At the WFD General Assembly including the 71 countires’ delegates, the WFD President announced that Canadian Association of the Deaf received the Vittorio Ieralla Award (only international award every four years) last night for the recognition and outstanding effort of BC Deaf Community and CAD on the ICED 2010 Vancouver New Era Document. The many delegates and WFD Board congratulated us and several delegates from Austria, Germany, and Hong Kong told me that they showed the New Era Document to their governments.
Yoga PAH! Retreat
Just over one month away for the DEAF YOGA PAH! Retreat.
August 19-21, 2011 (weekend)
Near Whistler, BC
Cost: $260 per person (early bird deadline: August 1, 2011)
$300 per person after august 1
Out of province: $220 per person before August 1, $ 260 after
3 days, 2 nights at a beautiful retreat centre beside Daisy Lake surrounded by mountains and 40 acres of forest.
More details to come.
York Unviersity Research
York University Research on Parent Stress, Coping, and Resources
Seeking parents and caregivers who have one or more children of any age who are:
- Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
- Hearing with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Deaf with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Parents and caregivers will be asked to complete six questionnaires that examine their child’s language and behaviour, as well as their perspectives on the services and education that have been received. Parents and caregivers will also be asked questions that explore their experiences parenting their child. These questionnaires will take approximately an hour to complete. Information about your child’s communication skills will be provided to you based on one of the questionnaires. If you have more than one child who meets the above criteria we hope that you will consider completing questionnaires for each child.
Parents and caregivers can contact the primary investigator, Gayle Goldstein by calling (416) 650-8495 or by email: ggold@yorku.ca. They can also obtain more information about the study at https://bebko.apps01.yorku.ca/clp/ and click on the study titled “Deafness and Autism”
Once registered parents will receive a participation identification and a link to the study which is called “Investigating Cognitive, Linguistic, Social and Familial Factors Associated with Individuals who are Deaf and/or have an Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Sponsor Me Spring
Hey Everyone!
GVAD has entered the Sponsor Me Spring contest. We want Okanagan Spring Brewery to sponsor the CornFest. If you could click the link below and then vote on Facebook that would be great. You can vote everyday so keep doing it! Also, if you want you can post the link on your Facebook wall so other people can vote for us!
Vote Here: http://www.facebook.com/okspring?sk=app_202780373092068&app_data=e%3A1251%3Bmg%3A1
Thanks!
GVAD Office
Surveys
1) The Canadian Association of the Deaf is doing an online survey on how Deaf Canadians access social media, how they use it, what they like about it, and if they feel safe when online. I was hoping that you would be able to post a link to your website and/or forward an email to a list of possible respondents.
Any assistance in the distribution of the survey that you could provide would be appreciated.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2PF6WCK
or
http://www.cad.ca/news_events_en.php?newsID=99
2) For a long time many people have wanted Video Relay Service (VRS) in Canada. VRS is like other forms of relay, except that it allows communication between a person who uses a visual form of communication such as sign language, and a telephone user, via a sign language interpreter seen on video.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC) is considering if and how VRS may be brought to Canada and your input will be helpful in their considerations. An online survey has been created; however, there are only a few days available to complete the survey, so please go online right away to answer these important questions.
Your participation is highly valued. The online survey must be completed no later than Wednesday, July 20th. If you receive more than one invitation to complete this survey, please only take the survey one time.
The survey is available in both English and French, and will only require 10 minutes of your time. You may also have someone else in your household assist you or answer on your behalf. To complete the survey, please click on the link below and answer the questions to the best of your ability.
http://surveys.ipsosinteractive.com/wix/p1105933814.aspx?sprv=99
Obituary: Dorothy Hazlitt
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT FOR DOROTHY HAZLITT
VISITATION FOR DOROTHY HAZLITT (in chapel)
Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
2395 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M2L 1A2
Map: www.bobrumball.org/BRFD/BRCDMap.html
DATE / TIME:
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
(from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. & from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
SERVICE:
Friday, July 8th (at 11:00 a.m.) followed by reception in Seniors Lounge.
Basement Suite- Rental
One bedroom basement suite for rent in New Westminster, close to all ammenities. Great family neighborhood. Hardwood floors in kitchen and livingroom. Washer and dryer in suite. Four peice bath and all utilities are included, also internet.
800.00 per month
604 525 9159
Prince George Corn Party
CORN PARTY AT THE FORT GEORGE PARK, July 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM
PRINCE GEORGE
Admissions Early-bird tickets: June 30, At the door tickets: July 31,
Adult 13 years old and up $15.00 Adult 13 years old and up $20.00
Senior 60 and over $10.00 Senior 60 and over $15.00
Children 7-16 years old $10.00 Children 7-16 years old $15.00
Children 6 years old and under FREE Children 6 years old and under FREE
NO ALLOWED PET AT THE PARK AND BRING YOUR OWN LAWN CHAIRS, THANKS
Meal: burger (pick one) beef, chicken, hot dog or smokie and pops
Admission includes with dinner meal and door prize with games fun!!!
Contact to chairperson Chris Pedersen 250-962-9711 or Email pr.george3cornparty@hotmail.caplease mail to N.I.A.D 1635 Theodre Road, Prince George BC V2K 0A4
BC-VRS Committee Vlog
BC-VRS Committee has News as of June 26, 2011 – please view the vlog below:
BC-VRS Committee News – June 26, 2011 from BC-VRS Committee on Vimeo.
You can read the 4-page CRTC document at:
crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-384.pdf
Also other reference information look up more on the CRTC website:
Telecommunications Decision CRTC 2011-384
OR
File #8768-T66-201105859
The battle for VRS services in Canada is LONG from over – BC & Alberta will have our arms rolled up to work toward a PERMANENT VRS in Canada.
We need your input – please e-mail to: bcvrsc@gmail.com or
private message to Facebook friend name: Bcvrs Cmtee
with your ideas, suggestions, input, feedback or comments.
Thank you on behalf of the BC-VRS Committee
The CRTC Decision for the Deaf Communities of BC and Alberta
Contributed by: Wayne Sinclair
HST or GST/PST: What does the ballot really say?
Contributed by: Wayne Sinclair
