This could leave many in the deaf community behind — including his daughter, says Dan Braun. © Maggie MacPherson / CBC News Dan Braun explains to CBC, through an ASL interpreter, that he worries deaf students will get left behind when Douglas College pauses its sign language interpreter program. According to the Western Association of Visual Language Interpreters, there are just over 250 interpreters in the province for thousands of deaf and hard of hearing people. © Maggie MacPherson/CBC News Jessica Siegers, left, a registered sign language interpreter is pictured next to Nicki Horton, director of Family Network for Deaf Children. In a statement to CBC, Douglas College said it intends to return to the program in 2024 although they did not specify whether student enrolment would be a consideration then.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2022 22:41 UTC