Jones Memorial Lecture
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Hard of Hearing Persons and Issues:
Local and Global Challenges
Guest Speaker: Ruth Warick, Ph.D.
Can’t come to the University to attend the lecture? View it live via webstreaming at:
https://new.livestream.com/aict/jmrl
*Webstreaming is EDT (9 pm-11 pm). This is 7 pm – 9 pm in Alberta.
Hard of hearing persons are one of the major categories of disabilities among the globe’s one billion persons with disabilities. Progress has been made in many countries in recognizing and attending to the needs of hard of hearing persons in education, employment and everyday life but much remains to be done to provide communication access. Essential as well is to promote greater awareness to prevent stigmatization, isolation and marginalization that individuals can feel as a result of this communications disability. These are among the issues and challenges faced by hard of hearing persons, whether at a local or global level, which will be articulated by the speaker. She will also describe international movements to address challenges, including the collaborative efforts that build on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
About Dr. Ruth Warwick:
Dr. Ruth Warick, hard of hearing from birth, has been active in the hard of hearing movement since her 20s, being one of the founding members of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. Currently is President of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People and Treasurer of the International Disability Alliance. Locally she serves as Vice-President of the board of the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and as President for the CHHA Vancouver Branch. Ruth has authored Hearing the Learning, a Postsecondary Handbook for Students who are Hard of Hearing and a doctoral thesis on Voices Unheard: The Academic and Social Experiences of University Students Who are Hard of Hearing. Ruth works full-time as the Senior Diversity Advisor – Disability at the University of British Columbia.
Thursday April, 10 2014
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Room 129, Education South
University of Alberta
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
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