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[ANSELMO]: Hello! Welcome to this first 
DeafDots program in 2024 - 12 January 2024! 

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Bringing alerts & news reports at
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Don't forget to subscribe, like, 
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[ANSELMO]: Looking through
 the calendar for 2024,

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we can look forward to two major
 Deaf events happening this year.

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The Canada Deaf Games (CDG) will 
take place in Toronto May 6-11, 2024.

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Hosted by Silent Voice, they
 are expecting 500 athletes

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and coaching staff from across Canada
 and playing eight sport disciplines.

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It's the first time CDG has
 been hosted in Ontario,

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and they say it will be inclusive and accessible 
in four languages - ASL, LSQ, English, and French. 

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For more information, their website is
 https://silentvoice.ca/cdg-2024/

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Canadian Cultural Society of
 the Deaf (CCSD) is hosting

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the first National Deaf Arts &
 Culture Festival, NDACF!

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This celebration of Deaf Arts & 
Culture & Sign Languages is

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actually two conferences held 
concurrently: Deaf Arts,

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and Sign Language Institute Canada with
 presentations, workshops, and panels.

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Deaf Artists will have opportunities to 
get booths to sell their artworks, books

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and videos! NDACF will be held at
 Saint Mary University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Their website is 
https://www.deafartsourds.ca/

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[ANSELMO]: If you are hosting a 
Deaf event anywhere in Canada,

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we encourage you to let us know! Send email 
to news@deafdots.ca with information

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on why we should report on your event!

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[ANSELMO]: On October 22, 2023 during 
Homecoming weekend at Gallaudet University,

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a Canadian was inducted to the
 Gallaudet University Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Rohan Smith, who is a Financial Advisor with 
Desjardins Financial Security Investments

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in Toronto graduated from Gallaudet in 1991,

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excelled in Men's Track and Field from 1987 
to 1990 and set several school records. 

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[ANSELMO]: I asked Rohan what pulled 
him into Men's Track and Field?

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I got into track after a high school 
teacher recruited me to join track

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and it led me to compete.

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I competed and trained with Olympian
 athletes before I entered Gallaudet.

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[ANSELMO]: What inspired you or who
 are the role models you look up to

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that motivated you to excel?

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Role models that inspired me were many!

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Each of them succeeded in their 
areas for example at work, athletics,

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and I trained with Olympians including 
those with gold medals which was

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a huge inspiration and motivated
 me and at the end it helped me to

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win numerous competitions 
as long as I was motivated.

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[ANSELMO]: Do you still 
participate in athletics?

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I wish I could continue to compete
 but it was time to change my life.

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I no longer run but I still coach.

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[ANSELMO]: Tell us in short about 
yourself and your family and occupation.

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I have a daughter and am a single 
father. I work as a financial advisor.

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[ANSELMO]: Thanks, Rohan.
 It's great to see a Canadian is in

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the Gallaudet University Athletics
 Hall of Fame to show that

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Canadians can be just as good or even better!

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[ANSELMO]: On January 7, Bonnie Russell 
gave a workshop titled "Visualize,

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Create, Manifest: Vision Board" for Greater
 Vancouver Association of the Deaf, GVAD.

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What is this workshop about?

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We asked Robyn Mackie, our DeafDots 
reporter, to tell us more about it.

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[ROBYN]: It is not the first time 
Bonnie Russell has given this workshop.

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She is a psychotherapist who is a 
creative person looking to help people.

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Is this the first time you 
have given this workshop?

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It's not my first time; I hosted a Vision Board 
workshop maybe 10 or 15 years ago.

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I traveled to different sites in 
Ontario and also in the U.S.

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It's been awhile and
just now I will host it again.

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Depending on interest and 
requests, I can do it again. 

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[ROBYN]: What is a Vision Board? Who 
came up with the idea of the Vision Board?

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GVAD contacted me to discuss and plan
 for the start of the new 2024 year,

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a workshop and possible ideas.

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It led to the idea to do a Vision Board 
workshop as a good way to

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gather and visualize what a Vision Board is.

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It is a diagram on the board.

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We all look at ourselves and analyze
 our dreams, our goals, our wants,

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and so forth... going on a trip, losing weight,
 exercising, adding weight or bulking up,

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personal growth, my communication
 skills, skills or interactions...

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any goals that you want to improve.

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We put these on the board using markers,
 typing or printing... tearing pictures out of

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magazines, cutting out... anything which
 is laid out, this is a Vision Board. 

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[ROBYN]: How important is this tool? Benefits?

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A Vision Board supports you on a daily 
basis that you look at and check out

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and analyzes yourself to make sure 
I am on track and making progress.

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This support encourages positivity.

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What you see on the board gives you encouragement 
and you send out positive vibes as well.

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This positivity is a tremendous benefit around
 the world when we all give positive vibes.

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This is how the vision board helps.

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You can also include quotes or
 materials that speak out in words to

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inspire you and keep you inspired, 
see your light inside you. 

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[ROBYN]: Talk about yourself and how did you
 get involved, or learn about the Vision Board?

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I am a person who loves to analyze 
myself inside or look at people

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and their inner stories.

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I am, myself, a mental health therapist 
and am also strong spiritually.

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In all, I read different books and attend 
workshops in areas of psychology,

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self-help and spirituality.

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This involvement gives me enjoyment 
and a fire which is in my nature which I follow.

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I enjoy this.

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[ROBYN]: This workshop sounds interesting. 
Robin says that it's like a mood board

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but with the vision board it is more about 
which direction you want your life to go.

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It is timely as we just started a new year! 

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[ANSELMO]: That was interesting Robyn,
 maybe other Deaf groups across Canada will

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invite Bonnie to give this workshop which 
would help people sort through their thoughts

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or organize their lives.

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[ANSELMO]: DeafDots did over 80 reports
 during 2023 on a wide range of topics.

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As we look back at the past year, 
what were the highlights? 

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[ANSELMO]: CRTC continues to be very slow in 
keeping technology current for Deaf Canadians. 

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[ANSELMO]: The Deaf community had 
some legal progress during 2023:

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[ANSELMO]: During 2023 it is estimated that about
 200 Deaf Ukrainian refugees resettled in Canada.

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[ANSELMO]: A lot of things happened in 2023.

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Now what can we expect in 2024 onwards?

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Welcome to 2024!

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