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CENTRE DIRECTOR

Joanne Weber, PhD (Director)

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Deaf Education

Associate Professor (Starting July 1, 2024)

Director of Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies

Faculty of Education

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

University of Alberta

Office:  5-125 Education North

11210 - 87 Avenue NW

Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G5

jweber1@ualberta.ca

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Lynn McQuarrie, PhD

Professor and David Peikoff Endowed Chair of Deaf Studies
Faculty of Education
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G5
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Charlotte Enns, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Education
University of Manitoba
Email: Charlotte.Enns@umanitoba.ca
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Natalia Rohatyn-Martin, PhD
Chair, Human Services and Early Learning
Associate Professor

MacEwan University

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Email: rohatynmartinn@macewan.ca

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Joanna Cannon, PhD
Professor
Coordinator of the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing concentration in Special Education Graduate Program

Faculty of Education

University of British Columbia 

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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RESEARCH ASSISTANTS & PROJECT STAFF (2020-2025)

• Linda Cundy, M.Ed, Research Assistant

• Jah-Amaka Enwedo, Doctoral Student, University of Alberta

• Amel Benkohila, Doctoral Student, University of Alberta

• Daniel Milan, B.Ed., Technology 

• Sarah Snively, B.Ed., ASL Translations

• Kayla Bradford, Video Editing 

• Crystal Jones, Project Administration

• Connor Yuzwenko-Martin, Drama Projects Facilitator

• Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, Drama Projects Facilitator

• Chris Dodd, Drama Projects Facilitator