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General
Definition
Organizations
- Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada (AVLIC) (www)
- Deaf Culture Centre – Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, Inc. (www)
- The Canadian Association of the Deaf (www)
- The Canadian Hearing Society (www)
- The Deaf Culture Centre (www)
Statistics
Quebec Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL)
Tools and resources
Educational institutions
- Douglas College (British Columbia) – Sign Language Interpretation (www)
- George Brown, The Toronto City College (www)
- Lakeland College – Sign Language Interpretation Diploma (www)
- Nova Scotia Community College – American Sign Language/English Interpretation (www)
- University of Alberta – American Sign Language (www)
- York University (Ontario) – American Sign Language (www)
Organizations
- Manitoba Association of Visual Language Interpreters (MAVLI) (www)
- Maritimes Association of Professional Sign Language Interpreters (MAPSLI) (www)
- Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters (OASLI) (www)
- Saint John Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc. (www)
- Sign Language Interpreters of the National Capital (SLINC) (www)
- Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians (www)
- South-East Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Inc (New Brunswick) (www)
- West Coast Association of Visual Language Interpreters (WAVLI) (www)
- Western Canadian Centre of Studies in Deafness (WCCSD) (www)