Appendix 1
Members – Working Committee on French-Language Closed Captioning
Name | Title | Organization |
Danielle Desjardins | Director, Regulatory Affairs & Strategic Planning | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Ghislain Tremblay | Site Director | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Bertrand Turgeon | Director, Technical Production and Television Design | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Denise Normandin | Director, Post-production and Presentation | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Marc Cavanagh | Associate (Electronics), Broadcast Engineering | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Claude Desjardins | Supervisor, Closed Captioning | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Mireille Gauvin | Manager, Financial Management – Information | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Marie-Philippe Bouchard | Senior Director, Resources – Information | CBC/Radio-Canada |
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Claude Bergeron | Vice-President, Training | La Cité collégiale |
René Allen | Director, School of Administration and Hospitality | La Cité collégiale |
Lise Frenette | Senior Communications Manager | La Cité collégiale |
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Philippe Dufresne | Legal Counsel | Canadian Human Rights Commission |
Ikram F. Warsame | Lawyer | Canadian Human Rights Commission |
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Peter Feltham | Chief, Network Management and Operations | Senate |
Rémi Payette | Human Resources Consultant | Senate |
Christian Ray-Coquais | Parliamentary Stenographer | Senate |
Monique Roy | Editor (French), Debates Services | Senate |
Jean-Robert Gauthier | Senator | Senate |
Nathalie Rhéaume | Parliamentary Stenographer | Senate |
Appendix 2
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN LA CITÉ COLLÉGIALE
AND CBC/RADIO-CANADA
Preamble
To caption live programming for its main network, regional stations and Réseau de l’information (RDI), Télévision de Radio-Canada employs a real-time captioning system operated by stenotypists in its Montreal production centre.
This system enables Télévision de Radio-Canada to meet and even exceed CRTC expectations vis-à-vis the percentage of its programming to be captioned for the deaf and hearing-impaired.
The CRTC requires that French-language broadcasters (conventional networks and specialty channels) achieve a 90% captioning rate across their schedules over the next few years. This objective is currently difficult to attain, owing to a shortage of staff qualified to caption in real time using the computer-assisted stenotypy method.
Based in Ottawa, La Cité collégiale is prepared to introduce a computer-assisted stenotypy certificate program in September 2005. The course would be offered as a one-year fast-track program including a paid internship in the field.
Memorandum of Understanding
Whereas
La Cité collégiale must recruit at least 15 students to ensure the introduction of the fast-track computer-assisted stenotypy training program;
and whereas
CBC/Radio-Canada wishes to support La Cité collégiale’s marketing and communications strategies as part of its recruitment initiatives, in order to ensure that it is able to hire competent staff for its real-time stenotypy unit;
CBC/Radio-Canada agrees to:
- produce a 30-second television commercial—La Cité collégiale shall supply the copy and content for the commercial, which are subject to approval based on CBC/Radio-Canada’s Advertising Standards;
- air the commercial on its national network, RDI, CBOFT (Ontario/Outaouais), CBAFT (Atlantic Canada) and CBVT (Quebec City and Eastern Quebec), based on sales inventory availability, for a period of three (3) months (May to July 2005);
- take part in La Cité collégiale’s evening information session on March 30, 2005, to provide a closed-circuit demonstration of real-time captioning during a broadcast;
- receive two students from La Cité collégiale’s computer-assisted stenotypy program in its Montreal production centre; Radio-Canada will select the two students based on its own criteria and needs, and provide them with a two-month paid internship;
- if, once their internship is completed, the two students’ performance is deemed satisfactory by unit heads, hire them to work in its stenotypy unit with standard entry conditions for this type of position;
- in the event that any CBC/Radio-Canada employees decide to complete the training at La Cité collégiale, and their performance is equal to that of other students, consider them first for the internships and positions in the CBC/Radio-Canada stenotypy unit.
In consideration for these commitments, La Cité collégiale agrees to:
- set up the fast-track computer-assisted stenotypy program to begin in September 2005; the course will last a total of 12 months, and could be offered in association with institutions involved in the field of stenotypy;
- provide student evaluations to help Radio-Canada select the two interns;
- give precedence to CBC/Radio-Canada for selecting interns to be recruited into its stenotypy unit;
- offer a fast-track program that will train students to type 110 words per minute by the end of the course;
- continue coaching the two students selected by CBC/Radio-Canada during their internship at Radio-Canada.
In the event that fewer than 15 people register for the semester beginning in September 2005, this agreement shall be terminated.
In that case, the parties shall enter into discussions again to determine whether this agreement shall be renewed with a view to launching a program in September 2006.
This memorandum of understanding applies solely to the 2005–06 program and students entering the 2005–06 program. Should the minimum number of valid registrations be received, and should this agreement be fulfilled to the satisfaction of both parties, the parties agree to look into the possibility, in early 2006, of renewing the agreement for the 2006– 07 school year.
This memorandum of understanding is non-exclusive.
For La Cité collégiale
For CBC/Radio-Canada