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Family Fishing Day

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Individuals can register at http://www.fndc.ca/campregistration

There will be door prizes and a chance to win 4 hour sturgeon fishing trip with Big Valley Sportfishing Adventures http://www.bigvalleysportfishing.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Big-Valley-Sport-Fishing-Adventures-711341765599693/

Fat Camp

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Fat Camp 2016!

Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
8:30am-7pm
SFU Burnaby, MBC 2290
Unceded Coast Salish Territories

REGISTRATION:
https://sfpirg.wufoo.com/forms/qk39bkc0nt92dq/

ASL interpretation is being booked for Fat Camp! Deadline for ASL registration is July 11th. Interpreter names will be posted when they have been booked.

Come explore FAT POLITICS in all its intersectional glory! Join us for an exciting and transformative day of workshops, and learn about resisting fat oppression and integrating fat politics into your life and your activism!

Fat oppression targets those of us who are considered ‘too fat.’ But every one of us, no matter what our body size, is impacted by this form of injustice, and each of us can play a role in tearing it down. Let’s work together to create a world in which no one is taught to hate their own or anyone else’s body.

Fat Camp 2016 will be held at SFU Burnaby, on unceded Coast Salish Territories. Based on our current knowledge, this includes the territories of the Musqueam, Skxwú7mesh, Kwikwetlem & Tsleil-Waututh nations.

Fat Camp is brought to you by Fat Panic! Vancouver, PeerNetBC and SFPIRG!

Admission is by donation, with a suggested sliding scale donation of $0-$50 (cash or cheques made out to “SFPIRG” are accepted). No one is turned away due to lack of funds.

Donations go directly towards honoraria for workshop facilitators and for lunch/dinner for participants. If you have the resources and capacity, please consider donating to help ensure that Fat Camp is more accessible and sustainable for everyone! If you are able and would like to donate more, that’s okay, too! Please bring your donation with you to Fat Camp.

Stay tuned for more info about a special workshop with Shilo George on Sunday, July 24th – hosted by PeerNetBC! The workshop will hold up to 15 people. We are looking into funding for ASL for July 24th.

Please visit www.sfpirg.ca for the full workshop schedule!

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Accessibility Info

SFPIRG and our community partners and organizers are committed to creating accessible programming and events, including all of Fat Camp!

Fat Camp will be held in a wheelchair/scooter accessible venue with access to accessible washrooms nearby. We are also aiming to have a variety of seating options available.

Gender-neutral washrooms are available outside the workshop space.

In order to enable people to attend without experiencing hardship, bus tickets and money for dependent care (this can include childcare, eldercare, etc.) are available upon request. Please indicate during registration if you will require either subsidy.

While we cannot ensure a fully scent-free event in this setting, we’re aiming to create a scent-reduced environment by not bringing additional scents into the space. Exposure to laundry products, colognes, hairspray, and many other scented products can trigger serious health reactions in individuals with asthma, allergies, migraines, and/or chemical sensitivities. We ask that you not wear/ apply/ or bring any scented products into this space. If you do so, we may need to ask you to leave so others can safely stay in the space. If you find yourself being impacted by someone’s use of scented products during the conference, speak with any one of the organizers. We know that this can be a big step for many people. As Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha says in Fragrance Free Femme of Colour Realness, “Cutting out scents may seem like a pain in the ass, but it means that awesome, ass-kicking community members you love can attend events you’re at and make out with you without having seizures, throwing up or otherwise getting really sick.” Please, bring your amazing self, and keep the scents at home!
(More info here: http://thinkbeforeyoustink.com/howtogofragrancefree.html, http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15, http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/scentfree.html)

Fat Camp will be nut-free and peanut-free. Absolutely no nuts or peanuts will be permitted within the event space in order to create an allergen-free environment for all participants. This includes (but is not limited to) products like hazelnuts, cashews, almonds, coconuts, walnuts, coconut oil, coconut milk, and peanut butter.

If you have any other allergies or sensitivities that we need to know about so that you can participate fully and safely, please let us know during registration.

ASL interpretation is being booked for Fat Camp! Deadline for ASL registration is July 11th. Interpreter names will be posted when they have been booked.

Some folks are sensitive and/or get sick from electromagnetic frequency radiation (EMF). This can include radiation from cell phones, Wi-Fi, fluorescent lights, and more. SFU Burnaby has Wi-Fi set up throughout its campus, including in the Fat Camp workshop space. In order to reduce EMF exposure, we will strive to minimize fluorescent light usage and utilize natural lighting whenever possible. We will also have a designated area in the workshop space for folks with EMF sensitivities and folks who are willing to turn off their cellphones during the workshops. Folks who need to keep cellphones on (for work, for emergency contacts, etc.) will be asked not to sit in the EMF-reduced area.

If there is any other way we can make Fat Camp more accessible for you, please let us know during registration!

Whole Humanity Workshop at OOC

Whole Humanity:
Understanding Power Systems & Practicing Solidarity
with Anna Soole – Wed, July 13

You’re well intentioned, and you know that racism exists, so you can’t possibly perpetuate it… right? Let’s explore some of the ways white privilege plays out despite anti-racist knowledge and good intentions.

**This workshop is for white & non-POC folks who are interested in deepening their practice of solidarity and allyship. Are you Black/Indigenous/mixed/person of color who is also LGBATQ+? We are hosting a dance workshop with ILL NANA for you! Find out more here. **

Interior – Canada Day interpreted events!

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DONT FORGET CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS WILL BE INTERPRETED.

Lake Country at Beasley Park 11:00AM

PROSPERA PLACE KELOWNA 12:00 NOON (seats will be reserved at front for Deaf people.)

Queer Arts Festival

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SAD Mag presents the Queer Arts Festival’s final blowout—revel in community, effervescent refreshments, karaoke and DRAG!

Glue on your glitter beards and get down to the Waldorf for glitter-licious performances by:
Rose Butch
Alma B Itches
and GRIMM (the reigning champion of the 2016 Mr/Miss Cobalt Competition)!

Hosted by the infamous Shanda Leer, this is a queer party you’re not gonna wanna miss!

Doors @ 8:00pm
Drag @ 10:30pm
Karaoke – ALL IN BETWEEN LIKE MAYO IN A SAMMIE

Tickets are $8.50 in advance ?at Eventbrite ?or $10 at the door.

queerartsfestival.com
sadmag.ca

?Accessibility information:?
ASL interpretation has been booked for this event.? ?The party is being held in the Tabu Room, with the west side patio entrance. Entrance is double doors (exact width pending) with 6 stairs going down into the Tabu room where bathrooms are accessed. There are an additional 6 stairs to get down to the dance floor. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact hello@sadmag.ca

CAV-VRS: June 2016 Update

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Hello!

In April, we announced the name of the new VRS service, “SRV Canada VRS”, and today, we are announcing a new website www.srvcanadavrs.ca.

Go to the website to learn about the technical requirements and equipment that you will need to use VRS when it becomes available in September.

Also, there are two important features on the new website I’d like to emphasize.

The first is a brief Survey with questions you can respond to help CAV understand how our community will be using the service. For example, choice of language (ASL/LSQ) or which province you live in or what type of equipment you plan to use (pc, tablet or smartphone).

Secondly, in a short video message (ASL or LSQ) tell us how you think VRS will impact your life. Selected videos will be edited and will be included in a short film which will premiere at CAV’s launch event and will also be featured on the www.srvcanadavrs.ca website.

In addition, we’ve begun building new call centres and training Video Interpreters and Customer Service Representatives.

I hope you can feel the excitement. VRS is coming alive! Tell your friends – “SRV Canada VRS – it’s coming!!!”

Thank you,
Sue Decker
Executive Director, CAV-ACS

WBP – Job Postings

Social Worker

Deaf/Well Being Program – Regular Full Time Burnaby, BC

Vancouver Coastal Health is one of Canada’s largest health care service providers, servicing more than a million people from the Greater Vancouver area up the coast to tiny Bella Bella. We provide a full spectrum of care from acute to rehabilitation to residential care and community care. We are the provincial referral centre for trauma, neurosciences, spinal cord injury and cancer treatment.

About the Job:

Within the context of a client and population centered care model and in accordance with established standards of professional practice, and vision and values of the organization, as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide consultative social work services to designated population group.

View the full job posting here

 

Community Mental Health Worker 2 (Adult) Itinerant Deaf/Well Being Program – Regular Full Time Burnaby, BC

RECOVERY RESPECT RESILIENCE

Vancouver Coastal Health Mental Health and Addictions Services is committed to collaborating with consumers and families to build on strengths, talents and interests in order to foster a community of hope, growth and self-determination.

About the Job:

Working within the context of a client centered care approach and the vision/values of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, the Community Mental Health Worker 2 (Adult) provides client care to the seriously mentally ill adult population and who are at risk due to a combination of psychiatric symptoms, complex medical/social factors or significant caregiver stress. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, educational resources and other health care professionals/providers to achieve excellence in health services and education. https://youtu.be/frysbcViWjg

View the full job posting here