Student Summer Jobs
STUDENT SUMMER JOBS 2012 at GVAD
If you are interested in working for GVAD this coming summer, please click here.
Deaf Yoga Spring Session
Hi Everyone!
We had a wonderful winter session of Deaf Yoga and now it’s time to get ready for summer!
Yoga helps strengthen the body while calming the mind and spirit. All levels welcome.
Deaf Yoga Classes begin Thursday April 19, 2012.
Location: South Slope Elementary/BCSD 4446 Waitling St, Burnaby.
Register through Burnaby Parks and Rec at www.burnaby.ca or call 604- 297- 4572
Some of you have requested a Wednesday evening session. Please let me know if this is still your preference and
if enough people prefer this day, we can look at changing the classes to Wednesdays.
Email Julia at samayoga.bc@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Julia McClelland Pepin
samayoga.bc@gmail.com
www.samayoga.ca
BC Athletes’ Fundraising Dinner
Come and support BC Athletes’ fundraising dinner event at the Cat & Fiddle Pub in Coquitlam.
Friday March 23 starting at 5pm.
Please contact these guys for tickets
David McGregor davidmcgregor106@yahoo.ca
John Sigurdson johnsigurdson@msn.com
Justin Dressler jadressler@gmail.com
New Canada Deaf Games Website
Canada Deaf Games website is now updated with new features.
Check it out.
www.2012deafgames.ca
For your information ~ as of March 14th – both Basketball and Soccer events
are cancelled due to few athletes.
Please be advised that the CDG website is now updated with new features:
1. The look and feel is now changed – the slideshow and photo light box are
now removed from the front page.
The focus is the information being provided by the committee.
2. The Online Registration is now available! If there is an urgency to get
the payment done, please consider this option.
3. Two important updates from the CDSA office and the CDG committee.
4. The newsletter for March 2012 – next edition – April 6, 2012.
We will keep you all up-to-date.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at
media@2012deafgames.ca relating to website, newsletter, Facebook, Twitter
and other media related topics.
All other topics, please contact:
Lynnette Charest-Lapratte – chair@2012deafgames.ca
Mike Summers – vicechair@2012deafgames.ca
Sally Korol – admin@2012deafgames.ca
8th Deaf History International Conference
8th Deaf History International Conference
Toronto, Canada / July 24-29, 2012
Hosted by the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf
1) Participant Registration Forms available, Get the early rate before March 31st! http://www.dhiconference2012.ca/english/registration.html
2) Exhibitor Registration forms available, early rates still available up until March 31st! http://www.dhiconference2012.ca/english/invitation_exhibit.html
3) Sponsor us! View the details here: http://www.dhiconference2012.ca/english/sponsors.html
WEBSITE: www.dhiconference2012.ca
E-MAIL: chair@dhiconference2012.ca
VIDEOPHONE IP#: 64.7.133.36 (M-F, day hours only)
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture is a non-profit organization in Vancouver. For more than ten years, we have presented artists with various disabilities working in music, theatre and visual art.
Our most well-known event is the Kickstart Festival, but recently we have been organizing a new event. It’s called the Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival and it will feature films from all over the world.
Kickstart received several submissions from Deaf filmmakers for our WAM Festival.
This is your invitation to see some interesting short films from Deaf UK filmmakers. These films range from funny (“Deaf Mugger” or “Hands Solo”, about a Deaf porn star) to thought-provoking (“The End”, a sci-fi mockumentary about the last Deaf person on Earth). Other titles are “All Day” and “My Song”.
The Festival runs from March 22-25, 2012 at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Most films are captioned and sign language interpretation will be provided at all screenings.
For additional festival and film details, check out: www.wideanglemedia.ca
Tickets for each festival program, which include several short films, range from $7 to $9, with a one-time $2 membership.
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Geoff McMurchy, Artistic Director
ad@kickstart-arts.ca
cell: 250.415.1864
The very first Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival is scheduled for March 22-25, 2012 and will feature short and feature-length films by filmmakers with disabilities, as well as workshops for filmmakers and the general public! Visit www.wideanglemedia.ca for more info!
Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture
#100 – 938 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1N9
office ph: 604.681.5788
www.kickstart-arts.ca
BCDSF Dart Playdown
Reminder that Early Bird registration is due by March 23rd or pay extra $5 after Early Bird deadline. Final deadline is April 3rd.
Contact David Johnson for more details – dj1963@telus.net
Or view the original posting by clicking here
Have a great week!
BCDSF- Mission Staff
Call for Mission Staff
Canada Deaf Games
Edmonton, Alberta
May 12th – 19th, 2012
BCDSF is looking for candidates to be part of the Mission Staff (two positions) in preparation and support of BC Athletes attending the Canada Deaf Games in Edmonton, Alberta, May 12th – 19th.
Should you be interested, please submit a resume with descriptions of your qualifications by email (bcdeafsports@telus.net) or know of anyone with the qualifications to handle the duties please share this recruitment announcement with them.
Expected Duties of Mission Staff
Ø Be involved in the arrangement of transportation to and from Edmonton, Alberta
Ø Reserve and arrange roommates at the Athlete Village
Ø Collect signed Code of Conducts (Athletes, Managers, Coaches, and Chaperones)
Ø Be involved in ordering and distribution of Golf shirts
Ø Obtain current address, emergency contacts; medical/allergies history
Ø Assign Chaperones to Athletes under the age of 19 years
Ø Prepare a final list of Team BC and forward to CDG by March 31 with support of the BCDSF office
Ø Ensure that Team BC follows the Rules and conducts themselves appropriately
Ø Submit a final written report to BCDSF no later than 30 days after the CDG
Ø Provide a written article for BCDSF’s newsletter.
Candidates interested in the above position shall have the ability to make excellent decisions independently and within the Mission Staff team and be able to communicate in ASL. The ability to get the job done within a short time frame and able to work under pressure, if necessary, are desired.
Deadline to send Resumes is Friday, March 16th, 2012.
News From MIS
Medical Interpreting Services is excited to announce new 2 new ways to contact Medical Interpreting Services.
MIS has TTY, videophone, fax, email, and voice calls. Now we have two cell phones for text messages only.
For a medical interpreter, you can text your request for scheduled appointments 24/7. We will respond back between 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM from Monday to Friday. Text number is 778.995.7391 Please give us your name, doctor’s name, medical address, date, and phone number when you text for your doctor’s appointment. The dispatcher will text you back to confirm.
Emergency call, you need an MIS interpreter to go to emergency. Now you can text 778.990.7391 24/7 to request a MIS interpreter to go to emergencies (hospital). An interpreter will be dispatched immediately.
Please tell or text the dispatcher your name and name of the hospital and we will give an interpreter the name and the location.
We will hand out the new MIS emergency cards soon.
MIS CONTACTS
General Appointments (NON-EMERGENCY)
Text: 778.995.7391
Voice Phone: 604.736.7012
TTY: 604.736.7099
FAX: 604.736.7786
Videophone: 24.85.224.137
Email: mis@widhh.com
Toll Free
TTY: 1.877.736.7099
Phone: 1.877.736.7012
EMERGENCY
Text: 778.990.7391
Voice Phone: 604.736.7039
TTY: 604.736.7078
Toll Free
Voice Phone: 1.877.736.7039
TTY: 1.877.736.7078
