Christmas Eve services with ASL interpretation
Saturday, December 24, 2016
6:00 pm – Christmas Pageant – A short, family-friendly service
and
9:00 pm – Christmas Eve with Candles & Carols
Ryerson United Church
2195 West 45th Avenue
Vancouver BC
“Enriching Lives through Faith, Community and the Arts”
Douglas College’s Program of Sign Language Interpretation has a part-time contract faculty position available to teach an ethics course, “INTR 1125: Professional and Cultural Mediation” in the Winter 2017 semester. The classes will be on Mondays & Tuesdays from Noon to 150pm, plus some office hours. This will be at the David Lam Campus in Coquitlam. Please see link for more information and how to apply www.douglascollegecareers.ca/applicants/Central?quickFind=53508
THEATRE OBSCURA
presents
JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Tom Mula
Directed by Guy Fauchon
December 2 – 18
Tues – Sat at 7:30pm
Preview: Thursday, December 1
at 7:30pm
Matinées: 4, 11 & 18 December at 1pm
ASL show for the Deaf: December 14
Live-description matinée for people with vision loss:
December 11
(Services by Vocal Eye)
Tickets: Adults $25
Seniors & Students: $ 20
Preview: $10
CAEA/UBCP $10 allperformances (cards must be shown at the door)
Coupon code for discount tickets if needed: Humbug
Tickets at brownpapertickets.com
or 604-224-8007 ext 3
A journey of laughter and terror, redemption and renewal, during which Scrooge’s heart, indeed, is opened; but not before Marley, in this irreverent, funny and deeply moving story, discovers his own. An inspired and moving story that makes all that old stuff about ghosts and graves seem both immediate and revelatory….a splendid and invigorating evening.
For all interested Deaf people
There is a meeting on Wednesday Dec. 7, 7:00 – 8:30, Douglas College, New Westminster. Room 5214. This is a chance to provide your feedback on Medical Interpreting Services in BC—what is working well, do you have any concerns, and do you have any recommendations.
If you can’t make the meeting but want to share your ideas, you can email us at misreview2016@gmail.com. Please share any comments by Dec. 15.
Thanks
Karen Malcolm and Deb Russell, reviewers for Provincial Language Service
“Signing Santa” Is coming to town!
Quota International of Penticton strives to help children who are deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired. QUOTA is pleased to present a real Signing Santa in the lobby of the Lakeside Hotel in Penticton .
ho ho ho “Ho Ho Ho”
Sunday, Dec 4 from 2:00-4:00
Good News! CO-ED volleyball tournament in February is still on! Please see our flyer and registration form attached. For more information, please visit our website, www.coedvolleyball.weebly.com 
Dear DeafBC.ca readers,
We learned that the Deaf Okanagan/Thompson Communities are involved in launching a Medical Interpreting Service (MIS) poster as announced in DeafBC.ca on November 29, 2016.
This is an unauthorized use of the name of our service, Medical Interpreting Service, at the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Through this DeafBC.ca broadcast, we are announcing that we are not involved in it at all, and are telling these deaf communities to remove the name immediately and to publicly announce through DeafBC.ca that they are not associated with us at all.
Questions about this matter should be directed to the Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf or my office. The OVAD is not involved in this poster.
Thank you.
Janice Lyons, Department Head
Medical interpreting Service
Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(604) 614.7458
Jlyons@widhh.com
Penticton Christian School is excited about inviting everyone to our 2016 Christmas Musical! We are also committed to blessing Penticton, so are inviting groups such as yours to attend one of our performances free of charge. We would love to have you come as it fits into your schedule.
Penticton Christian School presents, “Christmas in Black and White” a fun winter musical with drama for the whole family. Unique to this year, the students will be performing the songs with sign language. Kindergarten through grade nine students will be performing on Wednesday, December 7th at 1:30 pm, and again on Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 pm in the main auditorium of Bethel Pentecostal Church (945 Main Street).
Attached please find a picture that can be used as a poster to help get the word out. If you want to bring a group, we can reserve special places if you RSVP. There should be plenty of room.
Thank you for spreading the word and coming to support our students!
This video follows up on our initial video that called for deaf community participation in a review of the Medical Interpreting Services in BC.
The deaf community is very important us and to the Provincial Language Service and we apologize for not sharing more information about the scope and purpose of the review with you.
The Provincial Language Service is a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority that provides interpreting and translation services to BC health authorities including American Sign Language interpreting for deaf, deaf blind and hard of hearing people.
As part of the public health care system, they commonly review services and service providers to ensure both value for money, as well as patient and client satisfaction with the services provided. The contract for American Sign Language interpreting services is coming up for renewal and the Provincial Language Service is conducting a review to identify whether there are opportunities for improvements.
They are seeking feedback to help improve the services for deaf community members and medical professionals.The Provincial Language Service has contracted Debra Russell and Karen Malcolm to lead this review. I have been hired to facilitate focus groups with the Deaf community.Feedback from the deaf community is a key part of this review. After hearing from several Deaf community groups, we have expanded the groups that we will seek input from.
We will be seeking feedback using surveys, focus groups and one on one interviews with the following groups:
Upcoming meeting dates for Deaf community members are: November 30 in Vancouver, December 7 in Vancouver, December 19 in Victoria and January 14 in Kelowna. All Deaf community members are welcome. Both Vancouver meetings will take place at Douglas College, New Westminster. Nov. 30 will be held in Room S3902 and Dec. 7 will be Room N5214. Locations for Victoria and Kelowna will be announced later.
Once the review is completed, the Provincial Language Services is committed to consulting with the community on the review recommendations and working together on how best to move forward to deliver service to move forward to deliver service to deaf, deaf blind and hard of hearing people in BC.
Thank you for your support and participation. If you have questions, please contact us
at misreview2016@gmail.com.
Regards from Karen and Deb and Anita
And the Provincial Language Services program
The Deaf Crows Collective from Regina, Saskatchewan are in the middle of a huge fundraising campaign to send Deaf youth to Edmonton to perform their play, Deaf Crows, at the SoundOff Festival in Edmonton in mid February 2017. Please consider this as part of your Christmas giving spirit!
Since Saskatchewan closed their provincial school for deaf, many deaf teens in Saskatchewan, Canada have been deprived of language and the opportunity to express their own feelings about their experiences growing up. They are just learning sign language, trying to shed years of oppression and to find a new path for themselves. Please support them in sharing their experiences with hearing people. Deaf Crows played to two soldout audiences in Regina, Saskatchewan in June 2016. Hearing people laughed and cried and perhaps understood for the first time what it is like to be deaf in the hearing world. Deaf Crows also explores the impact of the closure of the school for the deaf on the Deaf community in Saskatchewan.
Please donate to: https://www.gofundme.com/deafcrows This could be the beginning of a worldwide arts based movement to share with the hearing world as to what happens when the government decides to close a deaf school!
hello everyone,
i’m in the international day of people with disabilities again this year. it is at the roundhouse community centre, 181 roundhouse mews, in vancouver. it runs on saturday, dec 3, from 11 to 4 pm. i have my greeting cards for sale there.
this is a free event to attend, there will be other art displays, short films, short talks, and music.
ASL interpreters are provided, and the venue is wheelchair accessible.
for more information:
info@ProjectEveryBODY.ca
604.872.0770
A.J. Brown
http://www.handsandpurrs.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hands-and-Purrs-AJ-Brown-84194221410/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbyajb/
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