Letter to Carleton University: ASL instructor

It is not right for hearing person either no background or CODA to teach hearing ASL students

Cut out the ablelism

Shocking that a higher learning institution is so ignorant and archaic.

Go for it!

I support DEAF ASL INSTURCTORS should be teaching in the ASL programs because we embrace our culture and Visual language. Spoken instructors have NO IDEA WHAT IS DEAF CULTURE AND LANGUAGE STRUCTURE ARE!. ASL is far complex language with 3Dimension spatial and 5 parameters and more ... that Spoken ( Hearing) people has NO IDEA.....HOW !!!. DEAF ASL INSTRUCTORS WITH HIGHLY TRAINED KNOWS! Bill C-81 passed the law to hire Deaf people to work in the appropriate place ( ASL Programs) .

Registered Sign Language Interpreter

It’s time to move forward and view disabled people who’s first language is ASL to be teaching ASL classes. It’s a no-brainer.

Please do not cross other culture if you are not fully understand ASL and Deaf culture. Same ideas with other language such as CREE and their cultures, be sure we hire right individual or right people with depth backgrounds.

Canada

Should have hire Deaf because of native fluently ASL with lots of experience of teaching ASL. The person must know depth about ASL and bill C-81 just passed. I am sure that the students would prefer to have Deaf instructor. Please reconsider to put job advertising again to make sure that is advertising across the Canada and in Deaf Community then go through again with application and interviews!

What a shame! Why hire a hearing person when there are many qualified ASL instructors with a background in ASL linguistics and ASLPLI? Deaf instructors have the training, the cultural and lived experience, and are proven to be more effective ASL teachers than hearing time and time again.

Bill c-81 emphasizes that ASL is a language, therefore DEAF people’s LANGUAGE and CULTURE. It’s appropriation for a hearing person to take Deaf person’s job teaching a language they don’t fully understand. There are many qualified Deaf people out there to benefit you, Carleton University, and would provide best education for your students. Deaf people should be teaching ASL not hearing. Do you hire a whites person to teach Indigenous, African American, Spanish, Chinese, etc language and culture? NO! Do you get able bodied to teach about disability? NO! Same should be for Deaf language and culture. A native, educated Deaf person should be teaching ASL and d/Deaf culture. It’s time to give back our rights and show that you value it as much as you value your university’s reputation.

ASL is our language and we have been oppressed for so many years by non-Deaf people taking over and taking advantage of our language for so many years. Enough is enough. Time for Deaf people who are qualified to teach ASL to get these jobs (back)! Be respectful to Deaf people and our ASL language...

I disagree with Carleton University hired nondeaf to teach our language and culture. It should me to hire Deaf person is qualify to teach ASL and Deaf culture.

Hearing people do not fully understand the culture. Also they don't understand the challenges that deaf and hard of hearing. I'm hard of hearing and I would never take an asl course/camp/event that was just run by hearing people. No thank you! I'm happy hearing people want to learn but it's not just a language it's a culture.

Wrong! Just wrong! Deaf people and ONLY Deaf people teach ASL!!!

I support the petition to e everyone interests and benefits.

Deaf people are the experts in their own community, culture, and language.

Grow up!

I support the idea of hiring highly qualified deaf instructors with training.