Summer Job Opportunities
Friendly Reminder: Only a few more days left to submit your resume if you are interested to work this summer for DYT, or/and Hornby Island this summer 2013. Please apply ASAP before the April 15th deadline by sending your resume to dyt@fndc.ca
Thank you!
Western Canada Deaf Senior 55+ Games
North Shore Art Crawl
Hello Deaf Community,
A.J. Brown opens her studio for the public on April 20 and 21,
11 to 5 both days. This is at 7 – 195 Pemberton Avenuce,
in North Vancouver.
Here is last year’s video about A.J.’s studio, by John Warren:
In Kelowna – a new WBP Workshop: Positive Thoughts Bring Positive Things!
WBP is pleased to present a brand-new workshop topic: “The Law of Attraction: Positive Thoughts Bring Positive Things”
Workshop topics will cover:
– Understanding Gratitude
– Thought-Changing Processes
– Manifesting Your Desires
– Hands-on Activities
– Personal Sharing
Presented in ASL by: Jodi Birley & Lisa Anderson
Date: Saturday May 4, 2013
Time: 9:30am. – 4:30pm.
Location: Room H109, Okanagan University-College, 1000 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC
Please register by: Friday April 26, 2013
If you are interested, please e-mail to: pauljlandry@shaw.ca or
Ask for the Workshops Coordinator at:
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-855-1155 or Fax to: 1-604-456-0904
For more details, click here
Next location: Burnaby-at WBP on Saturday – 11 May 2013
WBP Anger workshop in Kelowna
WBP is pleased to bring the Anger workshop on the road around BC
Workshop topics will cover:
– Why am I always Angry?
– How do I reduce and express Anger in a healthy way?
– What are the different Angry styles & thinking?
– Where can I get help?
Presented in ASL by: Kevin Ettinger, Mental Health Counsellor.
Date: Friday May 3, 2013
Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm.
Location: Room H109, Okanagan University-College, 1000 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC
Please register by: Friday April 26, 2013
If you are interested, please e-mail to: pauljlandry@shaw.ca or
Ask for the Workshops Coordinator at:
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-855-1155 or Fax to: 1-604-456-0904
For more details, Click Here
Seeking a Male Counselor for Deaf Teen Leadership Camp
We are looking for male Deaf leaders who want to work as Senior Counselors for Deaf Teen Leadership (DTL) camp.
The roles and responsibilities include but not limited to are to:
-Assist Team Leader on challenge course when needed
-Work with Team Leader to provide leadership activities throughout the day
-Supervise campers in dorms
-Establish common ground rules with campers
-Provide support to campers when needed
-Attend to staff meetings
-Be a role model for Junior Counselors
-Other duties as assigned
DTL camp is from June 27 – July 2. DTL staff will start working one day prior to camp (June 26) and have a wrap up meeting after the campers leave.
If have any questions, please contact DTL Director, Maria Christianson at dtlcamp@wsad.org.
If interested, please send a letter of interest and a resume to dtlcamp@wsad.org by May 1.
Barriers remain for the Deaf despite better technology
When Vinu Abraham was growing up in India, he had to write letters and wait for a response in order to communicate with others. His friends could just pick up the phone and talk to each other. Born deaf at a time when limited communication technology was available to him, Abraham is now a communications technician at the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) in Vancouver and an active member of the Deaf community.
Modern technology has changed the way people communicate with each other, and this is especially true for the Deaf and hard of hearing communities. Smartphones, Skype and Facetime offer tremendous opportunities for people who mainly communicate visually through sign language. Though technology helps, communication barriers still exist between Deaf and hearing people.
Friendly reminder: Anger workshop Thursday April 11th – a few seats left
A friendly reminder, WBP is providing a workshop on Anger on Thursday April 11th.
Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm.
Please register by noon on Wednesday April 10th to avoid disappointment.
Reminder: WBP Open Sign & Talk and Out of the Fog in Fraser Valley on Saturday
Hello Deaf Community,
This is a friendly reminder that there are two presentations happening in Abbotsford this Saturday.
Saturday April 13, 2013
10:30am. – 12:30pm. Open Sign & Talk
Lunch Break 12:30-1:30pm.
1:30 – 4:00pm. Out of the Fog workshop
Open Sign & Talk presentation description:
Many of you haven’t met our new Program Coordinator, John Fraser, we are pleased to provide an opportunity to see the newest addition to the team!
There will also be an opportunity to learn:
– WBP’s Program changes & updates
– What’s Up WBP Therapy Groups?
– Workshop survey results
Here’s your chance to get some questions answered and receive clarifications.
Presented by: John Fraser & WBP Staff
Flyers with further details available at: https://deafbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/WBPSignTalkABBY13April2013.pdf
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Out of the Fog workshop description:
Understanding & Overcoming Depression
Topics covered:
What is Depression?
– Identifying the symptoms
– Finding Hope (treatment options)
– Do you know someone express or wonder:
“I don’t feel like myself” ?
“Why my mood low” ?
“Why do I have no motivation to…”
Presented in ASL by: Lois Wood & Tara Nesbitt
Flyers with further details available at: https://deafbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Out-of-the-Fog-Depression-Workshop-FV-13-April-20131.pdf
To register, e-mail to: deafabby@gmail.com or blueflower127@hotmail.com
Thank you,
Lisa Anderson, WBP Workshops Coordinator,
wbp.workshops@vch.ca
Presentation of Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medals.
The three British Columbia Deaf recipients received honourable medal from the Presentation of Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medals.
