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BC Open Darts – 1st Qualifier Tournament
Date: Saturday & Sunday, January 30 – 31, 2016
Time: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Deadline to register: January 22, 2016

Please click here for updated details:  FLYER
Please click here to register:  REGISTRATION

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Darts Commissioner, Mark invites all darts players to come to the meeting and discuss a few rules and guidelines as there will be some changes.   All are welcome.

Meeting Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016
Time: 3:00 pm
Where: Royal City Curling Club (upstairs) (75 East 6 Avenue, New Westminster)

Please contact Mark Tarchuk, BCDSF Darts Commissioner if you have any questions; mtarchuk@hotmail.com

Family Storytime in Sign Language and English at Burnaby Public Library
http://bpl.bc.ca/events/family-storytime-in-sign-language-and-english-at-tommy-douglas

Join a Deaf storyteller and a children’s librarian for stories, songs, rhymes and crafts presented in both American Sign Language and English. This is a free drop-in for children of all ages and abilities, together with a parent or caregiver. All families are welcome! Interpreters will be present.

Five Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:00 PM: January 16, February 6, March 14, April 2, and April 30. At Tommy Douglas Library in Burnaby: 7311 Kingsway, 604.522.3971.

Presented by Burnaby Public Library in partnership with Family and Community Services and Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at the Ministry of Children and Family Development. For more information, e-mail Randi at the library (Randi.Robin@bpl.bc.ca) or Roger at Family and Community Services (Roger.Chan@gov.bc.ca).

View the Deafblind Friendly flyer here

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is very proud to announce this year’s selection of ASL-interpreted performances and events.

Vancouver’s mid-winter performing arts festival features acclaimed local, national and international artists and presents ground-breaking work in theatre, dance, music, and various forms of multimedia and hybrid performance. We are committed to making our festival accessible to all and are reaching out you to communicate our programming that is accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with hopes that you could spread that information amongst your community.

This year we will provide ASL-interpretation for two shows: Miss Understood by, about and with local poet Antonette Rea as well as a show visiting from Australia, Jack Charles v. The Crown. Furthermore we have curated a number of shows that are accessible without interpretation.

We are also training our volunteers in helping Deaf / HH patrons (idea’s and suggestion are welcome) and we will have ASL-interpretation for the Youth Assembly, a unique opportunity for youth interested in a career in the arts.

Please see attachment for the description of the shows and our group booking prices. If a number of people of your organization are interested, I would highly recommend taking advantage of the group booking prices. Feel free to distribute this document or display it on any noticeboards.

I would be happy to answer any questions about accessibility and help you with your bookings.

Kind regards,

Anika Vervecken 

Accessible PuSh Coordinator

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
January 19–February 7, 2016

110 – 750 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada  V6B 2R5

+1 604.605.8284 ext 204 | access@pushfestival.ca
pushfestival.ca | facebook.com/pushfestival | @PuShFestival

View the ASL@PuSh 2016 flyer here

WBP Workshop: Internet Scams & Spams Workshop 

Learn About:

• What are the Scams out there I should know about?
• How do I know if it is real or fake?
• How to Play It Smart?
• Sharing Personal Experiences
• Computer Lab for Hands On learning!

Presented by: Scott Jeffery & Lisa Anderson

2 Dates – Part One & Part Two

Part One: Friday January 15, 2016

Time: 6:00 – 10:00pm.

Where: WBP Multi-Purpose Room,

#300-4211 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC

Part Two: Saturday January 16, 2016

Time: 10:00am. – 3:00pm.

Where: Computer Lab 5105,

Douglas College 700 Royal Avenue,

New Westminster, BC

Bring Your Own Lunch – Saturday

Registration/RSVP:  WBP.Workshops@vch.ca also for Interpreter Requests

E-mail before: January 8, 2016

Thank you to Douglas College Program of Sign Language Interpretation for their partnership in the provisions of this workshop. 

See PDF for more details. Images available for sharing as well. 

Exciting WBP Deaf-Blind Workshop!

INTRODUCTION TO PRO-TACTILE

• What is Pro-Tactile Communication?
• How Pro-Tactile overcomes Communication barriers
• What is the difference between Pro-Tactile & tactile
• Hands On Pro-Tactile Experience!

·       Presented by:

• Ryan Ollis, Deaf-Blind Gallaudet Student 

When: Saturday, January 9, 2016 

1:30pm. – 4:30pm. 

~ Refreshments at Break provided by WBP ~

Where:  Room 1812/1814,
Douglas College,
700 Royal Avenue,

New Westminster, BC

Contact for Registration & Interpreters

BEFORE DECEMBER 23, 2015:

Lisa Anderson, Workshop Coordinator

Email:   lisa.anderson@vch.ca

TTY: 604.456.0900 = Fax: 604-456-0904

AFTER DECEMBER 23, 2015:

Kristen Pranzl, Program Coordinator

Email:   kristen.pranzl@vch.ca

TTY: 604.456.0900 = Fax: 604-456-0904

DEADLINE for REGISTRATION:
January 4, 2016

View PDF flyer here

OVERFLOW TICKETS HAVE OPENED UP. There are another 150 seats availablefor Sat, 27 Feb 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Schubert Centre — hear Vandana Shiva’s powerful message through live video & audio feed (still at Schubert Centre) and bring your book to meet her in person to get it signed!

A registered sign language interpreter will be signing during Vandana Shiva’s talk!

With great anticipation, a grassroots collective of non-profits, businesses, farms and individuals invite you to join the illustrious Dr. Vandana Shiva for a speaking engagement in Vernon. This will be an outstanding evening of discussion about healthy food, people and communities, both locally and within the larger global context. A loss of biodiversity and community control over the food that is grown is of critical importance. How do food and food systems flow into all other areas of life and community? What are some of the key questions we should be asking when faced with choices around growing, accessing and eating food so that we are also doing our part to meet global challenges such as climate change, hunger and poverty?

From an Okanagan perspective, issues that are particularly relevant are water conservation and protecting agricultural land from the high pressure for development in this region. Climate change is also imperative to prepare for in terms of crop viability and adapting to altered weather patterns. The recently approved GMO Arctic Apple deserves special attention within the broader context of GMO’s and how they threaten organic food production and seed sovereignty.

There will be ample time for questions from the audience and a book signing to follow — bring a copy of one of Dr. Shiva’s several publications to be signed by her!

Overflow Tickets are $15 — available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vandana-shiva-in-vernon-tickets-19677249182

Much gratitude is extended to the following outstanding stewards of sustainable communities and food sovereignty whose donations have made Dr. Vandana Shiva’s visit to BC possible!
Harmony Foundation
COABC
Nature’s Path
Crannóg Ales
Fieldstone Organics
Eatmore Sprouts
Food Action Society of the North Okanagan
Young Agrarians
FarmFolk CityFolk
SENS
Pilgrims’ Produce
Wild Flight Farm
Amara Farm
Jayme McKillop, RE/MAX Realtor
GE Free Kamloops
Council of Canadians Kamloops Chapter
Om Naturale
Don Cavers
Tania Willard – redwillowdesigns.ca

If you would like to contribute to her speaking tour, please contact Michelle Tsutsumi atlmtsutsumi@gmail.com