Virtual event – Microsoft Teams
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 12 – 1:15pm
Join us to learn more about the Deaf Community and its unique culture. Shawna will highlight the visual barriers, communication and language barriers and help us understand the accessibility improvements needed for full inclusion and belonging of Deaf employees in the workplace.
Guest speaker biography:
Shawna Joynt, President, Manitoba Deaf Association
Shawna Joynt is a First Nations woman who is hard of hearing from the TR’ONDEK HWECHIN HAN NATION tribe in Dawson City, Yukon. She is known for her strong will, determination, kindness, respectfulness, and her desire to become a “listener and healer.” Creating safe spaces and showing respect are especially important to her. She strongly believes in teamwork.
Shawna is currently on several boards and her passion is to help remove barriers for Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Indigenous people. Shawna acts as President of Canadian Association for the Deaf (CAD/ASC); President of the Manitoba Deaf Association (MDA); Director on the Board of the Canadian Deaf Sports Association (CDSA); and President of the Manitoba Deaf Sports Association (MDSA), along with several roles on variety of committees. Shawna believes we all will work together and make sure everyone has equal rights–with time and work, we will get to that point!
Shawna communicates using American Sign Language and works as an ASL translator for several national and provincial non-profit organizations. She also teaches ASL in various locations across northern Canada, privately teaching for over 10 years provincially.
Currently, Shawna is learning French, LSQ, and Ojibway. She believes in learning other languages to foster better relations for future connections. She is presently contracted as an Indigenous Researcher for two years. Her goal is to remove barriers and increase vision education to enhance knowledge. Shawna is a member of Manitoba’s Accessibility Advisory Council, serving on a three-year contract.
In her free time, Shawna loves to spend time with her family and her pets. She enjoys adventurous activities and spending time in nature. Tending to her plants and gardening helps her mind feel at ease. She also enjoys reading novels, writing her book, and creating cultural crafts, making sure to make time for these activities.
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This event will provide a live interpretation from English to ASL and not a pre-recorded, edited translation. The closed captioning is automatically generated and not edited. Requests for accessibility supports to participate in the event can be directed to accessibility@winnipeg.ca
Organizer: The City of Winnipeg in partnership with the Human Rights Committee of Council
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2024/09/24 (Tue)