Oscar nominations for CODA and Audible are a rare but encouraging sign that the industry is recognizing actors and stories from the deaf community. Canadians working in the film industry say inclusivity also means hiring behind-the-scenes collaborators who are deaf.
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Growing up deaf and struggling through the mainstream education system, Joanne Weber thought academia was a world she would never enter.
Supports in schools for students like her were non-existent at the time, she said. That was in the 1960s, and Weber said she was part of the first generation of deaf children in Saskatchewan whose parents wanted them to go through the mainstream education system rather than through a separate program.
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