is an Albertan non-governmental organization that works to promote the interests of the Deaf community in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
[2] The Edmonton Association of the Deaf was founded by Douglas Ferguson and Real Bouchard in 1951.
President Macklin Young was selected as one of the first two individuals to receive a prototype telecommunications device for the deaf.
[6][7] Young's acquisition of the device was reported in news sources throughout Canada and the United States.
[9] The Edmonton Association of the Deaf official website lists its primary objective as "promoting social, educational, recreational, physical, and moral betterment for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.