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RDSP Guide

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This guide outlines how to start and manage a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) in B.C. It was developed by the RDSP Action Group and is supported by the Vancouver Foundation and the Government of British Columbia.

Guide to the Registered Disability Savings Plan in British Columbia (DOCX | PDF, 1.19MB)

 

The guide is available on the ministry’s website in HTML, PDF and Word formats: http://www.sdsi.gov.bc.ca/publicat/bcea/rdsp.html

Upcoming Interpreted Performance of MAMMA MIA! in Vancouver

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http://vancouver.broadway.com/preferredinterpreters/

 

And enter the promotional code ABBA. You will be directed to a seating map, and only seats in the designated area will be available for purchase.

 

And enter the promotional code ABBA. You will be directed to a seating map, and only seats in the designated area will be available for purchase.

Defty Award Entry 2016

Hello everyone! From BCCSD on behalf of CCSD for Defty Award Entry 2016.. Please share this to your friends who are great filmmakers!
Filmmakers Call for Entry
2016 Juried Films
Defty Awards of Excellence in the Arts 2016
Filmmaking Youth Awards
Winning Canadian Films will be exhibited at the DEAF CULTURE CENTRE
Perceptions: Deaf Filmmakers Exhibit from September 24, 2016 to May 2017.
Winning Filmmakers receive a Defty Award and cash prize (between $300 – $1000)
Please see more details and fill the forms. https://goo.gl/yiNPkc

BC Open Darts – 1st Qualifier Tournament

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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

 

Client Services Coordinator – Job Posting

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The Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) is a unique non-profit service organization for Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens. Our Agency provides services in Audiology, Counselling, Sign Language Interpreting and Communication Devices.

The Audiology Department provides diagnostic hearing assessments, hearing aid services, information workshops and classes. Our Vancouver –Willow location is seeking a personable, team- oriented individual to join our professional team:

Client Services Coordinator (Permanent Full-Time)

View the Client Services Coordinator Job Posting Here

Family Storytime in Sign Language and English at Burnaby Public Library

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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).

Public Tour with ASL interpretation at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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Public Tour with ASL

Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven

Sunday January 17, 11am

The Gallery is pleased to offer a special one hour survey tour with ASL interpretation of Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven. We invite all visitors to join us for a tour in spoken English led by a Gallery educator with American Sign Language interpretation by a registered interpreter.

Free with Gallery admission. Meet at the title wall, 1st Floor.

A support person accompanying a visitor with disabilities will be welcome to stay with the visitor at all times and will be provided with free admission to the Gallery.

We welcome your feedback sent to talks@vanartgallery.bc.ca.