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2017 Annual Ontario Council on Community Interpreting Congress

- November 23rd, 2017 -

This year's event will highlight the integration of Healthcare Interpretation Network (HIN) and feature the first OCCI Interpreter Job Fair.  

The OCCI Annual Congress is a gathering for professionals and stakeholders in the industry to:

• learn about language access innovations and quality improvement initiatives
• network with peers and build contacts across the sector
• find out about new education and employment opportunities
• hear from speakers about advancements in best practices for addressing language barriers in public service access and delivery

Thursday, November 23, 2017

2:00 p.m.  -   6:00 p.m.

Triovest Conference Centre

789 Don Mills Road, North York, ON M3C 1T5

2:00-2:30  Registration

2:30-3:30  Keynote speech and presentations 

3:30-5:45 Networking, job fair, and refreshments

5:45-6:00  Raffle and concluding remarks 

EventBrite link to RSVP

We look forward to seeing you there!

Ready, set, network!  Preparing to network at an interpreter event.

Many colleagues south of the border attended the 58th annual ATA conference in Washington DC this past week.  In preparation for the event, Interpreter Education Online shared a fun piece to get everyone ready to get the most out of the networking possibilities at the event.

We are sharing it here as we look ahead to the networking at the upcoming OCCI Annual Congress later this month.  Click here to read "Types of People You’ll Meet at Interpreters & Translators Conferences and How to Network with Them".  

Upcoming Interpreter Workshops and PD Events

(for full details and links to register, go the PD & Events page)

final week to register  Interpreting in Mental Health Settings: Ethical Decision Making

Offered by The Interpreters' Lab and Access Alliance Language Services

Saturday, November 4, 2017 - Toronto, Ontario

I Swear - for Interpreter or Sight Translation (Chinese-English)

Offered by CITG Certificate Interpreters & Translators Ltd.

Saturday, November 18, 2017 - North York, Ontario

Gastrointestinal Terminology & Knowledge in Consecutive Interpreting

Offered by CITG Certificate Interpreters & Translators Ltd.

Saturday, November 18, 2017 - North York, Ontario

Simultaneous Interpretation Practical Skills (English-Chinese/Chinese-English)

Offered by CITG Certificate Interpreters & Translators Ltd.

Saturday, November 18, 2017 - Toronto, Ontario

              newly announced Court Interpretation Workshop

Offered by Seneca College

November 19th, 26th, and December 3rd, 2017 - Toronto, Ontario

The OCCI lists events related to community interpreting and

events that have been recognized as eligible for ACI Professional Development hours.

For the full listing of upcoming and past events see the Events & PD page. 

CBC's Dr. Brian Goldman continues the conversation about the need for language support in Canadian health care

In last week's OCCI News, we shared a link to a CMAJ editorial, "Healthy Interpretation". In the days following the release of the editorial, Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC's "White Coat, Black Art" published a blog to continue the conversation about the need for language support.  Click here to read his blog "Let's Talk:  Why Canadians need health care in their own language"  

If you missed it in last week's newsletter, click here to read the editorial "Healthy Interpretation", CMAJ October 16, 2017 vol. 189 no. 41, E1273.

Mothertongue UK releases the 2nd anthology of interpreters' stories

On October 5th, "In More Words", an anthology of international interpreters' stories, was launched and shared with the message quoted below.  Following the message are links to the first and most recent anthology.  We applaud the important work that Mothertongue UK has done to support interpreters and we will look forward to following Pasalo as they continue in those efforts.  

"Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service was awarded funding from the Big Lottery, to give an opportunity to those who voice other peoples' sensitive and distressing material, to tell their own stories in their own voices. Clients referred to in the stories, are all composite or fictionalised versions of clients to preserve their anonymity.
In 2015 we published our first anthology of interpreters’ stories: In Other Words. Our second anthology, In More Words, includes voices and stories from international interpreters. The interpreters, who have chosen to write in English, are from Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, India, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Poland, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.  In More Words allows us to glimpse into their worlds. 
In More Words is a fascinating collection of honest, beautiful stories. 
 
Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service www.mothertongue.org.uk   has been running a dedicated Mental Health Interpreting Service, since 2009, as well as their clinical psychotherapy service. Mothertongue will be closing next year after nearly 2 decades of service. The knowledge and experience they have gained over that time will be continued and passed on by a small NGO called Pasalo: www.pasaloproject.org"

Links to the anthologies:

In Other Words:  The Interpreters' Story (2015)

In More Words:  The Interpreters' Story (2017)

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The list of OCCI Accredited Community Interpreters continues to grow

To see the list of ACIs and the range of languages represented, click here, or follow the link at the top of every page at occi.ca.

The OCCI would like the acknowledge the generous support of our Gold and Silver sponsors.

For a full list of current sponsors and links to their websites, please see our home page.

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