Canadian Deaf Poker Tournament

Deaf BC

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June 18, 2010

Deaf Canada Conference 2010 will be hosting the first Canadian Deaf poker Tournament 2010 in Vancouver, B.C.

It will be Friday, July 16th at 7pm at the

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel( Where Dcc 2010 is hosted).

$40 Buy-in. $40 re-buy. Upto 140 players Max. First come, First Served.

Poker players are NOT required to attend DCC 2010 conference to be involved with the tournament. Players must be legal age to play poker. Hearing allies and Non-Canadians are welcome to play and try and steal the title from us!

Who wants to be the first Canadian Deaf Poker Tournament Champion?

Come and play at CDPT 2010!!!

Postponed BCRAD BBQ Fundraiser at Spanish Banks

Deaf BC

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June 18, 2010

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This Event Has Been Postponed Till July

BCRAD Is Hosting A Barbeque Fundraiser

When: June 19 12pm-5pm

Where: Spanish Banks

More Details To Come

GVDCC Black & White Party

Deaf BC

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June 18, 2010

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CanceledWBP Workshop: Mood Disorders Workshop Reminder

Deaf BC

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June 16, 2010

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Workshop has been canceled

Come for a very informative workshop by Eileen Marshall!!

What you will learn:

1) What is the difference between anxiety, depression and bipolar?
2) What are the triggers (how cause)?
3) How does a support system help?

Some fun stuff are incorporated into the workshop, for example, “Guess who famous people who have Mood Disorders??” and some courageous dialogue is involved.

When: Saturday June 19th, 2010

Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm. ( you can zoom to the Curling Party afterwards! smile.)

Where: at the Clearbrook Library, 32323 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford, BC

Flyer is available by looking at DeafBC.ca.

Deaf Interpreters will be available for those who need. Voice Interpreters only available upon request, please reply ASAP.

Carpooling is available for those wanting to go from the Mainland to the Fraser Valley, please e-mail me ASAP if you want to go but need a ride.

Please reply to wbp.workshops@vch.ca if you wish to REGISTER.

FNDC/DYT Update

Deaf BC

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June 15, 2010

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FIND DYT on Facebook

DYT has a page on Facebook – be sure to check it out, and hit “like”- so you can receive updates on Facebook.

DYT Summer Programs

Remember to check out the Summer Brochure: http://www.fndc.ca/dytsummer2010/files/dyt-2010-summer-brochure.pdf

Financial support for DYT Summer Programs

If your family is in need of financial support for any DYT programs, please send an email to: dyt@fndc.ca

We don’t want any deaf child/youth to miss a program based on financial need.

FNDC newsletter

Is currently being edited and will be mailed & emailed out early next week (June 21^st)!

Seeking an Interpreter

Deaf BC

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June 15, 2010

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Parent searching for Interpreter

Hi my name is Pam Razzano we live in Squamish our school district is #48 and our son who is recently in grade 1 has an ASL interpreter for his class however she will be taking a yr off for maternity leave as of this June and so that leaves us to look for another interpreter for September 2010. If you know of someone who may interested in this position our email is emiliosheart@hotmail.com or the job will be posted in August 2010 on the Squamish District 48 School Board website. Feel free to call us too 604 898 2676 thanks for your time.

OVAD Summer Picnic

Deaf BC

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June 15, 2010

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OVAD SUMMER PICNIC

June 26th, 2010
32th St (hwy97) and 25th Ave
Polson Park, Vernon
from 1pm to dusk

If it’s raining-Cancel

Socialize 50/50 Relax

Bring your own lawn chairs and food

Any Questions, contact
Deb Perry at debperry@shaw.ca
Carla Yager at jctravel@shaw.ca

VCC Celebration for Sara MacFayden

Deaf BC

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June 15, 2010

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Are you a VCC grad? What do you remember from BAA class?

Self-discovery? Developing awareness of diversity? Moving across the language continuum “bridge”?

“Slow talking”, story-telling, loads of laughter?

Creative art, sheep mascots, test day treats?

Reflection, reflection, and more reflection?

How Sara was the coolest teacher you’d ever had?

Many of the interpreters working in BC today started their journey towards becoming an ally in the Deaf community in Sara’s class at VCC. After twenty-odd years of inspiring, engaging and educating future interpreters, support workers, parents of deaf children and others who went on to work in the Deaf community, Sara MacFayden will be leaving VCC to teach in the interpreting program at Douglas College.

Please join Vancouver Community College’s ASL & Deaf Studies Program between 5 and 7 PM on Friday, June 25th, 2010 to recognize the significant contribution Sara has made to the program. The celebration will take place at the Broadway campus of VCC with the exact location to be announced.

Please tell your fellow alumni working in different fields about this opportunity to thank Sara!

Questions? Contact Vincent at vchauvet@vcc.ca

DSS Spring Newsletter

Deaf BC

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June 14, 2010

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View the DSS spring newsletter by clicking here

FIFA International Sign Broadcast

Deaf BC

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June 14, 2010

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View the announcement by clicking here

Telus VRS Trial Lottery Clarification

Deaf BC

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June 14, 2010

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Title: Clarifying Telus VRS trial lottery

Hello BC Deaf Community,

There are some confusion about the lottery for participation in the Telus VRS trial. I wrote to Telus to request clarification.

Lottery Process

Some of you have heard that community members were already chosen earlier this week to have the VP200 installed in their homes. Telus has chosen a few people in the Greater Vancouver area, Edmonton and Calgary to do preliminary testing of the Sorenson VP on Telus internet accounts for verification.

The official lottery will be on June 21st and will include those who have submitted their applications to Telus on Tuesday night and including all applications submitted to WIDHH for delivery to Telus. Whether you have a Telus account or subscribe to another internet provider you will all be eligible to have your names drawn for participation in the trial. If you have a different internet provider than Telus you will have to consider switching to Telus to participate in the trial.

US Installers

Some were concerned that US installers will be doing all of the installation for the trial. Telus has informed us that the US installers are here to provide training for Canadian installers. Canadian installers will be doing the installation for BC participants in the trial with the exception of recent installations which are for training the Canadian installers.

Expansion of the trial participant numbers

Telus has informed us that the trial lottery on June 21st will not be the final and only lottery. They will be monitoring the volume of usage and as funding permits add more participants to the trial.

If you wish to participate in the trial you are encouraged to fill out the application and submit it to WIDHH by June 17th at 4:00 p.m. Participation in the trial is voluntary and your decision. The only cost is the internet account with Telus as we have been informed.

Thank you,

Monte Hardy
BC-VRS Committee

View the VRS Trial application form