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News Announcement from British Columbia School for the Deaf!

BCSD is pleased to share an exciting news with you — it has produced and uploaded another digital ASL storytelling video on the school’s YouTube channel but this time it hits one close to home with BCSD family. One of its valued employees, Kim Block, is an emerging author of the children’s book series called “Adventures of a Stuttering Superhero” that teaches and empowers society about how we can support people who stutter. The first book titled “Interrupt-itis” came out recently and has already had a positive impact on its readers across British Columbia.

For more information on the story and stuttering resources please visit http://www.stutteringadventures.com.

BCSD is delighted to share the story with you in American Sign Language:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2lecoGFdYk

Please spread and share this important message with your contacts!

Cheers,
BCSD Team

Urban Ink is an Indigenous and Intercultural theatre company based in Vancouver that will be holding an ASL Interpreted performance of Moonlodge by Margo Kane on Tuesday, February 21st at 8 pm at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

view the promo video in ASL here:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/urbaninkproductions/videos/?ref=page_internal

You and Your Well-Being

Seven Bi-Weekly Workshop Series

When:
FRIDAYS
February 24
March 10 & 24
April 7 & 21
May 5 & 19

Time:
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Where:
Well Being
Program Office
300-4211 Kingsway, Burnaby

Workshop Topics:
February 24: Relationships: Healthy vs. Unhealthy
March 10: Stress: How to Manage
March 24: Positive Communication (Ending Gossip)
April 7: Positive Self-Esteem: Why It Matters?
April 21: Taking Care of Your Health, Part 1
May 5: Taking Care of Your Health, Part 2
May 19: Internet Safety: Use of Social Media

Please register to reserve a spot

Contact us if you need ASL/ Deaf Interpreters

Need More Information?
Email: WellBeing.Staff@vch.ca
Voice: 604-456-0900 • Text: 778-987-4174
TTY: 604-456-0901 • FAX: 604-456-0904
Toll-free TTY: 1-800-949-1155
Website: deafwellbeing.vch.ca

The film will be presented with descriptive audio and closed captions, and there will be a post-screening discussion with Shawn Marsolais, the founder and Executive Director of Blind Beginnings, with accompanying sign language interpreter.

GiVE a Little Love for a Lift
DATE AND TIME
Interpreters available

Thu, 9 February 2017
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST
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LOCATION

HiVE
128 West Hastings Street
#210
Vancouver, BC V6B 1G8
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This spring, put a little sparkle in your step by helping the HiVE install a stairlift!
Why donate? Because accessibility looks good on everyone.
Our goal is to install a platform stairlift up our flight of 30 stairs, making our community hub for social impact inclusive for folks of all abilities. That includes people with mobility issues, parents with strollers, and everyone in between. The price tag on a platform lift is a whopping $50,000, but we think we can do it! We bee-lieve in the power of this community!
Love for a Lift Launch Party
In order to kick off our first ever crowdfund, we’re opening the doors at HiVE for an evening of wine, cheese, and philanthropic vibes. A ahhhhmazing silent auction and a special presentation will also be featured during the night (starting at 8:00PM). We might even have a DJ so you can practice your dance moves.
Bring your change, your pocket book, or your credit card. Entry is FREE and donations to the stairlift are happily accepted!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/give-a-little-love-for-a-lift-tickets-31239704798?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reminder_attendees_48hour_email&utm_term=eventname

Do We Need Police and Prisons?
A discussion of punitive justice & the state!

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
4:30-7:30pm
SFPIRG Lounge – TC 326 in the Rotunda
SFU Burnaby

Most of us take police and prisons for granted and accept this system as a legitimate exercise of state power. We believe – because this is what we have been taught – that police and prisons are necessary, and that without them, we would descend into terrifying chaos.

But is this true?

Join us for a conversation on the nature of criminalization, police and prisons and an exploration of possible alternatives to state violence.

Want to get involved with prison justice organizing? Check out Letters For The Inside, SFPIRG’s research program that pairs student researchers with inquiries from inmates! Help support access to information and education! Contact letters@sfpirg.ca for more information and to schedule a volunteer training session!
*** Accessibility Info ***

ASL is booked for this event. Please email admin@sfpirg.ca by March 7th at 3pm to confirm your attendance. If we don’t receive any confirmations by this date, ASL will be cancelled.

Food is being ordered for this event. Please email admin@sfpirg.ca by March 16th if you have any dietary needs we can take into account if you plan on attending.

More accessibility info is coming soon! Please visit the Facebook event for updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/974399816026240/

No Blame, No Shame! Introduction to Anti-Oppression Workshop
Saturday, March 4th
10:30am-5:30pm
MBC 2290, SFU Burnaby

Register here: https://sfpirg.wufoo.com/forms/zaf7e4c1fuzzwk/

Take part in a day of facilitated discussion and practical skills building to gain a better understanding of oppression and ways to stand up for yourself & others when you see it playing out in daily life. This workshop will take a “no blame, no shame” approach to the issues. People of all levels of familiarity with anti-oppression work are welcome!

Join us for a workshop that will explore questions like: What is oppression? Is there such a thing as ‘reverse oppression’? What forms of oppression exist? What do terms like ableism, ageism, colonialism, fat oppression, heightism, racism, sexism, trans oppression and others mean? Where do I fit into all of this? How can I work for change?

Register here: https://sfpirg.wufoo.com/forms/zaf7e4c1fuzzwk/
*** About the Facilitator ***

This workshop is being facilitated by Anna Soole. Anna is of the Cree, Ojibwe and Lakota First Nations, and French, Celtic, Gaelic, Welsh, and German settler ancestry. As an agent for transformative justice and liberation, and a senior trainer, speaker, and educator for nearly two decades, Anna has practiced as a Social Justice Facilitator, Assertiveness Coach, and Forum Theatre Practitioner at provincial, national, and international levels. She has worked with tens of thousands of children, youth, adults, teachers, social workers, and service providers along their personal, educational, and professional journeys.

Anna’s practice is founded in experiential education and arts-based social and ecological justice with a focus on gender, sexuality, gender based violence prevention and justice, fat politics, transformative communication, assertiveness, intersectional anti-oppression, and Indigenous feminism. Anna’s work is firmly rooted in decolonization, agency, interdependency, and transformation. As our movement for liberation deepens and grows, she remains dedicated to community healing, compassion, courage, integrity, love and dignity for all of life everywhere.
*** Accessibility Info ***

ASL is booked for this event. Please register by February 16th to confirm your attendance. If we receive no registrations indicating that ASL is needed by this date, ASL will be cancelled.

More accessibility info is coming soon!

Please visit the Facebook event for updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1787373218146794/

Spring Drama Night is back at British Columbia School for the Deaf again this year!

Please see attached FLYER and SAVE THE DATE!!

Thursday, May 4, 2017

6:00 – 8:00 PM