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TORONTO Ontario high schools will have the option to offer classes teaching sign language as a second language starting in September, the province’s education minister announced Thursday.
The province will become the first to offer a curriculum for Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and one of the first to teach American Sign Language (ASL), Stephen Lecce told reporters.
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“To ensure accuracy of the languages and to include authentic ASL and LSQ perspectives, we consulted with the ASL and LSQ communities and stakeholders about the course content,” Lecce said, noting the two were distinct languages with their own grammar, syntax and cultural references.
Introducing 2020 AMI Robert Pearson Scholarship recipient Nik Provenzano
There was a bit of irony when Nik Provenzano got the call congratulating him as the 2020 English recipient of the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship: he was in the middle of writing mid-terms.
Following a review of over 150 applicants, Nik was awarded $5,000 on behalf of the program. Established in 2012, the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship is open to Canadian students enrolled in a diploma or degree program at a Canadian post-secondary school. It is awarded annually to one English- and one French-speaking student with a permanent disability.
“I would like to sincerely thank AMI for granting me this amazing scholarship,” Nik said. “I will be using this money to further pursue my educational goals.” Currently enrolled in his fourth year at the University of British Columbia, the scholarship will help offset the tuition of Nik’s fifth year and the cost of living in Vancouver.