about this site

The development and construction of this website has been a complex precess. It has been well worth the effort. This site would not have been possible without the contributions of many participants listed below.

Canadian Culture Online Partnership (CCOP)
We acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

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Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf (CCSD)
Incorporated in 1973 as a non-profit charitable organization funded through private donations, the CCSD preserves, encourages and advances the cultural interests of Canada's Deaf population. Key areas of concentration are performing arts, language, literature, history, visual arts and heritage resources. CCSD encourages new and developing forms of creativity, research, participation and interests in all areas. It also promotes better understanding between Deaf and hearing adults and children as well as promoting literacy for Deaf children. The DEAF CULTURE CENTRE website, is a project of CCSD.


YFactor
Yfactor specializes in delivering Web sites with integrated content management systems (CMS) for non-profits, municipalities and businesses. Yfactor takes a collaborative approach with its clients to deliver “solutions that fit.” Founded in 1996, Yfactor has worked on creative and innovative solutions for over 350 clients. The company's solutions increase content publishing efficiencies through simple tools, eliminate content publishing risk through workflow approvals and reduce the costs of web site maintenance through consolidation. Yfactor's flagship CMS suites include iCMS Acclaim for multi-site implementations and Power Site Factory for smaller organizations. For more information, please visit www.yfactor.com



YFactor Team:

Chief Operation Officer
Oliver Pacheco

Chief Technology Officer
Brian Bajohr

Lead Developer
Gabriela Mastropierro


Database Developer
Mihir Patel



Database Developer
Mona Patel

CSS and Flash Developer
Michael Dachuk

Graphic Designer
Mizanur Rahman

User Manual Writer
Amy Prokein



CCSD Team:


Project Administrative Manager
Joanne Cripps

Website Administrator
Slava Klimov

Curator
Jessica Riches




Project Content Manager
Anita Small

Graphic Designer
Jeri Cripps

Video Technicians
Jason Theriault and Mike Cyr


LSQ/ASL Translators

Alice Dulude
Angela Stratiy
Michel Levieu
Paul LeDrew
Suzanne Laforest
Sylvain Laverdure


French Text Translators


Luc Ledoux
Monique Therrien

Voice-Overs

Ashley Damsell
David Patterson


Games Developer

Ryan Henson
Creighton,UNTOLD
Entertainment INC.

Usability Testing

Candance Baran
Dean Nixon
Jim Cripps


LSQ Actors 

Annie Lariviere
Annik Boissonneault
Kim Pelletier
Camilla Gutierez Teal
Caroline Hould
Charline Savard
Christopher Tremblay
Daniel Laforest
Francois Laforest
Michel Lelievre
Mathieu Lariviere
Yannick Gareau


ASL Actors
 

Azad Najif
Christina Markou
Hazel Arap
Jamilia Ross
Jenelle Rouse
Linda Dressler
Lucia Jackson
Paul Smith
Paul LeDrew
Robyn Sanford
Zohaib Qureshi
Amanda Richer


Portrait Photographer        
   

Denny Quinn


Panoramic Photograpger

Tom Arban Photography
 

Public Relations

Danny Roth, Brandon
Communications, Inc