Saturday Oct. 23rd is the Deaf Youth Today (DYT) Teen Day!
Youth ages 12-18 are invited to come join the DYT staff at
Provincial Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
at 4334 Victory st. Burnaby, from 9am-3pm.
Take part in some fun team activites, a make your own pizza lunch,
and then an afternoon of crazy bowling,
Cost is $10. Please RSVP to Erin Pranzl at dyt@fndc.ca
Click here to see the full flyer
“For Jessica Dunkley, the toughest part of medical school was the surgical rotation: Deaf since childhood, she not only had to master complex procedures but cope with colleagues who doubted her ability to function in a high-stress arena.”
If you want to continue reading this Globe and Mail article click here.
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) has sent a letter addressed to all Deaf citizens of British Columbia.
Celebrate International Week of Sign Language Rights!
International Congress on Education of the Deaf (ICED) Petition On-Line Now @ WFD!
World Federation of the Deaf is calling individuals to sign an online petition, New Era Document, which rejects the resolutions of the 1880 Milan Congress that banned the use of sign language from educational programs for deaf children. This is a call upon all nations and people of the world to remember history and ensure that educational programs accept and respect all languages, including sign languages, and all forms of communication.
The New Era Document was first presented and signed by hundreds of people in the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) in Vancouver, Canada in July 2010.
To sign the petition visit www.petitions24.com/wfd
International Week of the Deaf is celebrated this week from 20 to 26 September 2010 throughout the world by individuals and national associations of the Deaf. This year, WFD has encouraged its national members to focus on Deaf Education, which continues to be one of the most contested issues in the history of Deaf people. www.wfdeaf.org
The countdown to the WAVLI 20th Anniversary Gala is on!
Come out and celebrate 20 years as a professional organization November 6th!
WBP’s Annual Deaf-Blind Workshop Topic: The Four Agreements
with Jodi Birley & Lisa Anderson-Kellett
Date: Saturday October 16, 2010
Time: 9:00am. – 4:00pm.
~ RVSP by October 1, 2010 ~
Location: Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind Well-Being Program (WBP)
# 300 – 4211 Kingsway Burnaby BC V5H 1Z6
Registration & Interpreter Requests: Noella Roberts, e-mail: ndwalkey@shaw.ca, New Volunteer Tracy Metzger, e-mail: tsmetzger70@gmail.com
Carpool: Lisa Anderson, Well-Being Program, e-mail wbp.workshops@vch.ca, TTY 604-456-0901, FAX 604-456-0904, Voice 604-456-0900
Intervenor Requests: Eddy Morten, DSS-BC, e-mail: eddy@deafblindservices.com, TTY 778 – 371 – 4326, FAX: 778-371-0023, Voice 778-371-1374
The WIDHH Audiology Department is excited to expand to a third location!
The new Hearing Clinic will be located at #260 – 2755 Lougheed Hwy, in Port Coquitlam. Sandra Baker, longtime WIDHH Audiologist, will be managing this location. Complete Audiology Services, including hearing assessments and hearing aid services will be provided. In addition, some Communication Aids and Employment Counselling Services will be available at this location.
WIDHH is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 from 1:00pm until 7:00pm. Come down for some light refreshments, a free gift bag, a chance to win an amplified telephone, Registered Audiologists on hand to answer all your questions and so much more!
It’s that time of the year again! We are celebrating the International Day of Sign Language Rights at Bonsor Recreation Complex near the Metrotown mall. We will have a number of presenters and performers to truly display the importance of our culture and language. Nothing could be more important than Sign Language in the classroom, as our special guest presenter Wayne Sinclair will explain.
September 24 · 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Bonsor Recreation Complex
We will be having a social afterwards, announcement to come shortly.
Do you have a deaf person in your family?
Would you like to be able to communicate better with a deaf family member?
ASL Classes for Families of Deaf Adults is a sequence of four short courses and is for people who have a family member who is 18 years or older, deaf, and who uses American Sign Language as a primary means of communication.
The course introduces vocabulary and grammar of ASL as well as Deaf culture to assist students to enhance communication among their family members.
This is also a great opportunity to network with people who share similar experiences.
Info Session:
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Room 2559, VCC Broadway Campus (1155 East Broadway, Vancouver)
Bring your families. Join us at the information session and learn about the course. Meet people, like you, who understand the challenges and the fun of mixing hearing and deaf people in the same family!
For more information, please contact Department of ASL and Deaf Studies
Phone: 604.871.7443 (Voice Mail)
E-mail: signlanguage@VCC.CA
A.J. Brown has a solo art exhibit. Some of the paintings have sayings or quotations within the work. The exhibit also has symbol works. A.J. hopes these uplift and inspire people who view them. Some of the work is watercolour on panel, which is a new medium and a new surface for A.J. She first started with this in November 2009. A.J. hopes the works open people up for more spirituality, and peace. This is fun and lighthearted art.
A.J. created artwork since 1999. In the past, she has used acrylic on canvas, but she decided in 2009 to attempt watercolour on panel.
Unitarian Church
949 West 49th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Monday, August 23
to
Sunday, September 19
The church office is open Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm,
and Sundays from 9 am to 1 pm.
http://vancouver.unitarians.ca/cms/site/
http://www.handsandpurrs.ca/
A.J. will be in attendance on Sunday, August 29,
Sunday, September 12, and Sunday, September 19.
Hope to see you there!
Annual Garbage Can Art Contest & Auction
Sunday, September 26, 2010
2010 Sees A Switch From Garbage Cans To Metal Umbrella Stands
Come and cheer A.J. on! Also, Come to cheer on the other Deaf artists! Come watch me in action and watch me get dirty, with paint, of course!!!
Twenty-five artists will take part in the four hours of creative madness, turning plain metal umbrella stands, provided by the event sponsor, Granville Island Ferries (www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca), into works of art.
In previous years the artworks have been created out of metal garbage cans, but sensing that they had perhaps saturated the market for these large decorated cans, and wanting to provide something that would be suitable for more of today’s smaller urban homes, organizers this year have chosen to switch to a smaller metal umbrella stand
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