The BC School for the Deaf is hosting a workshop by Debra Russell on February 24, 2012 9:00 – 12:00 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby, BC. The topic is “Educational Interpreting – Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place”. Debra will present her research on Canadian Interpreters in K-12 settings.
Hello Deaf community in BC:
Here’s a video for you as a friendly reminder about the exciting workshop coming up this coming Saturday, February 18th!
Come one, come all!
Hello from Douglas College,
This note is just to alert you that Douglas College is changing their e-mail system. Please note that e-mail addresses for faculty/staff at Douglas College will now be:
surname and first initial @ douglascollege.ca
The old douglas@bc.ca handle will not work after May 2012.
In case this makes it easier to load into your address books, here are the new addresses for faculty in the interpreting program:
howardn@douglascollege.ca
macfaydens@douglascollege.ca
mccormickr@douglascollege.ca
mykle-hotzonb@douglascollege.ca
palmerc@douglascollege.ca
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=QU2wnq7x3tk
30th January 2012 Dear members,
As January nears it’s end, I would like to communicate with you about the 2013 Deaflympics. As you know, we expected to have an answer from Hungary a month ago.
The economic crisis is felt in Hungary like many other places in Europe and around the world. For this reason decisions about new spending are made carefully and slowly.
ICSD remains confident we can make a good economic case for hosting the Deaflympics. We continue to work with our Hungarian friends and their government on a solution for the budget.
But the discussions in Hungary must soon come to an end. Our deaf athletes and their supporters need to know about the plans for the Deaflympics with certainty. So we must be clear and realistic.
Athens was accepted as a Deaflympic host for 2013 with no government guarantee in place, a decision made in 2007. Because of this, there is not currently a host ready for the 2013 Deaflympics.
If Budapest does not work as a potential replacement, our options are limited. No other national deaf sports federation has shown any interest in hosting for 2013 and time is very short.
As you will know from Slovakia, if an event must be cancelled I would prefer the cancellation to happen months before, not days.
ICSD expects to have a final answer in Budapest before the end of February. And if Budapest fails to secure a budget, ICSD expects to have a final answer on the 2013 Deaflympics by the end of May.
Very best wishes
Craig A. Crowley MBE President
Email: crowley@ciss.org
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
Governing Body of Deaflympics, recognized by International Olympic Committee E-mail: info@ciss.org
This is an 8-week program offered in the Surrey area next month. You are invited to attend or to pass this information along to others who may be interested.
MOVING BEYOND LOSS
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One of the least talk about in our society is GRIEF
The normal and natural reaction to loss.
Whether your loss is from:
Death of a Loved One Divorce or End of Relationship Loss of Trust
Loss of Dreams Loss of Security Loss of Health
The group will guide those who wish to move beyond the pains of loss and do something differently. As a result of participating in this program your life may become more enriched and more alive. The 8-week group program is conducted by:
Susan Dahlgren, MSW RSW, Certified GriefRecovery®Specialist
This group is in ASL/American Sign Language. No interpreter is provided.
Upcoming Group (8 weeks):
March 05 – April 30, 2012 Mondays, 7 pm to 9:00 pm
(April 9, Easter – no group)
Location: 206-8662 120 Street, Surrey, BC
Full Price: $380 (including The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses by John W. James and Russell P. Friedman). There is $40 discount for early registration by February 16, 2012.
Space is limited.
To register, contact Susan:
604-360-8662 (text) or email connect@susandahlgren.com
Thank you and I look forward to connecting with you.
GriefRecovery is a registered trademark of the GriefRecovery Methods. The program is affiliated with and endorsed by the GriefRecovery Methods®.
CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY / SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE LOUIE
271 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2V3
JOB POSTING: COMPETITION #2012-008
DATE: February 6, 2012
POSITION: Program Director,
Hearing Care Counselling Program & General Support Services
LOCATION: Head Office (Toronto)
START DATE: As soon as possible
MINIMUM START SALARY: $77,224 per annual
POSITION STATUS: Permanent; Full-time; 35 hours per week
FOR FULL DETAILS:
Please click on this link at:
www.chs.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=149&Itemid=262&lang=en
and see Article Title “Feb. 6, 2012 | Program Director, HCCP & GSS |
Toronto | Competition #2012-008” on the list.
CLOSING DATE: Until filled
SEND RESUME TO: careers@chs.ca – Human Resources, the Canadian Hearing Society
(subject line: competition #2012-008)
Please e-mail your resume as a MS Word attachment or paste the resume into the body of the email.
Remember to put the competition number in the subject line.
* Thank you for your application and please note that you will be contacted if you are selected for an interview.
THE CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY SUPPORTS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HIRING PROCESS
FOR CULTURALLY DEAF, ORAL DEAF, DEAFENED & HARD OF HEARING APPLICANTS.
Follow the link to sign the petition to get VRS in Canada:
My name is Sarah Fullick and I am a first year interpreter student at George Brown College. For one of our classes we are required to create a website about an important topic among the Deaf Community; mine being Deaf Residential Schools across Canada.
For this website I would like to include videos and/or letters from multiple people within the Deaf Community who have attended Residential Deaf Schools. I feel it would create awareness for anyone researching Residential Schools and add to the overall production of the website. If you are interested in participating could you please include the following;
• What Residential School(s) you attended
• What kind of experience did you have attending a Residential School i.e. positive or negative and why?
• Do you support Deaf Residential Schools, why or why not?
• Would you encourage hearing parents to send their Deaf children to Residential Schools? Why or why not?
If you chose to participate, and wish to include your experience in video format please post it on you-tube and send me an email with the link and your name included. For any written submissions please email them to me at the address below.
Please pass this on to any and all members of the Deaf Community, because I would like to include as many different perspectives and experiences as possible.
If you have any further questions you can contact me at the following email address – fullick13@gmail.com
Thank you in advance for your interest and response.
Two Java Programmers/Analysts (CS), Victoria – British Columbia (40-11-0593)
International Women’s Day with speaker Judy Rebick
ASL interpretation provided
Friday March 2, 2012
Tickets $45.00 and $35.00 for low income or $360.00 for table of 8
604.254.0703 office@vdlc.ca
Message from Marilyn Jane Beal:
I would love to see 8 of us women from our Deaf Community / Interpreters, CODA, etc. attend this event to listen to Judy Rebick’s speech – pls email me (mbeal45@telus.net) if you are interested. I can try and book a table of 8 women asap!
Hello Everyone,
CAD has launched online petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/petition-to-the-house-of-commons-ptition-la-chambre-des-communes-demand-permanent-vrs-now-demande-srv-permanent-maintenant and please spread it out to all Deaf Canadians through your province (membership, listserve or e-newsletter), friends, family, doctors, co-workers, and anyone to support this petition that Deaf Canadian demands a pernament Video Relay Service (VRS) in official languages (English and French) and official signed languages (American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des Signes Québécoise (LSQ)).
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