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Townhall Meeting *Cancelled*

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*Cancelled*

There will be a town hall meeting for ALL Deaf British Columbians and
hearing friends at Douglas College, New Westminster, on Thursday, November
18 at 7:00 pm.

This is to follow up on the New Era document that we successfully obtained
from the ICED to abolish the 1880 Milan Resolutions.

What do we need to do now from now on?  There are various issues that will be discussed which include the BC school for the Deaf, government influence over Deaf infants, who should operate VRS in Canada, supporting the Canadian Association of the Deaf, the role of the Greater Vancvouer Association of the Deaf in the community, and the Deaflympics.

It is ALL Deaf British Colunbians’ right to know what is going on in their
community and help to deal with issues productively and for the benefit of
all.

Wayne Sinclair will conduct the town hall meeting but all Deaf British
Columbians will be given an opportunity to prioritize issues.

The room number at Douglas College will be announced.

Yoga Pah Date Change

Namaste everyone:

Due to schedule conflicts, the November date for Deaf Yoga at BONSOR has been changed from Nov.27 to NOVEMBER 20.

All other details remain the same.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Hope to see you there

Townhall Meeting-BC Deaf Sports Federation

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BC Deaf Sports Federation is hosting Sports Town Hall on Monday November 22nd at Douglas College’s lecture room #1614.  

Starts at 7:00pm to 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm).

 BCDSF needs to hear from YOU! Members, past members and non-members are welcome. 

 

1)Find out what BCDSF can offer to Athletes and Members.

2)Opportunities for you to share your thoughts of BCDSF ~ past, present and future.

3)Benefit of Membership – training programs, grants, partnerships, etc.

Douglas College Student Interpreters

Hello,

Do you have an event coming up in the next few months that requires interpreting services? For events that don’t pay for professional interpreters, Douglas College student interpreters might be available and happy to come and provide interpreting service.

To make a request, just e-mail intr@douglascollege.ca and let us know the date, time, type of event, etc. A student in the program will soon contact you to let you know if they are available.

Thank you for your on-going support of Douglas students as they work at becoming the best interpreters they can be.

Cheryl Palmer, Coordinator
Program of Sign Language Interpretation
Douglas College

Interpreted AA Meetings

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Did you know that there are weekly interpreted AA meetings?

Monday 8pm Dolphin Group
320 E. 15th Ave at Sophia
(It is in basement of a church, enter from parking lot in alley)

Wednesday 7pm Vancouver General Hospital
899 W.12th Ave at J. Pattison Pavillion
14th floor Conference Room.

The AA fellowship can prove to be an effective tool to help people with addictions.

Telus IP Relay

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TELUS has a new IP Relay Service for Telus subscribers. It may be found at http://iprelay.telus.net/IPRelayApp/servlet/WelcomeServlet. One needs to apply for this service and it may be accomplished by registering for an ip relay account with TELUS at that website.

Family Literacy Program Event- Workshop

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  A workshop for parents – provided by Alayna Finley and Brenda Fossett – discussing visual communication and literacy development for deaf children with special needs. 

When: Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Time:  6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Where: Burnaby, BC

Cost: Free, ASL interpreter provided.

Children’s program available upon request.

Teleconferencing available upon request.

RSVP required.

alayna.finley@gov.bc.ca

(604) 775-2449 TTY

(604) 660-1800 Voice

Job Posting- Family Support Consultant

The Connect Society is looking to hire a Family Support Consultant. If you are interested please click the link below to view the full job posting.

Job Posting- Family Support Consultant

Web design- BCDSF

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BC Deaf Sports Federation would like a new FRESH website.

BC Deaf Sports Federation is looking for a new web designer.

Do you have experience?

Do you know anyone who can do web design?  Please have them contact bcdeafsports@telus.net

Acting Classes

Interested about acting Classes? Click here

  • Want to have fun working on stage or film/TV
  • Self-drama in videoing blogs in ASL
  • Amateur acting for your pleasure to participate with a group or stage
  • Etc.

To discover your talent / skill.  Come on and see at ‘Acting in Beginning and Advances’.

VRS Fraud

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John T.C. Yeh, owner of Rockville deaf services company Viable, and his brother, former Viable executive Joseph Yeh, pleaded guilty Thursday in a federal court in Trenton, N.J., to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Authorities said the Yehs conspired to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s Video Relay Service program, which helps deaf people communicate, by paying others to make fraudulent calls. They submitted some $55 million in claims to the FCC, according to a news release from prosecutors.

If you’d like to read the full article click here.

If you’d like to watch a YouTube video by John TC Yeh click here