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:
Deaf community members
Deaf-Blind consumers and service providers
Deaf interpreters and ASL interpreters who provide service to the Medical Interpreting Services.
Health care providers in BC who have provided services to deaf, hard of hearing and/or deaf-blind consumers.
The current service provider, Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and its Vancouver Island subcontractor, the Island Deaf and Hard of HearingCentre.
And we will be reviewing similar service providers in other provinces, as well as US-based providers.
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
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!
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.
WHAT: Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee (DWCC) Forum
WHEN: Saturday December 3, 2016
TIME: 10:00am. – 12:30pm. Pacific Standard Time (PST)
WHERE: Room #N2201, Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC
NOTE: Event will be LIVESTREAMED at this channel: https://livestream.com/deafwireless
Embedded videos will be available on deafwireless.ca – more information coming soon!
DESCRIPTION:
DWCC Updates from 2015-2016
Rogers Wireless & Telus Mobility Meeting Updates
Mini-workshop (learn what Wi-Fi vs. wireless means!)
Purpose: to survey & gather feedback to present to the CRTC on:
Text with 911 (January 2017 hearing)
· Review of the Wireless Code (February 2017 hearing)
WE HAVE BOOKED A FEW DEAF INTERPRETERS – close up interpreting is provided for DEAF-BLIND attending.
Introducing Access to Food Services – a new Vancouver Community College course for Deaf and hard of hearing students, offering skills and training for entry-level work in kitchens, bakeries, and the hospitality industry.
To register or learn more about this program come to an information session held at the VCC downtown campus on December 4, 10:00-11:00am or December 14, 2:30-3:30pm. You can also contact Nigel Scott for more information at:
It’s time for the Living Nativity again this year at Willow Park Church on Hwy 33 in Kelowna and I will be volunteering to interpret on Sunday, December 11th at 3:30PM.
Please come early maybe 2:45 for parking and to get seats.
There are 3 parts:
1) See the outside part “Town of Bethlehem”
2) Come see the Christmas Story inside the church. Seats will be reserved for you on the left side at the front.
3) Go to the big hall and see the display of Christmas scenes and have Hot Chocolate and cookies.
Join MLA Norm Letnick and Dr. Ron Cridland and Dr. Stephen Bray from the Kelowna Sleep Clinic. Learn about the importance of healthy sleep, sleep problems, treatment options and alternatives to CPAP.
Thank you to the Well-Being Program provided ASL/Voice Interpreter.
Date: Wednesday, November 23rd from 7pm to 9pm.
Location: Winfield Memorial Hall – 10130 Bottom Wood Lake Rd.
Position Type: Full Time – Temporary (35 hours a week)
Posting Date: Friday, November 18th, 2016
Closing Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2016
Start Date: Immediate
End Date: Friday, May 5th, 2017
Email Resume To: jleang@bobrumball.org
LEE, Sharon Patricia
Died suddenly at her home in Burnaby from heart complications on November 13, 2016. She maintained a firm belief in God throughout her life. She was very happy and ready to go home to see Jesus and her mom and dad whenever He called her home. Sharon was born to the late Gordon and Alice (Ross) Lee on August 3, 1942. Sharon was deaf from birth and her one eye was blind but she was always happy, helped people, and loved making people laugh. She was very active in the deaf community her whole life. She attended Jericho School for the Deaf and after she graduated she became a teacher assistant at Jericho where she worked until her retirement. She was especially fond of children and maintained ties with many of her former students and colleagues. She attended the Deaf Community Church for many years and when it closed she held meetings in her home. She also opened her home for bible studies and helping others out when they needed a place to stay. Her sense of humour was always remarked upon by the people she came in contact with. Sharon was never married and had no children but she had close cousins and her deaf family that she loved and supported and who loved and supported her. She is survived by her family, her deaf family, her “spirit” son, Bo Wendell, and many friends, too many to be named. Sharon’s Celebration of Life service will be held at the Killarney Lutheran Church at 3022 E 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5S 1K9 on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow in the adjoining building, Trinity Lutheran Church for the Deaf where Sharon spent many Tuesdays playing Skip Bo. Sharon will be buried with her mother and father in the Murrayville Cemetery in Langley at a later date. The family gratefully declines flowers but if you would like to donate to any deaf or hard of hearing charities, you may do so as you wish. She was an honest, hard-working and delightful person and she lived a good life! www.wiebeandjeskefh.com
Wiebe & Jeske – 604-859-5885 –
Sharon’s Celebration of Life would be held on Wednesday, November 23rd at 1 PM at the Killarney Lutheran Church at 3022 E 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5S 1K9 on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow in the adjoining building, Trinity Lutheran Church for the Deaf
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LEE, Sharon Patricia