Canada Ukraine Alliance for Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Persons (CUADHHP)
CUADHHP is a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta. Members of CUADHHP comprise individuals, organizations, academic institutions and corporations interested in working on issues of importance to deaf and hard of hearing people in Ukraine and Canada.
Board members of CUADHHP meet monthly to develop ways of increasing cooperation and communication between deaf and hard of hearing communities in Ukraine and Canada.
The Board of CUADHHP design projects aimed at addressing the educational and social needs of Ukrainian and Canadian students, families and professional educators who have experience with deafness and deaf studies.
In addition to meeting formally, CUADHHP communicates with its members over the internet. This technology allows people in Ukraine to become members of the organization, to participate in project work, and to communicate with their Canadian counterparts.
CUADHHP's sister organization, the Ukraine Canada Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, coordinates project initiatives generated in Ukraine.
Board of Directors (2009)
History of Alliance
Board of directors (2001)
Left to right: Dr. Lynn McQuarrie, Suzanna Sidlar, Deena Martin, Jonathon Chapman - President, Dr. Michael Rodda, Cindy Gordon, Dr. Pat Hughes, Stuart Morris, Linda Cundy.
Minutes of 11 June, 2001 Founding Meeting
Mission of the CUADHHP
To facilitate developments in Canada and Ukraine that foster friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
To foster educational, social, cultural and medical partnerships between Ukrainian and Canadian organizations working with or for Deaf and/or hard of hearing individuals.
To design, fund and implement projects that address the educational, social, cultural and medical needs of Ukrainians and Canadians who have experience with deafness and deaf studies.
To foster and develop in society at large, an awareness of the issues and opportunities pertaining to cooperation between Canadian and Ukrainian Deaf and hard of hearing people and their communities.
To employ staff in pursuit of the objectives above.
Громадська фундація (УКАГС) є спорідненою організацією з Канадсько-Українським Альянсом (CUADHHP) .
Ми працюємо разом для втілення в Україні проектів, пов'язаних з підтримкою освітніх потреб нечуючих дітей та дорослих. Освіта та соціалізація дітей з порушенням слуху є нашою головною метою.
CUADHHP is a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta. Members of CUADHHP comprise individuals, organizations, academic institutions and corporations interested in working on issues of importance to deaf and hard of hearing people in Ukraine and Canada ...
Українська жестова мова з нового наачального року стала обов'язковим предметом у всіх школах для дітей з порушенням слуху. (Наказ Міністерства освіти та науки України від 11.090.2009).
Українська футбольна збірна виборола перше місце на Дефлімпійському турнірі в Тайбеї.
Збірна України посіла на Дефлімпіаді 2009 почесне друге місце серед 90 країн, які представляли 3895 глухих спортсменів.