Working with a Sign Language Interpreter: The Do’s and Don’ts

Medical Interpreting Services (MIS)

Provincial Language Services – Healthcare professionals to use this link for booking interpreters for their clients

Westcoast Association of Visual Language Interpreters (WAVLI)

• WAVLI Directory of Interpreters

Canadian Association of Sign Language Interpreters

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) – in United States
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI)

Vancouver Community College ASL & Deaf Culture Studies
Douglas College Program of Sign Language Interpretation

Australasian Psychiatry – Challenges of mental health interpreting when working with deaf patients

Deaf Wellness Centre – University of Rochester

• Deaf Wellness Centre Library – Connections Newsletter: check out Page 7 about Mental Health Interpreting

Ensuring Your Workplace, Service or Event is Accessible to Deaf Individuals – by WAVLI

Conducting accessible virtual events and meetings

Street Leverage – resources for sign language interpreters

• Street Leverage: Mental Health Settings – Are sign language interpreters at risk?

Understanding the requirements of sign language interpreting by Steven L. Fischer and Kathryn Woodcock

Unique Considerations for the Deaf Needing Mental Health Care

Happy Hands Club of the Deaf – no website. Tuesdays get-together at Lutheran Church at 49th and Kerr from 10 am to 3 pm
Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf (GVAD) Facebook – no website
BC Deaf-Blind Community and Activities Facebook Group – no website
BC Family Hearing Resource Society
Deaf Children’s Society
Family Network for Deaf Children

• ASL resources for families

Vancouver Community College (VCC):

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Job Readiness Program (JRP)
• ASL & Deaf Studies

Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility (formerly Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH))

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Seniors Outreach (DHHSO)
• Employment Counselling
• Sign Language Interpreting Services – Community and Medical

Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC)
Mid-Island Deaf Association (MIDA) – no website or Facebook Page available
South Vancouver Island Association of the Deaf – SVIAD Facebook

Northern Interior Association of the Deaf (NIAD) – no website or Facebook Page available
Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf (OVAD) – OVAD Facebook Group

BC Deaf Sports Federation
Burnaby School District #41/BC School for the Deaf (BCSD)
Provincial Outreach Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Provincial Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services (PDHHS):

• Provincial Family Services
• Victory Hill Residential Program (VHRP) 

Canadian Administrator of Video Relay Services (CAV-ACS)
Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD-ASC)

• Deaf Wireless Canada Committee (DWCC-CSSSC)

Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf (CCSD)
Canadian Deaf-Blind Association (CDBA)

• Canadian Deafblind Association – BC Chapter

Canadian Deaf Sports Association (CDSA)
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association

• Canadian Hard of Hearing Association – BC Chapter

Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind (CNSDB)
King’s Centre of Deaf Education and Accessibility Forum Mental Health

Mental Health and Deaf People – Presented by Dr. Cathy Chovaz, Director CDEAF; Psychology, King’s University College and Psychiatry, Western University

Deaf-Blind International
Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS in short – based in Seattle, Washington)- striving towards a healthy community that is free of violence and oppression.

• What is Domestic Violence?
• Healthy/Unhealthy Relationship Wheels

Deaf Hope (Oakland, California) – Our mission is to end violence in Deaf communities through empowerment, education and services.
Learning American Sign Language – great list of different resources about learning ASL and Deaf Culture