Ryerson United Church is a Centre for Faith, Community and The Arts, a welcoming and inclusive church located at 2195 West 45th Avenue in Vancouver.
Every Sunday morning there is ASL interpretation for the regular 10:00 a.m. service.
Everyone is welcome!
Find out more about Ryerson at their website: ryersonunited.ca
WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICE INTERPRETED IN ASL
Bowling Fundraiser and Social
Saturday, April 13, 2013
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
REVS Bowling & Entertainment Centre
Description
Do you want to learn American Sign Language? No problem! This is a fabulous opportunity for those who are very interested in learning American Sign Language within the queer community. Therefore, BCRAD (British Columbia Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf) is hosting our very FIRST fundraising event in order to promote support for the Deaf-queer community. British Columbia Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf is an educational and social recreation organization for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind People who are Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual and their straight friends and family ASL Interpreters are available on site in case if you struggle with communication.
OVAD’s New Website
The Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf has a new website!
VIFF – PLANET OF SNAIL
A love story of uncommon loveliness and simplicity.” – Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
PLANET OF SNAIL
Thursday, March 28, 8:15pm
Saturday, March 30, 4:00pm
Directed by: Yi Seung-jun
(Korea/Finland, 2012, 88 min.)
“Young-chan is a tall, striking fellow who can neither see nor hear, though he learned to speak at an early age, before he lost his vision and hearing. When we first see him in Planet of Snail, he’s attempting to launch a kite with the help of a very small person who appears, at first glance, to be a child; this is his wife, Soon-ho, a tiny woman with an incandescent face and long, dark, lush hair. She’s giving Young-chan tips on how to fly the kite, spelling out her ideas in tactile sign language, or finger-braille: Her fingertips touch the tops of his fingers lightly, as if she were typing or playing piano on the most delicate, responsive keys imaginable.
“What unfolds from there is a portrait of practical symbiosis in both domestic and emotional terms…Soon-ho is Young-chan’s chief caretaker, and the movie does address Young-chan’s need to become more independent: Yi captures the muted suspense of a day that Soon-ho spends by herself after sending Young-chan off, armed with his white cane, for a day on his own.
“But more often Planet of Snail evokes, in radiant detail, the mutual reliance that makes good partnerships work. Young-chan is an accomplished essayist and poet, and Planet of Snail is punctuated by his fine-grained but resolute observations: “All deaf-blind people have the heart of an astronaut,” he says at one point, alluding to the sense of isolation that he’ll never be able to fully escape. Young-chan may be floating free in space, but a fellow traveler hovers close by; the tether between them, and the world, is invisible but strong. Recommended.” Stephanie Zacharek, NPR
Planet of Snail is simple, direct and magical. The warm, intimate story of a singular couple, it won the top prize at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and it will win you over as well if you give it the chance.” – Kenneth Turan, LA Times
A perfect date movie.” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Tickets and Information
Call the Film Info Line 604.683.FILM (3456) for the latest info and listings.
Tickets + Membership Information | Contact information and directions
Canadian Deaf Women’s Conference 2014
Hello Deaf women of Canada:
Please click on the link below for the website of the Canadian Deaf Women`s Conference 2014 – in French and English – and see what our Deaf Quebec sisters have in store for us….
http://www.cfsc2014cdwc.ca/
FIRST AID COURSE – KELOWNA APRIL 20th
The OVAD, with funding granted by the Deaf Community Foundation, will have a First Aid Course taken at St. John’s Ambulance in Kelowna on April 20th.
The course is all day from 8 – 5. The cost is free for all Deaf from the Okanagan area. There is a limit of 18 people so please get your registration form in.
Lunch will be provided from a deli called Zia’s Italian Deli.
Attached please find a page with 2 registration forms. Fill out one form with everything but not have to put in phone numbers or company. Will need your email on the form, please. Scan the form and email me. Can FAX to me at 250-491-2534.
At the end of the course day you will have to do a test. Note that in order to be certified in the course students must demonstrate all of the required skills and pass the examination WITHOUT the aid of an interpreter (the interpreter may provide assistance in the learning components of the course but not the examination as we must test the student’s knowledge and skills, not the interpreter’s).
BCDSF AGM June 15, 2013
BC Deaf Sports’ Annual General Meeting will be on Saturday June 15th– starting at 1pm.
Click this link for flyer: http://bcdeafsports.bc.ca/?p=
