announcement
The Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published in America
Sign Language It's Your CRTC! Your
5-minute Guide to Understanding and Participating in Our Activities. The
purpose of this guide is to inform Canadians about how to participate in its
activities and proceedings and why that’s important.
We invite you to
share this document within your community, with your members and during
meetings.
Politique sociale
et des consommateurs |
Social and Consumer Policy
Directeur | Director
Consommation et politiques stratégiques | Consumer Affairs and Strategic Policy
Directeur | Director
Consommation et politiques stratégiques | Consumer Affairs and Strategic Policy
Conseil de
la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes | Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
nanao.kachi@crtc.gc.ca
Téléphone | Telephone 819-997-4700
Télécopieur | Facsimile 819-953-7811
Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada
www.crtc.gc.ca
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www.crtc.gc.ca


Thursday, November 13, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Santa Claus Parade is coming to Winnipeg- this coming Saturday (Nov 15th)
Hello Parent of Deaf Community,
I thought I would like to share this information for the special event for the children since Christmas season is around the corner.
Please see the link for Santa Claus Parade which is coming this Saturday for 5 p.m.
http://www.winnipegsantaparade.com/
Thanks,
Sheila Montney
Executive Director
Deaf Centre Manitoba Inc
I thought I would like to share this information for the special event for the children since Christmas season is around the corner.
Please see the link for Santa Claus Parade which is coming this Saturday for 5 p.m.
http://www.winnipegsantaparade.com/
Thanks,
Sheila Montney
Executive Director
Deaf Centre Manitoba Inc
Monday, November 3, 2014
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