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There will be an interpreter again this year at the Lake Country Remembrance Day Ceremony. It starts at 11:00 and is at the George Elliott School Gym.

If interested in buying tickets, please contact Juliana Musso at julianamusso3@hotmail.com

10 Tips to Simplify your Holidays
Inspirational Activity (no art skill needed) Fun & Relaxation

with Susan Dahlgren

Sunday, November 30th
10:30am to 12noon

At Susan’s Counseling Office
Address: Suite 206-8556 120th Street, Surrey

Cost: FREE!

Bring a Friend. Register Early!
(maximum 8 participants)

To register contact Susan: (604) 360-8662 (text) or
email: connect@susandahlgren.com

This workshop is in ASL only. No interpreter is provided.

Susan Dahlgren, MSW, RSW is Deaf and has a counseling private practice in Surrey. Susan provides therapy for anxiety/stress, depression, grief, personal growth, self-esteem and abuses. For more information about Susan, see her website:
www.susandahlgren.com.
SIGN-UP!!!

Classroom Assistant Position at Vancouver Community College

Job Description

We are currently looking for a classroom assistant to assist a student with Hard of Hearing and low vision in a classroom setting. The classroom assistant will work closely with the student and act as a support for the student by assisting in bridging communication between faculty, staff, and the student. Ultimately, the goal is to enhance the student’s understanding of the classroom instructions and materials.

Job Qualifications
• Fluent in American Sign Language (ASL)
• Experience working with the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community
• Experience working with people with disabilities
• Experience working in an educational environment preferred
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate good communication skills (both written and oral)
• Ability to communicate in Mandarin and written Chinese, an asset

Work Conditions & Hours ?
• Setting: Post-secondary classroom
• Start Date: Immediately
• Hours: 9am-3:30pm (Monday to Thursday); with 1 hour unpaid lunch break
• Duration of position: End in first week of December 2014, with possibility of extension

Please send your cover letter and resume to:

Julia Li, Disabilities Office Advisor
Vancouver Community College
Disabilities Office
1155 East Broadway,
Vancouver, BC
V5T 4V5

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Inclusive communities also means Inclusive workplaces.

We’re excited to present the next event in the Project EveryBody campaign: Inclusive Employment Forum.

Tapping into the abilities of ALL job seekers is a top priority for a growing number of private and public sector employers.
This forum brings together employers, job seekers of all abilities and community service providers.

When: Friday November 14th, 2014 10:30am-3:30pm (see event details below)
Where: Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, corner of Davie and Pacific)

Event details:
10:30am: Doors Open
11am-11:45pm Panel 1: Want a job but not sure how to go about it? Listen and ask questions to career experts about preparing for, finding and maintaining employment.
12pm-12:45pm Panel 2: What are employers looking for? Hear from employers in different areas on what they’re looking for and how they’ve embraced inclusive hiring.
1:15pm-1:45pm – Presentation 1: What BC jobs are in demand?: get a snapshot of what jobs are trending
2pm-2:30pm – Presentation 2: Interested in working for the Federal Government?: Learn about opportunities and how to apply
All day 10:30-3:30 – Employer Meet and Greet: Connect with job seekers, community support services and employers!

This event is FREE! Please RSVP at www.projecteverybody-inclusiveemploymentforum.eventbrite.ca

This year’s free event is put on as a community collaboration with: Open Door Group, Vancity, The City of Vancouver, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion and many more.

Venue is wheelchair accessible | ASL interpreter and captioning will be present

Don’t forget to spread the word! *Please feel free to distribute this message and attached poster to any contacts you feel would be interested. And follow us on Social Media!

Twitter:@PRJEveryBody
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projecteverybody

A little about projectEveryBody:

The ProjectEverybody Series led by Open Door Group, is a campaign driven by a collaboration of various community organizations, businesses and the City of Vancouver. The project’s intended impact is to promote an “inclusive Vancouver” through providing high profile opportunities that truly showcase and celebrate the talents of persons with disabilities through arts and culture, employment, social connection and recreational opportunities.

Take note of the Project Everybody event series:
September 10th, 2014:
Project Everybody Disability Film, Art and Culture Festival
October 5th, 2014:
Health, Recreation and Community Accessibility Fair
October 26th, 2014:
Youth and Education World Café
November 14th, 2014:
Inclusive Employment Forum
The four events lead up to a HUGE celebration on December 3rd, at the Roundhouse Community Centre in recognition of the UN designated International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Check out www.projecteverybody.ca for more information!

A friendly reminder for everyone! We are excited to share this great news with you! North Langley Community church continues to provide a professional Registered ASL Interpreter at 8am every Sunday. Join us at 21015 96th Avenue in Langley (210St and 96Ave). At this time, interpreters are not available for the 945 am service because the interpreters have to be at other churches in the area to provide interpreting services. Please do join us for great worship, fellowship, and a message at 8am on Sundays! Looking forward to seeing you there!

A man. The moon. A most peculiar love story. The team behind Grim & Fischer returns with a love story that whisks a man to the moon and back! In their signature full-face mask style which has been described as “pure magic” by the CBC, the Wonderheads step into the life of a terribly lonely man to ask the question: can a man truly love the moon?

This charming piece of physical theatre is performed entirely without dialogue and would be ideal for young audiences and adults alike. The style has been described as ‘live-action Pixar’; you can check out the trailer here.

HEY! CHECK THIS OUT!
Are you DEAF YOUTH age 18-30?
Want to see more YOUTH activities in BC?
Have IDEAS how GVAD can serve you better?
Have CONCERNS you want to share?
DO I MEET THE REQUIREMENTS?

DEAF YOUTH ROUNDTABLE
Moderate by Scott Jeffery
Hosted by Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf

Date: Tonight – Monday October 27th, 2014
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Metropolis at Metrotown
Old Navy Community Room
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby

Pizza will be served during the round table!!!

It’s time for our Fall 2014 REVERB reading, on Wednesday, November 5th at Gallery Gachet (88 E. Cordova St.) on unceded Musqueam, S?wxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh land.

***FEATURING***

ANTONETTE REA

Antonette Rea is a local poet who has shared her work in various literary magazines, chap books and performance poetry. She recently was the subject of a short film “A Woman with a Past” currently on the international film fest circuit and is currently working on a play based on a collection of her poetry about her life’s challenges as a transgender woman.

VANESSA SHANTI FERNANDO

Vanessa Shanti Fernando identifies as a queer, mixed-race femme dandy. She is studying to become a social worker, but will always be a writer first. She believes in the power of romance and rootedness.

AMBER DAWN

Amber Dawn is a local writer. Her memoir How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir won the 2013 Vancouver Book Award. She is the author of the Lambda Award-winning novel Sub Rosa, and editor of the anthologies Fist of the Spider Women: Fear and Queer Desire and With A Rough Tongue.

BEN KEANE-O’HARA

Ben has grown up and surrounded himself with writers. He’s finally coming to a place of holding that space for himself. He moves towards stories of unknown mixed and poc ancestry, trans and queer identities, and the way light catches on the curve of a belly. He is at once afraid of and in love with the ocean.

TIARÉ JUNG

bio coming soon!

JILLIAN CHRISTMAS

Jillian Christmas serves as Artistic Director of Vers?s Festival of Words. She has won Grand Poetry-Slam Championship titles at both the Vancouver BedRocc poetry-slam (2011), as well as the Vancouver Poetry Slam (2012, 2014), and has represented Vancouver at the Women of the World Poetry Slam for the past two years. An enthusiastic organizer within the Canadian poetry community, Jillian has participated in, developed and executed programs in partnership with Toronto Poetry Project, Wordplay, Brendan McLeod’s Travelling Slam and the CULTCH Mentorship, and facilitated spoken word workshops for youth and adults across the country.

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Doors at 7 PM; show at 7:30 PM sharp. We’re asking for a dollar at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There will be some seriously great stuff to buy at our merch table, so bring your bucks if you can!

We’re going to have some great stuff to give away as well, so don’t forget to enter our draw in the hat on your way in the door!

Event poster by our amazing artist-in-residence, Tiaré Jung, who’s been making art for us all year and is now sharing a different kind of art at this event! Check out more of Tiaré’s work here: http://teeahray.tumblr.com/

***ACCESSIBILITY INFO***

ASL Interpretation Provided.

For Gallery Gachet:
front door: 5 feet width
front door step: 6 inch height (but we have a ramp)
ramp: 31 inch width
washroom door: 33 inch width
toilet: 10 inch clearance on left side
14″ inch clearance in front to sink

There is an all genders washroom.

Gallery Gachet is an art gallery and as such may have some chemicals present that some maybe be sensitive to including paints, pottery glazes, or other art supplies. In order to create a space where folks with multiple chemical sensitivities can participate, please refrain from wearing perfumes, colognes or other scented products (including essential oils) and smoke far away from the entrance to the space. We do clear out the space with an air purifier prior to the event. For info on how to support folks with multiple chemical sensitivities, visit: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html

For a full accessibility audit of Gallery Gachet, visit: http://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/this-audit-of-gallery-gachet-was-performed-on/

We provide snacks! Including gluten-free and vegan options, and do not sell alcohol at the event.

If you’re attending and will need particularly comfortable seating, please let us know! We have a few comfy and large office chairs that we’re stoked to save for folks who need that kind of seating, so if that’s you, please message or email us with your name so that we can be sure you’ll be comfortable throughout the event (and please also show up early to make sure you get in the door!). If you would be made more comfortable by the addition of a cushion, please bring one with you — and if you don’t have one you can bring, let us know and we’ll do our best to rustle up something for you.

***ABOUT REVERB***

REVERB: A Queer Reading Series aims to support and showcase emerging and established LGBT2QI writers through a quarterly reading series with an anti-oppressive framework. We believe that writing is a radical act that can transform dominant narratives about whose lives and loves are important and valued, and that sharing that writing can empower, inspire and transform ourselves and our communities. We write and read on unceded Musqueam, S?wxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh land, and are committed to radical inclusion in our series, recognizing that access to the world of writing, literacy, and even queerness continues to be limited. As organizers, we endeavour to create a reading series where white-identified readers are always in the minority to ensure a space that centres the voices of Indigenous, Black, mixed writers and all writers of colour. All our writers self-identify on a spectrum of queerness that centres trans* and femme experiences. All of our events are held in physically and financially accessible spaces, and with every event, we make at least one change to ensure that REVERB becomes more and more accessible. We promise to do all we can to create a safer space — bring your suggestions! Check your assumptions at the door; REVERB is a body-positive, anti-racist, anti-sexist, and hella queer- and trans-positive event.

reverbqueerreadingseries@gmail.com
reverbqueerreadingseries.tumblr.com
Facebook: REVERB: A Queer Reading Series