DISCOVER THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
DIS/ABILITY DIVERSITY MAKES CULTURE THRIVE
The Canada Research Chair on Cultural Citizenship of Deaf People and Cultural Equity Practices aims to promote the full social and cultural participation of Deaf people.
Valuing principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, this research chair is based on an approach by, for and with Deaf people. The team is composed of researchers, students and community members who are Deaf, Disabled, Mad or experiencing mental issues, neuroatypical or allies.
CHAIR GOALS
The programming of the Canada Research Chair on Cultural Citizenship of Deaf People and Cultural Equity Practices focuses on three main goals :
UNDERSTANDING the cultural citizenship of Deaf people and documenting issues from their perspectives
- Create a definition for cultural citizenship of Deaf people from their point of view.
- Understand the main obstacles to cultural citizenship of Deaf people and the elements that help promote it.
- Analyze the main power relations in the world of culture and in society that influence the experiences of Deaf people.
DEVELOPING exemplary cultural equity practices and promote the advancement of creative practices in sign languages
- Identify and define the best cultural equity practices, particularly for Deaf people
- Identify the main obstacles and facilitators to the development of these practices.
- Create and co-construct cultural equity practices, particularly in terms of cultural accessibility and self-determination of Deaf people.
- Support the development of innovative creative practices and techniques in sign languages that incorporate inclusive technologies and support the full cultural participation of these people.
ELABORATING guidelines for research ethics with Deaf people
- Explore the main gaps in current research practices with Deaf people.
- Identify important ethical aspects to consider when doing research with Deaf people (e.g. research strategies, sharing benefits, use of collected information and funding of equity measures).
- Create guidelines (knowledge, know-how-to-be and know-how-to-do) for research with Deaf people.