Christopher Desloges

Christopher Desloges is a Canadian language interpreter and President of the Toronto Sign Language Interpreter Service.[1] Desloges, who is not deaf, was born and raised in Toronto.[2] He began learning sign language as a child from his deaf aunt.[3][2] In 2007 he graduated from George Brown College's School of Deaf & Deafblind Studies, where he studied American Sign Language (ASL).[1][4]

Christopher Desloges
Born
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Alma materGeorge Brown College
OccupationInterpreter

Desloges served as an interpreter for Ontario Premier Doug Ford in 2020 during daily updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][1][6] Acknowledged for his animated and passionate delivery, Desloges was thanked for his service by Ford who said: "My friend, you're a champion, you're a rock star, helping people in the deaf community, and it's so important the role you're playing".[5][7] The praise was extended to Desloges on his last day as on-screen interpreter, a position he vacated to make way for a born-deaf interpreter whose first language is ASL.[7][2]

References
  1. Meyer, Lucie. "The province in his hands: sign language interpreter appreciates positive feedback". www.iheartradio.ca. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. Stone, Laura (2 April 2020). "Sign-language interpreter takes on Premier Ford's 'angry dad' approach as he pushes for accessibility". Globe & Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. Golding, Janice (27 March 2020). "'It's critical': The role interpreters are playing during the COVID-19 crisis". Toronto. CTV. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. "Alumni Stories - School of Deaf and Deafblind Studies". www.georgebrown.ca. George Brown College. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. "'You're a rock star': Premier heaps praise upon 'champion' ASL interpreter". CBC. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. Brown, Audra; Burman, Dilshad (1 April 2020). "Sign language interpreters praised for service during daily briefings". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. Harris, Sherina (1 April 2020). "Doug Ford Praises 'Champion' ASL Interpreter On His Last Day". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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