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Celebration of Life for Marie Zeidler

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Marie Zeidler
born: London, England June 12, 1919
died: North Vancouver, BC, July 24, 2011
Marie is survived by her son Robert and his family. Marie was active for many years at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vancouver and with “Helping Hands”.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on
Monday, August 1
10 AM
at Boal Chapel
1505 Lillooet Road
North Vancouver, BC
V7J 2J1

Phone for directions:
604-980-3451
We are hoping to find an interpreter for the service.

Questions may be directed to:
Rev. John Kessel
revkessel@yahoo.com

Money Skills workshop series coming to the Okanagan

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It’s Workshop Time again for the Okanagan!
Money Skills workshop series coming to the Okanagan

What? Take Control of Your Own Money – Feel Better About Yourself

Description:

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.

Who? Co-facilitated by Kevin Ettinger, Deaf Mental Health Counsellor & Melanie Buffel, Money Coach**
**Presenter Biographies in attachment

When? 3 Days – must attend all
Friday September 30, Saturday & Sunday October 1 & 2, 2011

Time? Friday 6:00 – 9:30pm.
Saturday & Sunday 9:30am. – 4:30pm.
On the weekend, please BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.

Where? W.I.D.H.H. – Okanagan Meeting Room, in Kelowna, BC, #120 – 1745 Dolphin Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 8A6

REGISTER BY September 15, 2011, limited space available.

For Registration, contact: Paul Landry, WBP Volunteer for Okanagan, E-MAIL: pauljlandry@shaw.ca

Or, also for requesting interpreting services:

Lisa Anderson-Kellett, Workshop Coordinator, at the WBP offices, TTY Toll-Free 1-800=949-1155, Fax 1-604-456-0904

Click here to view the full flyer

Corn Party- Nanaimo

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Exciting New WBP Workshop Coming in September

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Hello Deaf Community,

Here’s hoping you are having a good summer!

WBP is excited to share that we will have a brand new workshop coming in September.

What: Get Rid of Your Clutter – Make Room for Living Well

Description:

– Feel overwhelmed, anxious & worry about your mess?

– Don’t know how to start?

– Learn: 1 – the positive benefits of living without clutter
2 – to organize & stay organized!

Presenters: Leanor Vlug, Deaf Presenter with Susan Borax & Heather Knittel of Good Riddance Professional Organizing Solutions

When: Friday September 16, & Saturday September 17, 2011 – must attend both Part 1 and Part 2.

Time:
Friday 7:00pm. – 9:30pm. Part 1 – you will have homework!
Saturday 9:30am. – 1:30pm. Part 2
~Bring your own lunch~

Where? Room will be To Be Announced – TBA, Vancouver Community College (VCC), Broadway Campus, 1155 E. Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Registration Deadline: Friday September 2, 2011 at 5:00pm. Seating will be limited to 25 participants. First come, first serve. Hurry to avoid disappointment.

Interpreters & Registration Contact: Lisa Anderson-Kellett, Workshop Coordinator, e-mail: wbp.workshops@vch.ca, TTY 604-456-0900 or FAX 1-604-456-0904

Presenter Bio’s & Room Number information TBA – to come ASAP. Thank you for your patience.

Click here to view the flyer

Yoga PAH! Retreat

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WIDHH Newsletter

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Click here to view the Summer 2011 Newsletter

GVAD CornFest

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Click here to view the full CornFest Flyer

Vittorio Ieralla Award

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Metro Vancouver Deaf Poker Tournament

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International Week of the Deaf

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Obituary: Dorothy Hazlitt

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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.

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