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Critical Link International is still advocating for better outcomes The UN theme for International Women’s Day this year is Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030.  Although community interpreting is a professional field where women already make up more than half of the workforce, the work is not done. Community interpreters […]

The war against ISIS cannot be won without Translators or Interpreters

A Question of Communication: The Role of Public Service Interpreting in the Migrant Crisis  The editors of The European Legacy have expressed their interest in publishing a Special Issue on A Question of Communication: The Role of Public Service Interpreting in the Migrant Crisis, guest edited by Dr. Michal Schuster, the University of the Free

Appeal for Necmiye Alpay 

An Open Letter to The Hon. John McCallum, P.C., M.P. The Hon. John McCallum, P.C., M.P.Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 365 Laurier Avenue WestOttawa, OntarioK1A 1L1Canada Dear Minister McCallum, Protective Asylum for Endangered Afghan Host Nation Linguists The undersigned, representing over 120,000 translators and interpreters in Canada

Beyond Limits in Public Service Interpreting and Translating (Community Interpreting & Translation)6-8 March 2017   The University of Alcalá (UAH) (Madrid, Spain) through the FITISPos (Training and Research in Public Service Interpreting and Translation) Research Group, are pleased to announce 6th International Conference on Public Service Interpreting and Translating (PSIT6) which will be held from

CLI moves into an exciting time as we celebrate the past 3 years and look forward to the next… On June 30th, Critical Link International will be voting in their new Board of Directors for 2016 – 2019. As we are excited to bring together the next phase of motivated Directors, we would like to

For the first time in history, the global interpreting community can view a CLI Conference session For the first time in the history of Critical Link, one of its conference sessions will be streamed live. The session chosen is the final panel discussion of the Critical Link 8 Conference (“Future- proofing interpreting and translating: The

President Angela Sasso gives a special thank you to our Board Members It’s just around the corner! Before you know it, we will have all gathered for CLI8. Close to 400 attendees will be present in Edinburgh, Scotland for 4 days of stimulating presentations, conversation and learning. As President of Critical Link International, I want

Congratulations to Young Joe, a Korean/English interpreter working in Community and Healthcare settings Young Joe has become the first in Canada to become a Certified Medical Interpreter. She has worked as an interpreter, primarily in healthcare, for over 10 years and is a passionate advocate of access to healthcare and the professionalization of community and

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We will soon meet again and catch up on all of the exciting new initiatives and projects we have been involved in since we were last together in Toronto. CLI conferences are the foremost, globally relevant, community/public service interpreting events. All of us coming together to share ideas, learn and shape