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Hello everyone,

The Earthquake Preparedness Workshop on Sept. 12th hosted by Norwest Deaf Outdoors Club is cancelled due to the HHC-WIDHH Deaf and Hard of Hearing Seniors Outreach fundraising bingo night conflicts.
Please consider joining and supporting their bingo.

Stay tuned for the further notice for Earthquake Preparedness Workshop date.

Thanks
Norwest Deaf Outdoors Club Board members

A TownHall was held by the BCVRS Committee on August 20, 2014

BCVRS is working hard to upload the whole event, even if it needs to be uploaded in
a few parts. Thank you for your patience!

To view the first 48 minutes, see Part One:

For those that wanted to see the Powerpoint presentation of this event, it is available at this link: http://bcvrs.ca/2014/08/powerpoint-for-bcvrs-townhall-on-august-20-2014/

Original source link: http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-188-2.htm

Date published: August 22, 2014

Summary of the announcement: …”The Commission therefore considers it appropriate to extend the deadline for the submission of the documents identified in Commission staff’s 1 August 2014 request for information from 14 August 2014 to 29 August 2014.”

To ensure that parties and interested persons have a full 30 days to comment on these documents, the Commission extends the deadline for the submission of interventions set out in paragraph 5 of Telecom Notice of Consultation 2014-188-1 from 29 August 2014 to 29 September 2014.

The deadline for the submission of replies set out in paragraph 5 of Telecom Notice of Consultation 2014-188-1 is consequently extended from 8 September 2014 to 6 October 2014.

To see image capture & more, check out this link: http://bcvrs.ca/2014/08/crtc-extends-deadline-for-noc2014-188/

Submitted by: BCVRS Communications

Come join BCRAD at the Vancouver Fringe Festival as we watch the performance The Masks of Oscar Wilde! The Masks of Oscar Wilde explores the life and works of the famous queer writer Oscar Wilde. Learn about his struggles being queer in a homophobic world, and watch excerpts from his many famous novels including “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “The Happy Prince”.

For this show, the director has worked to integrate the ASL Interpreter onto the set – the interpreter will be following the actors throughout the performance.

ASL interpreted dates are:
Friday September 5th at 6:45 PM
Saturday September 6th at 2:30 PM
Sunday September 14th at 6:45 PM

All shows are located on the Revue Stage on Granville Island.

Tickets can be brought here for $14 each. Also note that a $5 membership fee applies for the Fringe Festival:
http://www.vancouverfringe.com/show/14PMR8/

If you have any accessibility needs, questions or concerns, please feel free to email us directly at info@bcrad.com and we will do our best to accommodate you. We have a script available for those who wish to follow along with the performance on their smartphones during the show.

Check out and join us at our Facebook Event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/342377859252095/?ref=22″

Looking for an energetic home placement for a 20 yr. old young man. This individual is has CP (but is ambulatory and has a power chair to use for long distances), scoliosis, a developmental delay, epilespy and is Deaf. Fluency in ASL is mandatory. No behavior issues, but training in the field of Special Education would be an asset as boundaries need to be reinforced. He is happy, pleasant, funny, kind, and loves to be involved in social activities. Successful applicant needs to be aware that mobility is slower and patience is needed for all activities. The home would need to have space for him to move around, open floor plans are ideal. He needs assistance with all self care: bathing, teethbrushing, dressing. Although independent in a lot of areas and capable of learning new tasks, this person is full-time care and requires 24 hour supervision. He loves fast cars, trucks, planes, video games, camping, boating and movies (action). He is currently living in Port Hardy BC, but has attended South Slope Elementary and Burnaby South Secondary for the past 11 years. The plan is for him to move back to the Lower Mainland so that he can access the Deaf community and have employment, social and recreational activities more readily available to him.
If you feel this person would be a match for your home, please contact Sharon Magee at 250 949-6052.

Lately there have been several issues of concern to the deaf community. One concerns the apparent dysfunctional relationship between Vancouver Coastal Health and Well-Being Program for the Deaf. Another concerns the apparent likelihood of harmful effects of cochlear implants on the brains of young deaf children. B.C. Liberals which had conducted several disability access meetings last winter now are saying it will take more than ten years to deal with all accessibility issues. Parents of deaf children anywhere in B.C. are NOT allowed to send their children to B.C. School for the Deaf without the consent of their school districts. We do not have American Sign Language as an official language of B.C. There continues to be an apparent confusion about Deaf Community Foundation. The B.C. Government is more interested in cutting taxes apparently for the sake of cutting taxes instead of making our tax money work smarter and for the benefit of all citizens, even if it means an increase of our taxes. While the B.C. Deaf Caucus will not deal with taxes, we will make the government face issues and provide increased accessibility, and better and harmonious services; and allow more involvement for us in government decision making procedures.

To deal with these and other issues, I am proposing a formation of the B.C. Deaf Caucus, which is essentially a movement, a group of concerned deaf citizens to deal with various governmental agencies and the B.C. Government itself. We need to push issues to their attention and to require them to work with us to our complete satisfaction.

Who may join the B.C. Deaf Caucus? Anyone who is deaf and ready to give some time to work with others and to write letters, to make calls, and to meet with those who can make changes for our benefit. Not just the deaf only, but also CODA. Interpreters, too. Parents of deaf children, of course. Even those deaf citizens who are currently government employees are welcome as they are members of the Deaf community in the first place. Finally, any other people who are actively working with deaf on a regular basis are welcome to join, too (for example, WIDHH, PSDHH, BCSD, IDHHC.) However, the B.C. Deaf Caucus will be the voice of interested deaf citizens of B.C. supported by others such as interpreters, parents, and professionals.

I will help to set up the caucus but will not lead it. I intend to work within the caucus. It is my opinion only but I prefer that the chair/leader rotate on a yearly basis.

If you are interested in working for the B.C. Deaf Caucus (no money, but a sense of belonging to a vast Deaf community) and if you are willing to give some of your personal time, then please let me know by emailing to wayne.sinclair.77@facebook.com. Explain very briefly which issue(s) you will want to work on. Give me your name, your email address, and the name of your town in which you live (street address not necessary). We have succeeded so far with BCVRS and the International Congress of Education of the Deaf; both started with a caucus. This caucus will deal with B.C. Government and any government agencies that need to be contacted. Will we succeed? It’s up to you.

The email address I listed above is temporary. I will respond from my actual email address.

Let me know by September 15th.

Hello everyone!

Here’s a friendly video from the BCVRS Committee about tomorrow’s TownHall.

See link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUiTMI8_9GE

LIVESTREAMING LINKS :

http://bcvrs.ca/2014/08/livestreaming-link-for-august-20-townhall/

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:

http://bcvrs.ca/2014/08/powerpoint-for-bcvrs-townhall-on-august-20-2014/

DISCLAIMER: Volunteers will be doing this livestream as the techincal staff at Deaf Canada were not available to do the work, but have kindly allowed us access to their USTREAM account.

We hope to post the presentation afterwards, when time permits.

Thanks for your patience and understanding in advance.

Any comments can be e-mailed to bcvrsc@gmail.com