What's new?
Read the latest ASRA-sent e-mail communications here
Christy Longacre receives ASRA Scholarship - Congratulations to Christy Longacre, 2008 recipient of the ASRA Scholarship. See Christy and read her comments here.
Elise Li receives Wendy-Egbert Swann Memorial Award - Congratulations to Elise Li, 2008 recipient of the Wendy Egbert-Swann Memorial Award. See Elise and read her comments here.
NCRA Certification Testing Changes - Beginning in November, the NCRA Certification Written Knowledge Tests will be administered at professional testing centres through Pearson VUE and its associates. Many of your questions can be answered by clicking here. ASRA members will be able to test in Calgary and Edmonton. For exact locations, access the Pearson VUE website and click "Locate a Test Center". For testing dates and more specific information, click here.
NAIT receives recognition from CHHA - NAIT's Legal and Realtime Reporting Program was recognized on May 26, 2007, for its support to the Hard of Hearing Community through its training of Realtime Reporting students who work as Realtime and Broadcast Captioners of live events.
Court of Appeal formatting changes - To help the court to locate the volume number they are looking for more quickly, please follow these amended guidelines:
On the title page of all appeal books:
1. Use normal or ASCII type numbers (e.g. 1, 2, etc.) instead of roman numerals (e.g. I, II, etc.) and
2. Change the word "VOLUME" and the number associated with the volume number to 18 pt. font (e.g. VOLUME 1).
Click here to see a sample title page
Joint Project CD and website announced - ASRA is pleased to have been working together with the Legal and Realtime Reporting Program at NAIT and the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association in promoting the court reporting profession to those who use our services and also those who might wish to join our profession. A promotional CD has been created and will be distributed to ASRA members. Please give this promotional CD to someone you think may be interested in joining us.
www.helptohear.com is a new website created to promote this joint project. This website provides links to CHHA-ED, ASRA, and NAIT Legal and Realtime Reporting program.
ASRA Website/E-mail policy - In an effort to keep members well informed, ASRA Council has determined that all court-reporting related advertising will be placed in the ASRA online newsletter, E-Vade Mecum, free of charge. Any non-court reporting related advertising will be subject to a fee of $25 per online issue or $50 per year.
All classified ads will continue to be placed on the ASRA website free of charge.
Periodic e-mails will be sent to ASRA members. It is not our intention to inundate members with unnecessary e-mail communication, but to keep members informed of what is happening locally and in the world of court reporting.
ASRA member featured - Joanne Mankow, ASRA member and NAIT instructor, is featured in an AlumNAIT article. Joanne shares her thoughts about court reporting profession. To view the advertisement, click here. To view the complete article, click here, download using Adobe, and then read about Joanne on pages 14 and 15.
City of Edmonton captioning pilot project - The City of Edmonton is a nationwide leader in providing access to deaf and hard of hearing residents! Mayor Stephen Mandel has been instrumental in instituting closed-captioning at public events in the City of Champions. Read his letter to ASRA here. Thanks, Mayor Mandel and City Council!
E-mail Mayor Mandel and express your appreciation for his foresight and leadership in this most important pilot project.
stephen.mandel@edmonton.ca
Steno Swap results - Thanks to everyone who participated in the Spring Seminar held in Red Deer on April 1, 2006. During our afternoon Town Hall Meeting, may good ideas were exchanged in the steno swap sessions. Download the list here.
Chief Justice issues direction - Chief Justice Wachowich has issued direction to all court reporters regarding off record discussions. Download the letter here. Print a copy and carry it with you to be shown to counsel if the need arises.
