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BEHIND THE SCENES
Meet the Team
QUEEN'S AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (QASL)
QASL is a student-run club at Queen’s University that aims to help bridge the gap between the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and hearing communities. We offer weekly ASL classes (taught by Saryn Lathan) to our registered general members and provide workshops on topics including Deaf culture and accessibility for various Queen’s clubs and local organizations. We also work directly with the Deaf community to advocate for positive and accessible changes at Queen's University. Our overall goal is to improve accessibility for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in and around Queen’s campus.
QASL would like to acknowledge that Queen’s University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory. We are grateful to be able to live, learn and play on these lands
OUR CONFERENCE TEAM
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LEENA BHANGU
Conference Director
Leena is an undergraduate Commerce and Political Studies student at Queen's University who is passionate about increasing awareness of and reducing the issues non-hearing individuals face in their day-to-day lives. She is a CODA who serves as the Conference Director from the Queen's American Sign Language club
SAYANA BOGATI
Conference Director
Sayana is a Life Sciences student at Queen’s University who is passionate about advocacy for the Deaf/HOH community and strives to foster conversations that drive meaningful change. She is a hearing individual who serves as the Co-Director of Conference at the Queen’s American Sign Language club.
SARYN LATHAN
Advisor and Co-Founder
Saryn Lathan is both an oral and ASL Deaf person who has a passion for helping others learn more about Deaf culture & ASL. She started her own business as an ASL Coach in the last couple of years and is continually striving to broaden horizons within the hearing community with hopes of growing those horizons to a global scale, worldwide, and making the world a better place for everyone.
ANGELA KANG
NCDA Online Coordinator
Angela is a second-year Health Sciences student at Queen's University. She is passionate about language learning and inclusivity. She is a hearing individual who serves as the NCDA Online Coordinator of Queen’s American Sign Language Club.
Faith Ji
Conference Coordinator
Kaliha Dennis
Conference Coordinator
Kaliha is an undergraduate Health Science student at Queens University. She has always been fascinated with the differences and similarities that make each one of us special. In this, she has fallen in-love with ASL and the Deaf/HOH community. She is a hearing individual and is passionate about advocating for community and inclusivity and serves as a conference Co-ordinator of Queens American Sign Language club.
Owen Sypher
NCDA Conference Coordinator
Jenna Yang
Conference Coordinator
Jenna is a Health Sciences student in her second year, and is a hearing person. She first became interested in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community when she started volunteering at a preschool with deaf participants. I love being a part of QASL and spreading awareness for the deaf community!