Hello all members of the Deaf Community:
The BC VRS committee is excited to announce its new launch of a video project that is taking place as we speak. The goal of the project is to accumulate video documents and petitions for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) to push for permanent Video Relay Services in Canada.
Please view our video announcement at the following link:
Come one, come all!
To: Deaf Community Members and Friends
Subject: Workshop – Audism
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Location: Vancouver Community College Campus
1155 East Broadway?Vancouver, BC
Room: Room #2556
Time: 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
The GVAD is pleased to present an audism workshop with Lance Forshay. Audism is a term typically used to describe discrimination against deaf or hard of hearing people, although it could also be expanded to include anyone with a difference in hearing ability. This discrimination can occur in a number of forms in a range that includes physical, cultural, and linguistic variants. (Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Lance Forshay
photo by Mary Levin
Lance Forshay has been an ASL Lecturer and Program Coordinator at the University of Washington since 2007. He earned his BA in Mathematics and Secondary Education in 1992 from Gallaudet University and MS in Ministry in 1998 from Southern Christian University. His interests are Deaf Culture Studies, Audism and Oppressions in the Deaf community, Deaf Christian Heritage, ASL Fingerspelling Phonology, Inflectional Verb System, and Sign Vocabulary Etymology.
DEAF Canadians and FRIENDS,
1. Please link this video clip to view update about VRS
http://vimeo.com/31161707
2. WRITE letters to all of provincial CRTC offices: (three samples of letters you can edit to look different)
CRTC Addresses
3. Share this information with your friends.
November 29th is the town hall in Vancouver for trial participants ONLY!
THANK you very much for your support.
Alberta Association of the Deaf
Washington State Association of the Deaf presents:
ODHH contracts with the regional service centers of the deaf and hard of hearing, located throughout the state of Washington. Several of the Centers are experiencing vacancies for case manager positions. While we usually do not distribute non-government job bulletins, it is important that these positions are filled to ensure services are available to the local communities. Please share, distribute and post.
The vacancies are located at:
Hearing Speech Deafness Center (HSDC) – Seattle http://www.hsdc.org/
Hearing Loss Center (HLC) of Spokane – Yakima office http://www.ewcdhh.org/
Southeast Washington Service Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SEWCDHH) – Pasco http://www.sewscdhh.org/
Southwest Washington Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SWCDHH) – Vancouver http://swcdhh.org/
At this time, ODHH does not have the job bulletin for the Yakima office. Please contact Hearing Loss Center directly. If you have questions regarding qualifications of the vacant positions, duties and salaries, please contact the Regional Service Centers listed in the attachments or on the web links.
Please see this link below about the upcoming conference on Sign languages as Endangered Languages: http://www.al.fhs.no/article.asp?w=85463229&x=25124
The conference will be in Ål, Norway from 6 – 9 November 2011. The registration fee to the conference for WFD Ordinary Members and Individual members is NOK 800 (800 Norwegian Kroner).
Through cinema, Deaf Spotlight believes in cultivating a vibrant community of emerging and experienced Deaf filmmakers, actors, and producers. We are excited to host the first Seattle Deaf Film Festival (SDFF) in Seattle, WA from March 30 to April 1, 2012. The event will take place at University of Washington, Kane Hall, Room #120. During this three-day festival, you will have opportunities to see various short and feature films by Deaf filmmakers! More details on www.deafspotlight.com
WBP is excited to announce this year’s Annual Deaf-Blind workshop topic:
Get Rid of Your Clutter!
Description:
l Feel overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, and worry about your mess?
l Don’t know how to start…
l Learn:
– the positive benefits of living without clutter
– to organize and stay organized!
Presenters Who: Leanor Vlug, Deaf Presenter with Heather Knittel & Susan Borax of Good Riddance Professional Organizing Solutions
When: Saturday October 22, 2011
Time: 9:30am. – 4:30pm.
Where: Room TBA, Douglas College-New Westminster campus, 900 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC
Registration: Tracy Metzger at tracymetzger70@gmail.com
Interpreters & Carpool: Lisa Anderson, wbp.workshops@vch.ca
Intervernors: Eddy Morten, eddy@deafblindservices.com
Registration deadline: Friday October 14, 2011
More information, See flyer in attachment:
Posted by: Lisa Anderson, Deaf Well-Being Program Workshop Coordinator
Hello Island Deaf community,
May be the only time we will offer this workshop on the Island – do not miss your chance!
WBP Workshop: Take Control of Your Own Money – Feel Better About Yourself
Presented by: Kevin Ettinger, Deaf Mental Health Counsellor, Well-Being Program
Melanie Buffel, Money Coach
Covers:
Feel overwhelmed, anxious, & worried about your money?
Learn more about budgeting & build confidence!
Stumped to figure out which bank to go to?
Learn about different banks and banking fees.
Don’t understand how Credit works?
Learn about Credit History.
Tempted to buy, buy, buy?
Learn tricks that stores play & avoid making mistakes while you shop.
And, includes a special presentation by PLAN BC on the Registered Disability Savings Plan
(see separate flyer coming soon)
When: Friday November 4, Saturday & Sunday November 5 & 6, 2011
Time: Friday 6:00 – 9:30pm.
Saturday & Sunday 9:30am. – 4:30pm. ~ Bring Your Own Lunch ~
Where? Friday & Sunday: IDHHC-Victoria Meeting Room, #100 – 754 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC
Saturday: Crowsnest Room, at the Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt (Victoria), BC (next door from SVIADHH’s VINGO at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre)
To register, contact Wendy Warwick – Registration deadline: Friday October 28, 2011
Wendy Warwick, Victoria Co-WBP Volunteer, sweetcookie02@msn.com or
Lisa Anderson-Kellett, Workshop Coordinator, at WBP offices:
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-949-1155 or Fax: 1-604-456-0904
To see flyer with more details including bio, click here:
Posted by: Lisa Anderson, Deaf Well-Being Program Workshop Coordinator, wbp.workshops@vch.ca
WIDHH has entered into the Aviva Community Fund online voting contest and we need your support and votes so we can advance to the next round. Take a moment to read about “A Room of Our Own” a seniors program we wish to provide with your help. Click the link below… simply register and start voting to support this amazing service to the Community!
WIDHH thanks you for your continued support!!
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The “A Room of our Own” idea grew out of discussions with Deaf and Hard of Hearing seniors about what would improve the quality of their lives and how they could remain healthy and connected to their Community.
They told us that as Deaf and Hard of Hearing seniors they cannot benefit from programs in their Neighborhood because of communication barriers. The Happy Hands, a Deaf seniors group needs a permanent space to operate from to develop and provide the same activities found in mainstream seniors centres but with access to communication.
They also told us that as fit and active seniors they wanted to support their friends who are frail and possibly homebound but; they didn’t have the resources to organize a volunteer program.
SO, we took those ideas and designed the program “A Room of Their Own” which includes renting a space, providing transportation and a Volunteer Trainer/Coordinator to establish a rooster of Senior Volunteers to serve their Community.
The seniors in our Community have always volunteered, have always made a contribution and we don’t want them to stop! Many of the seniors who will benefit have volunteered countless hours over the years to many organizations; they have been founding and supporting members and Board Members.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE TO THEM BY PROMOTING VOTING TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS & FRIENDS.
Go to the contest site http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11864 and find out how you can use register to VOTE and promote our idea via Facebook, Twitter & Google+ to bring in even more votes. Please help us to make this idea become a reality!
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