Professional Interpreters and Language Access: List of Trusted Resources and Advice

How can I understand the risks associated with language barriers in the workplace?

Trusted resources and advice to help you work effectively with trained interpreters in the health and social services sector:

N4 Webinar

How Professional Interpreters Support Equity, Accessibility and Safety in Health and Social Services

Speaker: Allana Carlyle, Manager, Language Access Interpreter Services with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)

Resource Toolkit

WRHA. Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Interpreters. September 2021

Tips for Working with Trained Interpreters

Language barriers within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Evidence and Implications

Development of a coordinated response to addressing language barriers within the WRHA: Final Report

From ‘multicultural health’ to ‘knowledge translation’—rethinking strategies to promote language access within a risk management framework

ISO 21998 - Interpreting services - healthcare interpreting - requirements and recommendations

ISO 13611 – Guidelines for Community Interpreting

e-Learning

Working effectively with interpreters (CAMH)

Connecting languages and cultures through interpretation (AMSSA)

We speak translate: Using Google Translate for newcomer settlement (CCR)

Meeting Place

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