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[Anselmo]: Welcome to DeafDots
- bringing alerts & news reports

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at intervals for Deaf Canadians!

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-We have sad news,
we were robbed.

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We lost equipment,
technology items, and files.

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We were stunned and cannot
operate without this equipment,

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so we had to close temporarily.

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It was sad.

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It's the 85th year of our
organization and last November,

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we finally purchased space in this
building and had our Open House

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last March to celebrate.

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Then the coronavirus outbreak
hit so we had to close.

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We did manage to do some work
bit by bit until the theft.

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We are sad,
angry and upset.

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[Anselmo]: On September 16,

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thieves broke into the Calgary
Association of the Deaf (CAD)

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forcing the Deaf Centre
to close temporarily.

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Overnight, thieves stole 
financial information,

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client files, computers, laptops,
and video production equipment.

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Rytch Newmiller,
CAD's secretary and treasurer,

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estimates the loss
of about $50,000.

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They have insurance which will
help CAD recover from this loss of

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property contents and equipment.

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But the sad part is thieves
also took historical documents,

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many invaluable and
antiques going back to 1935.

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The building in northwest
Calgary offers ASL courses,

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Deaf Support &
Referral Services,

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LINC program for Deaf
immigrants and refugees,

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Senior Outreach
Services and workshops.

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It is one of five similar
Centres across Canada.

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Responses from the community have
been overwhelming with offers of

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help and donations
to help CAD recover.

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Newmiller advises current or
past CAD members to monitor their

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Equifax credit report to make
sure their information is not

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compromised and to
protect themselves.

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CAD is going through a difficult
time and our Canadian Deaf

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community should support them
to get through this hard time.

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[Anselmo]: In June 2019, Bill C-81,
the proposed Accessible Canada Act

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to ensure a barrier-free Canada,

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was approved by Parliament.

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The Act also established a new
organization to develop and review

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accessibility standards for federal
government and federally regulated

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organizations encourage research and
share information on accessibility.

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This new organization is called
Accessibility Standards Canada

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with 11 board members
with disabilities

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or involved in the
disability community.

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-Three of these board members have ties
to the Deaf and DeafBlind communities.

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Maureen Haan, who is hearing
and currently president and CEO

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of Canadian Council on Rehabilitation
and Work and past executive director

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at Silent Voice Canada
who uses sign language.

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Penny Hartin, who is hearing and on the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s

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Board of Directors and also on
Deafblind Community Services Board.

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The third board member is
Dr. Joe McLaughlin who is Deaf,

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and currently on Board of
Canadian Hearing Services.

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All three will serve until 2023.

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The Accessibility Standards Canada
board is setting up technical

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committees in different areas
including plain language,

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outdoor spaces, employment,
and emergency exits.

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To date they have started
technical committees

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on plain language and
outdoor spaces.

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They will be recruiting in the
fall for more technical committees.

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Accessible Canada Act applies only
to any service or program that is

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governed by the federal
government of Canada.

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This includes federal government
departments and agencies,

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army, mounted police,
banking and finance, transportation,

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broadcasting and
communications technology.

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Specific standards
would be established,

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information would be developed
and publicly available,

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and there would be enforcement.

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The Act does not apply to private
sectors that are not under federal

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regulation, provincial
or municipal governments.

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[Anselmo]: If you own an iPhone,

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Apple announced the latest iOS
14 version on September 16.

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What is iOS 14 and why is it good
for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people?

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Stephanie is at the Apple
Store to share details!

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[Stephanie]: Apple has updated the
iOS 14 operating system which is

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available only on
iPhones 6 or newer.

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It has three new
accessibility features.

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The ‘Sound Recognition’
feature enables the iPhone

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to notify you to
14 sounds -

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running water, doorbell,
barking dog, siren or baby crying.

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A notification message
appears on the screen.

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The ‘Headphone Accommodations’
feature allows Deaf and

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Hard-of-Hearing people who can
hear to adjust sounds - music,

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phone calls and movies
– to suit the best.

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It works only if using
Apple or Beats headphones.

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The ‘Sign Language Prominence’
feature upgrades use of FaceTime to

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detect sign language and
highlight your video automatically

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during
Group FaceTime calls.

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Instead of automatically highlighting
a hearing person talking,

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this new feature now can detect
sign language and highlight

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the person signing in
a Group FaceTime call!

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If you have an iPhone 6 and up,

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you can download the iOS 14 now.

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[Anselmo]: Thanks, Stephanie.

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I will update my
iPhone and try out.

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If you have experience
with iOS 14,

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please share your thoughts
here on social media!

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[Anselmo]: On September 23,

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
stood in front of the camera

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and announced to the
whole of Canada that

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we have entered the
second wave of COVID-19.

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There have been significant increases in
cases in four of our largest provinces:

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Alberta, British Columbia,
Ontario and Québec.

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The Canadian government
has made some changes:

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the Canadian Emergency Response
Benefit (CERB) is no longer available

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but through Bill C-4, they will
provide Employment Insurance (EI)

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for people who qualify,

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and also a new Canadian Recovery
Benefit (CRB) for people

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who don’t
qualify for EI.

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There will also be new sick leave
benefits, and caregiver benefits,

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for people without work paid
sick leave or needing time off

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to take
care of someone.

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The government also announced as part
of their Disability Inclusion Plan,

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a “Canadian Disability Benefit”
for people with disabilities

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to find work and access
programs and benefits.

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We need to continue
wearing masks,

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maintain physical distancing,

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lower contact with other people by
staying home as much as possible,

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and keep washing our hands.

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Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau also urges you to

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download the COVID Alert App,

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and get a flu shot this fall.

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This would help reduce
pressure on hospitals.

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He says “we have the power to get
this second wave under control.

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I know we can do it,

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because we've already
done it once before.”

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[Anselmo]: Thank you
for your support,

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we are excited to have DEAFDOTS,

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the first Deaf news service
across Canada in ASL & LSQ!

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Stephanie, what questions are 
people asking?

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[Stephanie]: Why
the sign "DeafDots"?

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[Anselmo]: “DeafDots”
means target Deaf news

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happening in cities
across Canada.

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[Stephanie]: What's the
French word for "DeafDots"?

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[Anselmo]: Our team decided to
have the same “DeafDots” name

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in both
English and French,

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so there is no French
translation of "DeafDots".

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[Stephanie]: Another question asked
often - DeafDots is on Facebook,

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Twitter, Instagram and website…

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will you post news
on all of them?

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[Anselmo]: The DeafDots home is
our website at www.DeafDots.ca

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All Alerts & News programs
will post to the website!

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It will house all
current and past videos…

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Everyone has different preferences
- some prefer Facebook,

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or Twitter, or
Instagram, or YouTube...

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so what we do... our DeafDots team
would post each Alerts & News program

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to the
DeafDots website first,

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then announce on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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On the website - www.deafdots.ca
where you can subscribe

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for email alerts – either
English or French to notify you

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when a new program 
is posted!

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[Stephanie]: You can
also send us news!

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Where?

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On the DeafDots website, go to Alerts
& News then click 'Submit News'

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to type or film yourself signing,
also can attach any file or photos,

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and submit to DeafDots.

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Thank you for watching DeafDots!

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[Anselmo]: Yes thank you and
send us your news stories!