Please click on the posting link: Team Manager-Curling Posting
This position is to manage the Canadian Deaf Men and Women Curling Champions prior to and during the Deaflympic Winter Games to be held at Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia, February 11th – 20th, 2011.We’re currently recruiting prospective candidates for the position of Curling Team Manager.
The successful applicant shall be prepared to begin duties effectively in preparation for the upcoming 17 Deaflympic Winter Games in Slovakia.
A friendly and social coffee group that meets every last Friday of the month.
Location CHANGE tomorrow:
Where: Newton Esquires Cafe
1112-7730- 137 street ( king george hwy and 72 ave )
Time: 6:30 -10 pm
Come all and spread your hands to reach out to your friends !! Creating a healthy ASL lifestyle, which is designed to be a fun and positive communication experience.
Contact: email julielampitt@rogers.blackberry.net or email mijo@rogers.blackberry.net
All children have the right to communicate their wants, needs, hopes and dreams. There is nothing more rewarding, or challenging, than helping children develop their language and communication. The Deaf Children’s Society of BC is a not-for-profit organization that has been supporting the communication needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children since 1974. Please help us continue our important work.
Deaf Canada Conference 2010
Fundraising Event
‘Tales of a Clubroom’ Productions
April 21 & 25, 2010
Audition!!! Audition!!! Audition!!!
We need 20 actors – 19 Deaf/Hard of Hearing & 1 CODA
When? Friday, January 29, 2010 for the first audition – selection for next day audition
Time? 5 – 10 pm
Only for selected actors from Friday audition attend Saturday!
When? Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time? 10 am – 1 pm
Where? VCC (Vancouver Community College
King Edward Campus)
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program
2nd floor, rooms 2509 & 2550
Crews!!! Crews!!! Crews!!! Crews!!!
If you are interested in doing volunteer as a stage crew, please come and sign up!
When? Friday, January 29, 2010
Time? 5 – 10 pm
Where? VCC (see above)
See you there!!
Click on the attachment for Application Form: 2010 tickets for Deaf youth
FNDC is pleased to announce that we have been given some tickets to the 2010 Olympics. As of this moment, we have some tickets to Women’s Hockey on Sunday, February 14th (4:30 pm). We have tickets to another event, but don’t know the details yet. Services for Family & Community Development (SFCD) will be supporting FNDC to make this event a success!
We have a limited number of tickets. Please submit your application based on the criteria below.
You must:
Next:
The event will require a very long day of travel within large crowds of people using public transit. We will have chaperones for the event, but will be UNABLE to provide full supervision. Therefore, we need deaf youth to be independent and responsible to be able to travel with the group. (ie: youth need to know what to do in case they are separated from the group).
Deadline: January 29, 2010 at NOON
DROP OFF to front desk at: 
Provincial Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
FNDC Olympic Application
4334 Victory Street, Burnaby BC V5J 1R2
Questions? Call 604 684-1860 voice/text
We have extended both the early bird registration deadline AND the call for papers deadline! We are hoping you will come to Vancouver July 13-18th for a wonderful national conference. We have exciting presenters and events planned for everyone who comes. The deadline for early bird registration is now FEBRUARY 15th 2010!
Please refer to www.dcc2010.com for more information and to register.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Vancouver this July! Also, please check our website often as we will have blog updates with lots of news and information about Vancouver and the DCC 2010 event! You can also register online and get a direct link to the hotel booking website.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at this address.
LOCAL DEAF COMMUNITY LEADER
– Dan LeCours –
WILL BE RUNNING WITH THE OLYMPICS TORCH
ON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2010
IN
SQUAMISH, BC
HIS RUN WILL BE STARTING ALONG STAWAMUS RD
FROM: CAUTION CHILDREN PLAYING SIGN
TO: VALLEYVIEW PLACE SIGN ON STAWAMUS RD
This is his second time to run with an Olympics torch. He carried a torch during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics torch relay in Richmond, BC. He will be representing our Deaf community in BC. He is involved in many Deaf organizations such as Canadian Deaf Sports Association (CDSA), British Columbia Deaf Sports Federation (BCDSF) and Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) for many years.
There will be a community gathering afterwards in Squamish after Dan’s run. More details to be followed.
Come on over and watch/support him!
For more information please contact Wendy Bruce at wbruce73@gmail.com.
Click here for flyer: Dan torch bearer
AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 PM
Please click on the attachment for more information:Canadian Dictionary of ASL workshop Flyer
Deafbc.ca would like you to inform us of weekly or monthly social events within the community to advertise!
Coffee meetups, pub nights, sports teams, seniors gatherings, etc..
Please send us information to share with the whole community!
Please include:
Time of event
Location (city & street)
Type of event
Date of future events
Contact information (if needed)
Thanks!
We are really looking forward to a fun, and exciting 2010!
Please email: vandeaf@telus.net or use the comment bar on the right side of the screen to send info.
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Click Here: Winter Madness
Fundraiser for the Canadian Deaf Curling Championships 2010
When: January 28th, 2010
5 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Where: G Sports Grill and Bar
1208 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
www.thebestgspot.com
Early Bird Deadline for Registration for the Mini-Timberfest, Dog show, and Hotel Registration is January 30th, 2010.
Please see the below attachments for more information:
Click Here: DOG SHOW 2010 flyer
Click Here: Mini-Timberfest 2010 Registration
Click Here:Hotel MiniTimberfest
There will be a townhall meeting to deal with two topics: ICED and VRS.
Plenty of information will be shared with you all at the meeting.
Date: January 14, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Douglas College
Room: Room 1614
Please be advised that all posting requests should be sent to either:
1) vandeaf@telus.net or
2) Through “Contact Us” on the right side of the screen (this is confidential)
The email address: gvadenews@yahoo.ca is NOT in service. Please do NOT email this address.
Thanks very much! We look forward to posting all exciting future events and news!
The new date for WORLDEAF Cinema Festival is
Nov. 4-7, 2010
at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, USA.
Our website address is http://wdcf.gallaudet.edu/. It should be updated soon!
We are accepting submissions from filmmakers (18 and up) for the following categories:
Types of films:
Narrative (film)
Documentary
Experimental
Animation
Lengths:
Mini-15 (15 minutes or less, including opening graphics and closing credits) Short (16-44 minutes, including opening graphics and closing credits) Feature (45 minutes or longer)
We are also inviting submissions from vloggers. Their submissions must not exceed four minutes and must have had been posted on the Internet. We seek quality vlogs. Submissions of vlogs with abusive content will not be considered for competition.
Deadline for all submissions is August 1, 2010.
Awards will be awarded to the following categories:
Best Narrative
Best Short
Best Mini-15
Best Documentary
Best College Student Film,
Best Film about the Deaf Experience by a Hearing Filmmaker
Best Vlog
All submissions must be captioned or subtitled in English. Audio is optional.
For more information, contact Jane Norman at wdcf@gallaudet.edu.
Thank you and keep those cameras rolling!
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