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New additions to the site include ASL videos, a resource section for deaf and hard of hearing persons, a message board on the home page for special events and other items, and online forms for comments/feedback and interpreter/computerized note-taker requests.
We are excited to bring you these changes, and encourage your feedback. Changes to the site will be made often, so be sure to check out the site regularly.
Lastly, we hope you enjoy the site, and encourage you to tell others who may find this resource valuable to them as well.
Thanks,
SDHHS Staff
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03/05/2009 - The following events will be happening in the summer months and information is now available:
Silent Walk on May 30th - Forestry Farm & Zoo in Saskatoon, and Wascana Park in Regina Annual General Meeting on June 20th - Ramada Hotel in Saskatoon (Riel Room) Youth Camp on July 10th to the 13th - Buses will leave the Regina office at 1:00pm on the 10th and return at 4:45pm on the 13th. Buses will leave the Saskatoon office at 3:30pm on the 10th and return at 2:30pm on the 13th.
03/01/2009 - SDHHS has been approached to provide speech reading classes in Saskatoon. We are trying to determine the level of interest in attending a class of this kind in Saskatoon and/or Regina. Depending on the interest SDHHS may seek to provide weekly speech reading classes. Please contact us if you are interested in taking speech reading as a course.
03/05/2009 - SDHHS, and its affiliates, would like to announce that the International Women's Day - Woman of Distinction Award will be hosted in March, 2010. For more information please click here to download the information sheet.
23/11/2008 - SDHHS presently has an opening for a Vocanional Counsellor. Qualified candidates are asked to submit a resume. For information and a description of the position click here.
21/12/2008 - The VPAD+ is now available for sale in Canada! Orders are now being taken. To order yours please click here.
03/01/2009 - SDHHS is currently testing with the computer program OOVOO. This programs’ high quality video chat and video conferencing will allow SDHHS to provide service, though means of the internet via: voice, video, and or text. This program can be supported by all computers that can run windows XP and MAC computers. The OOVOO program has the ability to receive and record messages by both the receiver and the sender. The message can be saved and viewed at anytime. Please continue to visit this website for more details and updates or visit OOVOO at www.oovoo.com.
In early September Carol Samuels met with a number of members of Hard of Hearing Association – Saskatoon branch (HHA), to discuss some of these gaps. HHA – Saskatoon presented SDHHS with a proposal for an Outreach Coordinator position which would help to fill some of the gaps in service. The position would be provincial in focus and would assist people throughout the province to live well with their hearing loss.
SDHHS believes this proposal has great potential and in the coming months we will be asking HHA – Saskatoon and Canadian Hard of Hearing Association – Regina district and other interested parties to work collaboratively with us to develop the proposal further and search for funding for this position. SDHHS will keep members informed as we move forward.
DISC is joining a task team with government to work on the creation of this separate system. Over the next few months DISC will be working with government to develop the foundations of this system.
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) has some wonderful resources on advocating on your own behalf. SDHHS would like to invite members and interested individuals to a presentation on self-advocacy, based on the materials developed by CHHA.
Stay tuned for upcomming dates.