1. Providing opportunities for a higher quality of
life for Deaf people, while preserving and
promoting their language and culture.
2. BRCD (The Bob Rumball Center for the Deaf)
A place where people who are deaf & hard of
hearing can heighted their language & culture
A center with many social, educational and
recreational programs and services
A center where you can find support at any age
3. The Bob Rumball center for the Deaf helps
anyone who is deaf, becoming deaf or are hard
of hearing
Available for adults, seniors, children ages 0-6
and their parents/guardians
Older children are not turned away if asking
for help
4. •Started by Bob Rumball, who was a
minister and a football player
•Opened in 1976
•Wanted to start a service for the deaf so
they could enjoy church as well, so he
learned ASL
•Used his connections to start up BRCD
and buy the property
•Adopted several hearing impaired
children
•Wanted the agency to be strictly run by
volunteers
5. Bob Rumball Center for the Deaf (Toronto)
Address: 2395 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2L 1A2
Accessible by TTC Bus
Parking is available
Wheelchair accessible to main building
6. Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf
Address: 7801 Campbelleville Road W
Milton, ON L9T 2X7
Bob Rumball Home for the Deaf – LTC
Long Term Care facility
Address: 1 Royal Parkside Drive
Barrie, ON L4M 0C4
The Bob Rumball Camp of the Deaf
Address: 236 Blackstone and Crane Lake Road
Rosseau Road ON POC 1K0
7. 1. What does the BRCD offer?
Newborn hearing screening (available in Ontario)
Free drop-in program from 9:30am to 12:00pm, for ages 0-6 with
hearing impairments, older children are not turned away
Support, information and guidance to the parents and guardians
of children with hearing loss/deafness
Sheila and Rosary are both parents of hearing impaired children
so they can share experience with new parents
Families may be told about BRCD through Ronald McDonald
Library Foundation
Workshops partner with hearing loss programs
Offer information about what hearing loss is, and the
advantages/disadvantages of hearing aids vs. hearing technology
Sign language courses offered for families
Offer phone support for parents
8. 2. What support is available to families through
this agency?
Offers:
Counseling
Parenting workshops
Childcare
Advocacy services
Dose not offer:
Living arrangements
financial support
community outreach
9. 3. What is the process through which support to
families is eventually tapered off and how is
that decided?
when the child is too old for the program
the parent can decide when they want to remove their
child from BRCD Childcare
the centre is lenient, so older children are not turned
away, and the ECE’s are able to offer support to the
parents/guardians
10. Tuesday is Senior’s Day!
Bring in interpreters if needed
On average there are 2 children a day at the childcare centre,
most ever was 6-8 children
Opened in 2002
Provides snacks for children
Open from 9:30am – 12:00pm
Free drop-in program
Only childcare specifically for hearing impaired or deaf children
in Canada
The only organization that works with all of the other hearing
impaired organizations (silent voices, hands and voices, etc)
Provides information to and from TDSB, TCDSB, provincial school
branch outreach, infant hearing program & many more
