Link to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/specialized-coffee-workshop-in-asl-tickets-632102203707
Hockey night in Vancouver
When: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time: 4:00PM to 11:30PM
Where: Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6650 Bonsor Ave, Burnaby BC.
Drop in at the door
GVAD Members: FREE ADMISSION
Non-Members: $5.00
Watch Hockey Game
Pizza and Drink: $10.00
Under the Table Open Mic Series ft. Kyla Jamieson
Join us for a night of poetry that centres disabled and/or queer poets, this month featuring Kyla Jamieson!
ASL Interpretation will be available through the full event. This open mic series happens every month on the first Tuesday of the month. Everyone is welcome!
Under the Table Open Mic Series ft. Kyla Jamieson
Massy Arts Gallery, 23 East Pender Street, Vancouver
Tuesday May 2nd, doors and sign-up at 5:45, show runs from 6-8pm
Free tickets and more information can be found at the link below
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/under-the-table-open-mic-series-ft-kyla-jamieson-tickets-618558634527[Image description: a vibrant purple and yellow event graphic featuring a colour photo of Kyla, a bisexual cis woman of European and Asian descent with long brown hair, light skin, and green eyes. Kyla is wearing a white knit turtleneck under a dark green jacket and looking at the camera with a neutral expression and her head tilted to the right. The graphic features the logos of Under The Table, Kickstart Disability Arts + Culture, Massy Voices, Canada Council for the Arts, Funded by the Government of Canada, and Poets.ca the League of Canadian Poets. Text on the image reads “ft. Kyla Jamieson, Tuesday, May 2 @ 6pm, Massy Arts Gallery, 23 E. Pender St. Masks Required”]
2023 Fun Bowling Games
Saturday, June 10th
Names will be drawn for the teams.
Pay $15 dollars per person for 2 games that start at 10 am includes bowling shoes rental
Rev Bowling Alley, 5502 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby BC
RSVP and must pay an e-transfer or give the cash in advance by June 2nd
Contact: Heather Leblanc – email – hinnescarlin@gmail.com
Our goal is to recruit interested bowlers for the Fall of 2023 for The Greater Vancouver Deaf Bowling League
Door prizes will be given out.
The Arts Club
The Arts Club is proud to offer a FREE workshop series for Deaf Community members who want to learn more about theatre and how to create and develop work.
This will be a 9 week series starting on May 30th from 630-9pm
At the BMO theatre Centre located at 162 West 1st Ave in Vancouver.
Christian Vasquez, a Deaf Theatre maker and performer will lead these sessions and there will be a cabaret style showcase on July 30th on our Newmont Stage – Deaf performers can share a variety of works, from created and personal monologues, poetry, movement pieces or scene work, wither from an existing movie or play or created by the performers.
S this is a Deaf led theatre workshop, there will be no ASL interpreters on site and the performance will not be interpreted for hearing people – making a Deaf friendly space for the community to tell their stories.
The workshop is free, space is limited and registration is required. We want people to be able to commit to as many of the dates as possible to be able to learn and support their fellow cast mates.
This if for participants 18 years and older, no children please, and there is no childcare provided. Children cannot be unaccompanied in the building, so please consider this when registering.
If you have any more questions, or want to register, please contact Accessibility Coordinator at the Arts Club at aamantea@artsclub.com
Come and join the fun!
PAINT NIGHT with Northwest Coast Art
Featuring Paula Wesley, Artist and Hostess
When: Friday, May 12, 2023
Where: Multi-Purpose Room, 5455 Rumble Street, Burnaby, BC
Cost: $55.00 per person
Includes: paint supplies and free light refreshments
And, you get to take home your own art!
Purpose: Fundraiser to go to WFD Congress in South Korea as Indigenous Presenter
Please Register, at this form link or click the QR Code below: https://bit.ly/paintnitewithpaulaw2
RSVP by May 5, 2023
E-transfers go to gvadtreasurer@gmail.com
Note: Anyone can come, there will be volunteer student interpreters
Thank you for your support.
Under the Table Open Mic Series Featuring Nisha Patel
Join us for a night of poetry that centres disabled and/or queer poets, this month featuring Nisha Patel!
ASL will be available through the full event whether or not it is requested. The open mic will happen every month on the first Tuesday of the month. Everyone is welcome!
Under the Table Open Mic Series Featuring Nisha Patel
Massy Arts Gallery, 23 East Pender Street, Vancouver
Tuesday, April 4, 6-8pm
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/under-the-table-open-mic-series-ft-nisha-patel-tickets-590468084937
Work-Able Graduate Internship Program for People with Disabilities
BC Public Service Agency
Multiple Locations
Multiple full-time and part-time internship positions are available from September 11, 2023,?to September 6, 2024.
Work-Able Graduate Internship Program for People with Disabilities
$57,296.54 annually (as of April 9, 2023)
The Work-Able Internship Program is a paid twelve-month BC Public Service work experience program for recent post-secondary graduates who self-identify as having a disability. This unique program provides learning, coaching and mentorship. Interns will gain valuable skills and public service experience. All applicants receive coaching throughout the recruitment process regardless of whether they are successful at securing an internship.
The BC Public Service is committed to creating a diverse workplace to represent the population we serve and to better meet the needs of our citizens. Consider joining our team and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.
For information about the Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service, please visit: Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service – Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca).
To be eligible for the Work-Able Internship Program you must:
? Self-identify as a person with a disability; and
? Reside in B.C.; and
? Be immediately eligible to accept employment in Canada
? Have completed the graduation requirements for a 2-year Diploma, Associate Degree, Under-graduate Degree or a Graduate Degree from a recognized post-secondary institution between the dates of April 1, 2020?and August 31, 2023.
Note: You may be required to provide medical documentation?about your disability to assist us?in providing accommodation support.
For more information and to apply online by April 28, 2023, please go to: https://bcpublicservice.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/97007.
Tour of Capilano University Film School
Tour of Capilano University Film School
Date: Monday, April 3rd
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Location: Capilano University
Have ASL be there. I will be there.
It’s free.
Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LZBUiaFQp9QcbEfs7?g_st=ic
Please if you decided to come have to contact me for register how many come and let me know
My email : Ladandeaf@gmail.com
On Edge Reading Series Spring 2023
Attached is the promo poster for Joshua Whitehead’s reading. Photo Credit is Tenille K Campbell of Sweetmoon Photography.
Below is the link to register for the online event on March 28th: it’s free and ASL
https://emilycarru.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EsduGrqjIuE9ezS0aNTmP07PT5v7RcGM_d
His bio:
Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-nêhiyaw, Two-Spirit member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer, Jonny Appleseed, and Making Love with the Land. He is also the editor of Love after the End: an Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fictionand has a chapbook, Indigiqueerness: a Conversation on Storytelling to be published in 2023 with AU Press alongside Angie Abdou. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary where he is housed in the departments of English and International Indigenous Studies.
DBLSPK: Yvonne Wallace
Description: A rice & beans theatre work-in-progress reading of a new, multilingual work by Lil’wat artist Yvonne Wallace, followed by a community discussion.
When: March 24th, 2023 at 7:30pm PST
Where: Progress Lab, 1422 William St OR via Livestream
Tickets: Pay-what-you-can tickets (so easily free for folks) on Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dblspk-yvonne-wallace-tickets-549686837127. (Or if eventbrite doesn’t work for folks, they can also email me at heather@riceandbeanstheatre.com and I can book them in!)
Other Notes: Interpretation will be provided by Brooke and Gillian in-person AND via a dedicated livestream. The livestream will be a split-screen format (half interpretation/half event) so it is a better viewing experience. 🙂
Closing Gala
VIWFF is excited to present a screening of Darlene Naponse’s film Stellar for our closing night.
This screening will be followed by a festival closing gala at Brass Fish on 385 Burrard St.
Schedule is as follows:
Doors open @ 5:00pm
Screening begins @ 6:00pm
Closing Gala at Brass Fish @ 9:00pm
Closing remarks ASL Interpreted.
DJ Kota will provide music for the Closing Gala
please require register if anyone deaf is interested in a free ticket kindly contact with Ladan Sahraei.
email: Ladandeaf@gmail.com
https://viwff.eventive.org/schedule/closing-night-feature-stellar-gala-63b49f746baa1d0045025f23
Advocacy Panel
Join @WIFTV for their #VIWFF2023 annual Advocacy Panel. Major government film and television funding agencies and organizations join to discuss and challenge themselves—and the systems that support the film and television industry in Canada—to become more inclusive and representative.
Panelists are:
Francesca Accinelli (she/her) Interim Executive Director & CEO, Telefilm Canada
Sasha Boersma (she/her) Board Member, Disability Screen Office
Magalie Boutin (she/her), Codirector for Equity, Diversity and inclusion and Head of Media Relations at the National Film Board of Canada
Joan Jenkinson (she/her), Co-Founder, Executive Director, Black Screen Office
Charlie Hidalgo (He/Him), Artistic Director of Out on Screen
Trish Williams (she/her), Executive Director, Scripted Content, CBC
Prem Gill (she/her), Chief Executive Officer of Creative BC
Marcia Douglas (she/her), Director, English Content, International and Export, Canada Media Fund
ASL interpretation provided.
March 8, 12:15 PM
Zoom via Eventive
https://viwff.eventive.org/schedule/advocacy-panel-63b49f746baa1d0045025f25
if anyone deaf or hard of hearing is interested in a free ticket on Zoom, please contact Ladan Sahraei
email : Ladandeaf@gmail.com
Job Posting for LASW
JOB POSTING!
We seek a Deaf or Hard of Hearing candidate for a temporary part-time position. This
job is up until June 30, with the possibility of continuing in the fall.
Who are we?
Language Acquisition Support Worker (LASW) provides a program to Deaf and
Hard of Hearing K-12 students for the school year to support students with
enhanced ASL exposure and cultural and linguistic opportunities for growth. We
are creating an inclusive and supportive environment that can facilitate these
students’ academic and personal development.
What is the job?
The LASW will play a critical role in helping Deaf & Hard of Hearing K-12
students acquire and develop their language skills in ASL and gain cultural
understanding in one-on-one and small groups. In addition, the LASW will
develop resources supporting students’ language acquisition. Anita Lehman will
oversee the program and work together as a team to provide the best experience
for Deaf and Hard of Hearing K-12 students. The ideal candidate desires to learn
and grow in their skills, positively impacting youth and serving a thriving
community of students, parents, and faculty. We seek passion, purpose, and a
motivated self-starter with creative ideas.
Our vision for the role:
- Communicate professionally and appropriately with the coordinator,
assistant teachers, students and parents - Build rapport and relationship with every student
- Language Modelling
- Language coaching (supporting Deaf students with expressive ASL using
strategies to pull out language) - Resource development (Videotaping and editing ASL version of print (e.g.
children’s books), information (world knowledge, non-fiction) - Lesson plan development that is inclusive of diverse learners.
- Documentation & reporting back to the supervisors
- Advocate for students and their needs
- Maintain confidentiality
Skills Required - Native user of ASL
- Basic English (emails, texting, planning and reports, reading children’s
books and educational texts) - Ability to develop, follow, and reflect on (modify) lesson plans
- Demonstrates ability to model ASL
- Demonstrates ability to coach students in ASL expression and reception
- Demonstrates ability to change language modelling and coaching
depending on the age and knowledge of a student - Have a driver’s license and vehicle to travel to various schools.
BONUS SKILL-Ability to edit videos, add captioning and technology skills
Please note this job schedule will vary.
Posting will be up until filled.
Please send your cover letter and resume to alehman@surreyschools.ca
