User:Dean.Walker

Dean Alan Walker (born March 21, 1958 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada) is Executive Director of Ontario Association of the Deaf since 2008. He also involved with many organizations for many years. Read below.  SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  - President of the Board, Ontario Association of the Deaf responsible for recruiting and supervising Executive Director; overseeing organization&#146;s finances; and leading government lobby efforts. (2002 to 2006) - Presenter &#147;Using Alternative Media to Advance Adults Literacy in Ontario (part 2)&#148; Deaf Canada Conference, Winnipeg. (2004)<BR> - Presenter &#147;Using Alternative Media to Advance Adults Literacy in Ontario (part 1)&#148; World Federation of the Deaf Congress, Montreal. (2003)<BR> - Director, The Canadian Hearing Society, the largest national organization serving Deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing consumers. (2003)<BR> - Presented &#147;What is Media?&#148; at The Canadian Deaf Festival, Edmonton, Ontario. (2000) <BR> - Taught web design to the Ontario Deaf Sport Association. (1999 and 2000)<BR> - Web master Ontario Deaf Sports Association and Canadian Deaf Ice Hockey. (1998 to 2000) <BR> - President of the Board, Ontario Deaf Sports Association. (1995 to 1998)<BR> - Co-founder and President, Deaf Burlington Association. (1989 to 1996)<BR> - Committee Member, &#147;Deaf Ontario Now &#147;15th anniversary celebration. (2003 to 2004)<BR> - Special co-auditor for the Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf&#146;s fiscal year. (2006)<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF0000"><B>SELECTED PAST VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR> <BR> - Coach for the 1981 Ontario Deaf Olympics basketball team.<BR> - Coach, boy&#146;s basketball, E.C. Drury High School, Milton, Ontario.<BR> - Coach, Toronto Flag Football of the Deaf.<BR> - Assistant Coach, Burlington Organized Minor Baseball Association in Burlington, Ontario. (1991 to 2001)<BR> - Coach, Deaf Softball Tournament. (1984 to 2004)<BR> - Head Coach, Deaf Canada baseball team in the World Tournament of the Deaf, Washington, D.C. (2000)<BR> - Opening Ceremony Coordinator for the Canadian Deaf Festival&#146;98<BR> - Committee member for the &#147;Deaf Ontario Now&#148; rally, responsible for organizing, planning, meeting, and networking with other members and associations.<BR> - Panelist for an AVLIC (Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada) public forum.<BR> - Committee member of the Ontario Deaf Sport Association, responsible for designing, planning, and developing bylaws and technical rules.<BR> - Treasurer for the Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf.(1986-1990)<BR> - Auditor for the Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf&#146;s National Festival of the Arts.<BR> - Vice-president Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf. (1991)<BR> - Representative from the Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf to the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf AGM, Edmonton.<BR> - Director at Large - Ontario Deaf Sport Association.<BR> - Sports Director Ontario Deaf Sport Association.<BR> - Chairperson of Election Day, Ontario Deaf Sport Association.<BR> - Representative from the Ontario Deaf Sport Association to the Canadian Deaf Softball Association, Vancouver.<BR> - Representative from the Mississauga Athletic Association of the Deaf to the Canadian Slo Pitch Association of the Deaf, Montreal.<BR> - Representative from the Niagara Regional Athletic Association of the Deaf to the Ontario Deaf Sport Association AGM, Kingston.<BR> - Representative from the Niagara Regional Athletic Association of the Deaf to the Canadian Slo Pitch Association of the Deaf AGM, London, Ontario.<BR> - Advisor to the first Todd Owen Memorial Cup Slo?Pitch Tournament.<BR> - Craft Award from the National Festival of the Arts for drawing and carving.<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF0000"><B>AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF:</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="+1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF0000"><B><BR> <BR> </B></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">&#183; Ontario Deaf Sports Association (27 years)<BR> &#183; Canadian Deaf Sports Association (23 years)<BR> &#183; Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf (20 years)<BR> &#183; Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf (16 years)<BR> &#183; Ontario Association of the Deaf (30 years)<BR> &#183; Canadian Hearing Society (5 years)<BR> </FONT></P>

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