Federal Accessibility Sessions
Vancouver Deaf Community–
GVAD announces with our regret as our federal accessibility in sessions has been cancelled and postponed to later date in February. There will be an flyer coming out soon about this!
Thank you
Kimberly Wood
GVAD President
All Bodies Dance
Are you an ASL user interested in dancing with All Bodies Dance Project? We want to dance with you!
Come join us for classes on Sunday’s 11:30-1pm at Sunset Community Centre. An ASL interpreter will be present. We’re very excited to be able to make our classes more inclusive and accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing folks!
Please spread the word and get in touch if you have any questions.
SUNDAYS
Sunset Community Centre
11:30-1pm
Jan 15 – April 2
(no class Feb 12 and 19)
Cost: FREE
To register:
www.mysunset.net
604-718-6505
All Bodies Dance Project is for anyone with or without a disability interested in exploring movement as a means of creative expression. Participants experience the joy of dancing, choreographing and performing in a diverse community of movers. In mixed ability dance, differences are a creative strengths as we explore the amazing choreographic possibilities of wheelchairs, crutches and canes, and celebrate diverse ways of moving and perceiving. Classes draw on improvisation, contemporary dance, theatre and music and offer a fun and creative environment to free up your imagination and your body. www.allbodiesdance.ca
OVAD First Aid Course
The OVAD will have a First Aid Course taken at St. John’s Ambulance in Kelowna on March 4th.
The course is all day from 8 – 5. The cost is free for Deaf. Space might fill up fast so please get your registration form in.
| Emergency First Aid Community Care
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·         Licensed adult residential care and child care workers
·         Federal government employees ·         Care providers of infants, children or adults ·         Coaches, spectators at any amateur sporting event ·         Expectant parents and grandparents |
·         Roles & responsibilities
·         Casualty management-unresponsive ·         Casualty management-responsive (head & spinal) ·         Adult resuscitation (cardiovascular emergencies, CPR, & choking) ·         Severe bleeding ·         Medical conditions ·         Eye injuries ·         Poisons ·         Burns ·         Heat & cold injuries |
·         Physically able to perform the required skills
·         14 years plus or grade 6 reading level with parent ·         Pre-reading recommended |
At the end of the course day you will have to do a test. Note that in order to be certified in Attached please find a page with 2 registration forms. Fill out only one form with everything but not have to put in company. Will need your email and text number (in home phone area) on the form, please. You can scan the form, or give, or email to me. Can FAX to me at 250-491-2534.
View the registration form here
At the end of the course day you will have to do a test. Note that in order to be certified in the course students must demonstrate all of the required skills and pass the examination.
Gordon
RAGTIME – Interpreted Performance
Award-winning musical : RAGTIME
Orpheum Annex
Vancouver, BC
Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 – Saturday Feb 11, 2017
**ASL INTERPRETER PROVIDED on FEB 8th ONLY
Please type ASLRAGTIME when ordering your tickets for best seating for Deaf and Hoh.
Ragtime tells the story of three families at the start of the 19th century.A white family are happy in the neighbourhood of New Rochelle, NY, until their lives are upended by Sarah, an African American woman unsure of what to do about the arrival of her child. Sarah is pursued by Coalhouse Walker Jr, a jazz musician and father of Sarah’s son. Meanwhile Tateh and his daughter arrive in America from Latvia ready to live the American Dream, despite having an awful time trying to find it. The three families stories mix with real characters of the era like Harry Houdini, Henry Ford and Evelyn Nesbitt. A touching, funny, heartbreaking Broadway musical that won Tony Awards and critical acclaim in its initial run.
To order: http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca/1516/shows/ragtime-in-concert/
Presented by Fighting Chance Productions: http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca/1516/
Youth for Diversity – Film Screening
cyh blog post: http://checkyourhead.org/blog/news/inclusionprojcelebrates/
cyh facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/952659768198382/
You’re invited to celebrate Check Your Head’s Inclusion and Anti-racism youth project!
Our celebration will feature slam poetry by youth poet Lovely Ranges and the screening of our youth-made film. This will be the premiere screening of a short documentary on community & youth immigration experiences written, filmed, and edited by youth filmmakers Mutia Juristika, Angelo King, Lovely Ranges, and Helena Kim.
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Who? Hosted by Inclusion project youth from Check Your Head
What? Food, music, poetry, and a film screening
When? Friday, February 17 from 6-8PM
Where? 2455 Fraser street, Broadway Youth Resource Center on unceded Coast Salish territories of the S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish), x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), Tsleil-Waututh nations
Why? To celebrate all that we’ve accomplished together this year!!
Cost? Free to attend – Everybody is welcome
RSVP to erica@checkyourhead.org or click “attending” on facebook event
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Accessibility
There is no cost to attend this event
BYRC is fully wheelchair-accessible
BYRC has both gendered and gender-neutral washrooms
ASL interpretation is confirmed / film will have subtitles and closed captions
Food will include gluten-free and vegan options
Accessible by public transit along the #99 b-line, #9, #8 bus routes
Bus tickets will be provided
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What is the Inclusion & Anti-Racism project?
The Inclusion project has supported youth ages 15-22 to learn about themes of identity and racial justice around Metro Vancouver. Youth participants have been learning from community educators, organizers, artists, front-line workers and activists about their work on issues related to youth representation, identity, temporary foreign workers in Canada, Japanese Canadian internment, BlackLivesMatter, Chinatown, and more.
Since Fall 2016, these youth have been leading migrant justice workshops (a workshop co-developed with members of no one is illegal) for schools and youth groups across the Lower Mainland. They have also been working on community action projects, including banner painting and solidarity for local migrant justice issues, and the creation of a short documentary film on immigrant youth experiences in Burnaby.
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if you have any questions, please contact Erica at erica@checkyourhead.org or call us at (604) 709-5747
Douglas College Board Game Night
Douglas College is hosting another ASL & Board games night in February! Our last event was a rousing success so we are hosting another one!
The Board game night will be on Thursday, Feb 2, and run from 6-9pm. We are hosting the night on the Coquitlam campus in building B, in room 2350. We will provide board games and light snacks and a night of fun! We are inviting the whole deaf community and students who are using ASL, all ages welcome! Interpreters will be available. There will be access for people with wheel chairs or anyone using tactile sign. Let us know of any allergies we should be aware of! I can be contacted at jessiellen97@gmail.com.
