[DYSPHAGIA] Re: Mulitcultural Initiatives in Canada

[hanworths@the-wire.com (Elizabeth Hanna)]

 Bonnie's note encouraged me to inform the listserve of a related initiative
here in Canada. The Riverdale Hospital, with the support of a grant from the
Change Foundation has produced a multicultural video to teach safe
swallowing practices to caregivers and family members.
Swallowing may be the same from culture to culture, but language and
attitudes towards food and eating differ. We need to be able to communicate
effectively to ALL our clients and the video is a small step towards doing
that.
The video presently exists in two versions: English and Cantonese,
reflecting the makeup of community The Riverdale Hospital is part of.  But
the video has been designed so that adaptation into other languages is
relatively straightforward and cost-efficient. In the next year the "Feeding
all Tongues" projects will move into three related areas
1) dissemination of the video to parties who can benefit from it
2) seeking partnerships with other institutions so the video can be
translated into other languages
3) evaluating the difference it makes in terms of people's lives

I would appreciate the Listserve's input into how this process happen.
Getting the word out to you is part of it. We hope to have a clip from the
video on the Riverdale Hospital website in the new year.
I'd appreciate any feedback.

For more information please contact me through the listserve or my work
email: ehanna@trh.on.ca
Riverdale's website is http://www.trh.on.ca/ (go to Innovations, MEALTIME
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM)
Our entire proposal and summary of progress can be viewed  at the Change
Foundation website: http://www.changefoundation.com/
Follow links to Grants to Charities: Completed and In-Progress Grant
Projects

Thanks
Elizabeth Hanna, MHSc, Reg. CASPLO
Riverdale Hospital
Toronto, Ontario


Multicultural Activities at the Convention
-----Original Message-----
From: bonnie harris <harrisbm@musc.edu>
To: Dysphagia List <dysphagia@medonline.com>
Date: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: [DYSPHAGIA] [Fwd: Multicultural Activities at the Convention]


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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Multicultural Activities at the Convention
>Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:56:09 -0500
>Resent-From: asha-hdln@postman.com
>Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 12:01:53 -0500
>From: "Vicki Deal-Williams (Vicki Deal-Williams)"
><VDealWilliams@asha.org>
>To: ASHA-hdln@postman.com
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>Hello Fellow Association Leaders,
>The Multicultural Issues Board is aware that as a busy Association
>leader, your ASHA Convention schedule is likely full with a number of
>meetings and sessions.  Given the limited amount of time that you will
>have outside of Legislative Council meetings, we know that you will have
>to pick and choose with great care, those events that you can attend.
>We are hopeful that you will demonstrate your commitment to cultural
>diversity by accepting this personal invitation to attend the annual
>Multicultural Concerns Collective, or MC2 Meeting.  The MC2 meeting will
>be held on Friday, November 16th in the Versailles Ballroom of the
>Hilton Hotel from 8:00-9:30 p.m.  In keeping with the theme of this
>year's convention, "2001: A Professional Odyssey," our focus for the MC2
>meeting this year 2001: An Odyssey in Unity." Please join us if you can,
>as each of the multicultural constituent groups provides a unique
>perspective on how we are all connected or how we are more alike than we
>are di!
>fferent, and shares tokens of unity with those present.
>
>Also, ASHA will be holding its 3rd Minority Student Leadership Program
>at the Convention in New Orleans.  The program is a forum for students
>from racial/ethnic minority groups to experience and participate in a
>set of leadership-focused educational programs and activities at the
>annual ASHA Convention designed to build and enhance their leadership
>skills, increase their understanding of how the Association works, and
>allow them to interact with leaders in the professions of audiology,
>speech-language pathology and speech, language and hearing sciences.  As
>a part of their Convention experience, the students will be observing
>some Committee and Board meetings on the morning of Wednesday, November
>14th.  Please make the students feel welcome.
>
>See you in New Orleans!
>
>Constance Dean Qualls
>Chair, Multicultural Issues Board
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