Education of deaf and hard of hearing learners in Canada

Deaf People Around the World: Educational and Social Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 284-301

  Mayer, Connie ^a   Akamatsu, C Tane ^b   Bibby, Mary Ann ^c   Jamieson, Janet R ^d   LeBlanc, Raymond ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority   (Canada)

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