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Housing Needed

Requests

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October 14, 2022

A Deaf Ukrainian family has arrived in Vancouver. One high school student and one elementary student will be enrolled at BCSD. They need temporary housing until they get jobs and find their own place. They must leave where they are right now on October 19th.

Is there anyone in our beloved Deaf community, interpreters, and families, that would have space for 4 wonderful humans and a very small dog (Chihuahua) temporarily until they find their new home?

Please contact GVAD’s Ukraine Welcome Support Committee at deafukrainecommittee@gvad.com if you have ideas or any leads, ASAP.

Thank you.

Bingo Night – Additional information

Events

Deaf BC

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October 12, 2022

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Hello! I’m Raakhee, I’m GVAD’s VP.

4 year since we haven’t any events, Oct 15, this saturday, we will have Bingo Night! We’re thrilled. More information, if you are GVAD member, the admission price is FREE. If you are non-member, you will have to pay admission price of $10. You want to join GVAD member, don’t worry – Bingo Night there will be booth for GVAD to register and pay for membership.

10 games for Bingo card costs $20. We will also sell 50/50. We’re really excited, we will have 5 draws – $500, $400, $300, $200, $100, take the opportunity to buy and hope you’re lucky! If you are hungry, don’t worry we will sell pizza, chips and drinks, in total for $10!

Please RSVP before this Saturday on Oct 15th! Hurry!

RSVP Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ws0zKand5XJPePWm_rnO-uQghxNcB498sFfnS0f7pmo

Announcement: Deaf Ukraine Support Committee Established.

Announcements

Deaf BC

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October 10, 2022

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Announcement: Deaf Ukraine Support Committee Established.

Welcome to Greater Vancouver, British Columbia!

The GVAD is pleased to announce it has a committee established of community volunteers who are ready to support any Deaf Ukraine family members that arrive to Canada for safety from the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

The Committee includes one Deaf Ukranian that arrived in Spring 2022. They will assist with Ukraine language email communications.

If you need referrals or assistance from our local Deaf committee, please contact the email address: deafukrainecommittee@gvad.ca

FYI Vancouver Deaf community, there will be a Deaf event fundraiser in January 2023, feel free to contact us if you want your name added to the list of volunteers.

Image description: Background of image is the Ukraine blue and yellow flag, blue in the top half and the bottom half is yellow, at the top of the flyer is the new GVAD logo.

The text is split in the different colour blocks of the flag background, English is in the blue, Ukrainian language text is in the yellow block with the following text:

GVAD Deaf Ukraine Support Committee
Any DEAF UKRAINES who arrive in VANCOUVER, and need support, please contact:
deafukrainecommittee@gvad.ca

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deafukrainecommittee@gvad.ca

Ukrainian:

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GVAD Deaf Ukraine Support Committee
Any DEAF UKRAINES who arrive in VANCOUVER, and need support, please contact:
deafukrainecommittee@gvad.ca
GVAD ??????? ????????? ?????? ???????
??? ????? ???????, ??? ?????????? ? ???????? ? ?????????? ?????????, ?????????, ???????????:
deafukrainecommittee@gvad.ca

Open Audition Call for Performing Artists

Job Postings

Deaf BC

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October 6, 2022

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Open Audition Call for Performing Artists

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ne7jsAn17vY0aWrjthuuVJfJ8hUKutt/view?usp=sharing

We are seeking to hire five performing artists to join us on our journey to a professional production from Feb 12th – March 18th, 2023 at the Pumphouse Theatre in Calgary, Alberta. This is a paid opportunity and we meet the DOT (Dance Opera Theatre) policy guidelines. Please let us know if you are applying from out of town.

Please find more information about the performance and the roles in the attachment below. Send an email to our producer Camille and she will arrange an interview if the applicant gets a call back at camille@insideouttheatre.com.

Final-100-years-Landon-Krentz Download

Role #1 – Micheal, The Last Deaf Student (ASL/ENG Narrator) (Deaf/HH) Already fluent in ASL, Micheal shares their journey by navigating the Experiment Room and the outside world. As the investigator, Micheal provides a third-party point of view on the investigation of The Scientist and the Deaf students.

Role # 2 – Harmony, The Awkward Deaf Student (ASL) (Deaf/HH) Harmony is Hard of hearing character with Stockholm syndrome who had fallen in love with The Scientist. They aspire to be a dancer. The character has been living in the science lab/infirmary for a short time.

Role # 3 – Cedar, The Wise Deaf Student (ASL) (Deaf/HH) Proud Deaf character and mentor to many students. Cedar has been living in the infirmary the longest and shares a lot of wisdom in life. Cedar dreams of owning a sunflower shop.

Role # 4 – The Funder (ENG) (Hearing + Queer) The Funder is a typical hearing person who believes that ASL is unnecessary. They have good intentions at heart and provide resources for The Scientist to help Deaf people to assimilate into society.

Role # 5 – The Scientist (Physical theatre, no languages) The scientist develops a theory that ASL is evil and secretly experiments with Oralism. They want to revolutionize communication by having Deaf students to assimilate society

Deaf Indigenous and Indo-Canadian Multi Cultural Dinner Night

Events

Deaf BC

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October 6, 2022

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Deaf Indigenous and Indo-Canadian Multi Cultural Dinner Night

Transcript:

Mohlin (MP)

– Hello

Vinu Abraham Chetipurackal- You look familiar to me? Are you from India?

Mohlin – No, I am not from India. I will explain more over there.

Assadali- There is no halal food on the menu

Mohlin – What does halal mean?

Assadali – Do you know what halal means? If not, I will explain more over there.

Vinu Abraham Chetipurackal- Eating Beef Steak

Mohlin – I thought Indian people can’t eat beef.

Vinu Abraham Chetipurackal- Oh really? I will explain more over there.

Mohlin Pillay- Which dessert is the best?

Paula Wesley- Do you want delicious dessert? Try Apels

Raakhee- Me? Me? Me? Do you want answers?

Raakhee – What’s up? Deaf Indigenous and Indo-Canadian Multi Cultural Dinner Night

Raakhee – When? Saturday, November 19th 4 pm to midnight

Raakhee – Where? Fancy Banquet Hall

Raakhee – Address is at the bottom of this video

Raakhee – How much? $20 for Adults, $10 for Kids,

Raakhee – How to pay for the ticket?

Raakhee – Etransfer, Etransfer email address is at the bottom of the video. Cash, Debit and Credit card can be made payable at the door

Raakhee – Deadline? November 1

Raakhee – After the November 1 deadline, the ticket price will be $25 for Adults. $10 will be the same for Kids.

Raakhee – What is the event about? Indigenous and Indo-Canadian Presentations, Dinner buffet and socialization

Raakhee – Limited seat numbers, so please get tickets soon.

DeafBC Bulletin – October Edition

Announcements

Deaf BC

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October 3, 2022

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GVAD proudly presents:
DeafBC Bulletin
October 2022 Edition

GVAD is now starting up our monthly newsletter once again. For more further information please read below. We have announcements, events and more to show!

Announcements!

Hello to our readers and members! We are starting up our newsletter called “DeafBC Bulletin” once again. This email will be sent to current mailing list once. If you wish to subscribe to our monthly newsletters, please click “Subscribe” at bottom of the newsletter. We apologize if there has been any duplicate email addresses that caused this email to be sent to you twice or more, we are only using this mailing list once. All and any future newsletter will be sent out to the new subscription. Now onto to all major announcements we have!

Subscription Registration Link: http://eepurl.com/iaqlVv

New Logo!

As many of you may have noticed, we have new logo! After many years of using our current logo, we have decided to upgrade and reached out to a deaf artist, Kristina Guévremont under her business “Twelve Pixels” and had her to design us a logo matching to modern times. The Board of Directors are thrilled to have this excellent logo to represent GVAD for many more years to come.

Annual General Meeting – Oct 14th!

We have announced our Annual General Meeting for Oct 14th at 7:30PM to 9PM. We will be holding at Douglas College at New Westminster – Room to be announced. Cameron Epp, GVAD Secretary, will chair the AGM. The information will be sent to members soon as we know more in next few days. If you are interested in becoming a member for GVAD, please go to our membership registration form below we are looking forward to seeing you on Oct 14th!

Member Registration Link: https://forms.gle/vv61nXGjhmsR52vg9

Bingo Night is BACK! – Oct 15th

After 3 years of following COVID-19 Restrictions and its rules, we are thrilled to announce that Bingo Night is finally back and ready to rumble! We have booked Bonsor Recreation Complex in their Banquet Hall for 6:00PM to 10:00PM to compete and enjoy playing Bingo and 50/50 once again. If you are interested, please RVSP soon as possible by using this link: please RVSP soon as possible, we have limited space! We will let you know if you are on waiting list. We are very excited to have our Bingo Nights back and look forward to seeing you all there! For any questions or concerns, please email gvadevent@gmail.com

RVSP Form: https://forms.gle/ZPox6TcZjRwnmF66A

41st Annual Corn Party

Sept 24, 2022

We had lot of fun and laughter at our 41st Annual Corn Party – We had over 140 people come and catch up with each other and enjoyed BBQ food cooked by our chefs from Deaf BC Disc Golf Club! Big big thank you to Christian Vasquez and to his team for doing all of the cooking! Thank you Peggy Fee and Bunnie Munch for the Kingo game and thank you to Leanor Johnson providing drinks. Thank you to Raakee Pillay for overseeing the event.

MASSIVE thank you to David Johnson and his team for their incredible and hard work in organizing 41st Annual Corn Party for us to enjoy after 4 years. We hope to have even bigger turn out at next year Corn Party!

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in ASL

On Thursday, September 29, 2022 we had an wonderful presentation by Paula Wesley from Terrace, BC that helped us to understand more about TRC. Thank you to Douglas College through Lisa Anderson and Barb Mykle-Hotzon for letting us use their Aboriginal Gathering Room. Thank you to Raakhee Pillay for planning and overseeing the event.

Editor-in-Chief: Cameron Epp
Contact: info@gvad.ca

Drop-In Pickleball & Basketball

Deaf BC

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September 30, 2022

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Sports Drop-In Night is back! Come out to enjoy some fun-filled games of pickleball and basketball starting next week!

Where: South Slope Gym at 4446 Watling Street, Burnaby

SPORT: Pickleball
WHEN: Wednesdays
TIME: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
DATES: Wednesday October 5, 2022 – Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Please note the following Wednesdays are not included: November 9 & 30, December 7, 21 & 28, March & April, May 10 & 17

SPORT: Basketball
WHEN: Thursdays
TIME: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Dates: Thursday October 6, 2022 – Thursday, May 25, 2023
Please note the following Thursdays are not included: November 10, December 1, 8, 22 & 29, March & April, May 11 & 18

Fee:
Free for BCDSF members
$5 for non-BCDSF members for each drop-in

Membership Cost from January to December:
$20 Adult
$10 Adult with Student ID (19 years old and up)
$0 Youth and kids (18 years old and less)

Questions? Contact Leonor Johnson at BCDSF’s office: info@bcdeafsports.bc.ca

PuSh Festival – Looking for DHH Committee Members.

Job Postings

Deaf BC

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September 30, 2022

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Do you like going to shows (theatre, dance, performance…)? The PuSh Festival invites you to join the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community Committee. They will meet on October 18th or 19th and vote on what shows should have ASL-interpretation or captions.

Everyone on the committee will be paid $50 for their time and will get two tickets to a show in the festival. Deadline to apply is October 11th. Note: you might see 3 different dates (Oct. 8 at the end of the video, Oct. 10 AE signing and texts below from PuSh Festival says October 11th), so the deadline is actually the 11th of October.

Click here to apply.

Questions? access@pushfestival.ca or click on the link to apply for more contact information.

Many thanks.

Aastrid on behalf of PuSh Festival

Photos from Truth and Reconciliation Presentation by Paula Wesley

All Postings

Deaf BC

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September 29, 2022

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We had amazing presentation by Paula Wesley for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, what a great turn out!

Update re: GVAD AGM.

Deaf BC

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September 26, 2022

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Transcript start.
Title Page that says “Updates re to GVAD AGM”
A cacausian male appears with blue digital background with white globe with blue continent that has red bar with text saying ‘BREAKING’ and white bar that says ‘NEWS’

“Hello my name is Cameron.” He signed his name. “I’m on board as GVAD Secretary. We gvad board, we have announcement, what? Our Annual General Meeting, AGM, will be postponed. It’s not on Oct 1st, it’s now on Oct 14th, at 7:30PM to 9PM, our goal. Where? At Douglas College at New West, the room number will be released at later date, documents and other things for members will be released soon, we are trying to work it out. Why it was postoned? We have new accounting program and there was errors that popped up, that we’re sorting out. To make sure everything is good, we postponed it to Oct 14, from 7:30PM to 9PM. For those who are interested to be member or need renew, information to do so is in the comments on where to register, it is through google forms, y ou can pay at AGM or e-transfer to our treasurer. I hope I will see you at the AGM!” He waves good bye and the screen transition to text that says “Questions or Concerns?” “Email info@gvad.ca”

Transcript end.

To register or renew your membership, please go to here: Registration Form

TRC Workshop Announcement

Events

Deaf BC

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September 25, 2022

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Important information from Raakhee Pillay about an excellent workshop on September 29th!

Invitation to the CRTC’s accessibility conversations

Events

Deaf BC

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September 21, 2022

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Hello,

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is currently developing its Accessibility Plan as required by the Accessible Canada Actand wants your opinion. This plan will set a roadmap to improve accessibility at the CRTC.

To ensure that our accessibility plan leads to meaningful improvements and reflects the perspectives of persons with disabilities, we are consulting Canadians on their experiences interacting with the CRTC. Whether it’s your experience participating in public hearings, browsing our website, or filing a complaint, for example, we are asking for your crucial feedback on any barriers you may have encountered and proposed initiatives to help reduce, eliminate or prevent them.

You have a lot to contribute! We want to hear from you about your accessibility:

· experiences;

· challenges; and

· any barriers you may have encountered when interacting with the CRTC.

We are inviting you to participate in one of two ways:

3) By commenting online

4) By registering for one of the virtual roundtable events, to be held over Zoom:

· English consultation meetings with ASL:

· Tuesday, September 27, 2022 from 1pm to 3pm EDT

· Wednesday, October 5, 2022 from 1pm to 3pm EDT

· French consultation meetings with LSQ:

· Monday, September 26, 2022 from 1pm to 3pm EDT

· Tuesday, October 4, 2022 from 1pm to 3pm EDT

Register for one of our virtual roundtables.

CART captioning will be provided at all virtual roundtable events.

Ever wanted to take part in a Flash Mob? Join Kinesis Dance somatheatro in Burnaby this weekend!

Events

Deaf BC

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September 21, 2022

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Ever wanted to take part in a Flash Mob? Join Kinesis Dance somatheatro in Burnaby this weekend!

Aethernet is a really fun community-engaged dance project, open to all bodies and abilities, no previous dance experience required, during which ASL interpretation will be provided.

After Granville Island last June and North Vancouver at the beginning of the month, it is now time for us to come to Burnaby.

We’ll be conducting free workshops (with ASL interpretation) at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on September 24 & 25, and will perform Aethernet as part of BC Culture Days on October 1st at Deer Lake Park. Info and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/aethernet-burnaby-tickets-416262471257.

Should you have any questions, feel free to contact Carline at admin@kinesisdance.org

CAREER OPPORTUNITY – District – Communication Facilitator

Job Postings

Deaf BC

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September 21, 2022

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY – District – Communication Facilitator

The Sooke School District is seeking two positive and dynamic District-Communications Facilitators to work at Edward Milne Community School and Spencer Middle School, 32 hrs/wk positions.

Qualified individuals are invited to submit their cover letter and resume, including the names and telephone numbers of at least two references to Make A Future at https://bit.ly/3LxoSvA and https://bit.ly/3RZ2PQR.

SHAPING

TOMORROW
TODAY

JOIN THE FASTEST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN BC.

One of the few growing school districts in British Columbia. We are constantly planning for the future. Our school district plans today so that we can provide students, staff and communities with great infrastructure tomorrow.

For further information, please access our district website at www.sd62.bc.ca

WHY JOIN US?

SKILLED WORKFORCE

We are committed to attracting and retaining a highly skilled and motivated workforce. A

comprehensive benefits package.

WARM & FRIENDLY

We are proud of our warm, welcoming schools. We strive to enable all students to realize their potential and to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy society and a sound economy — both today and in the future.

CLIMATE & RECREATION

You just can’t beat our climate and unlimited access to year-round recreation. Mildest climate and driest summers in Canada! 2,200 hours of sunshine. Frost-free season of 8 months. This is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations AND it’s a great place to work! Unlimited access to year-round recreation minutes from our schools.

APPLY NOW!

When you are ready to start shaping their tomorrow and your today, join us.

School District No. 62 (Sooke) is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment. We believe in a learning and work environment that is welcoming and safe that values, reflects and appreciates differences.

To review the full job descriptions and apply online, please visit go to Sooke 62 at:

https://bit.ly/3LxoSvA and https://bit.ly/3RZ2PQR.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.