Feb 15th – First Deaf Contestant – The Amazing Race!
The season premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 on CBS
http://www.ntid.rit.edu/media/full_text.php?article_id=855
First Deaf Contestant – The Amazing Race!
Photos: Douglas Lambert
KPICASA_GALLERY
WIDHH: Service Canada
Service Canada – Pilot Project
Personalized Service Delivery for Persons with Disabilities
Service Canada wants to serve you better.
Starting in February until June, Service Canada Project staff will assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing people with direct services. Service Canada staff will come to WIDHH every second and fourth Monday and Tuesday of each month. Monday mornings from 9:30am – 12:30pm Hard of Hearing people will be served. Tuesday afternoons from 1:30pm – 4:30pm Deaf people will be served and ASL Interpreters will be provided.
You will be able to fill out the following application forms with assistance from Service Canada staff:
Social Insurance Number
Employment Insurance
Canada Pension Plan
Old Age Security
Passports Applications
Pleasure Craft Licensing
Apprenticeship Grant
Job Bank
Canada Pension Plan Disability
Canada Study Grant
Canada Access Grant
Canada Pension Plan Disability Vocational Rehabilitation
Permanent Disability Benefit
Canada Student Loans
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Get this information in ASL at: www.widhh.blogspot.com
No appointment necessary, clients will be seen on a first-come first-served basis.
We hope to see you there!
Inuit Sign Language is Recognized
For the first time, deaf Inuit followed proceedings in the Nunavut legislative assembly Tuesday, thanks to interpreters who translated the debates into a new Inuit sign language that is in the process of being documented.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/09/17/inuit-sign.html
Weights: A Live Performance with Lynn Manning
Sunday, February 15 at 8:00 pm
Chan Shun Concert Hall
Presented by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, the Chan Centre and KickstART Festival.
American actor/storyteller Lynn Manning’s life changed forever when a bullet, shot in a crowded Los Angeles bar, robbed him of his sight. Manning shares his powerful story in his riveting one-man show entitled Weights.
More info: lynnmanning
Hearing Devices:
Infrared Hearing System headsets are available, free of charge, for the
hearing impaired. Please contact the Chan Center’s Customer Service Department
at 604.822.9197 to make arrangements or for additional details.
American Sign Language and CART Captioning
Kickstart and the Chan Centre will be providing both CART Captioning and
American Sign Language interpretation of the performance.
For mature audiences
SUNDAY FEBURARY 15, 2009, 8PM
CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
6265 Crescent Road. University of British Columbia. Vancouver. BC
TICKETS
Tickets from the Chan Centre directly (in person only)
Students/Fixed Income $16.00
Adults $22.00
Group of 10 $18.00
Ticket Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Day of Show: 12:00 pm to End of Intermission
Info: www.chancentre.com.
or Ticketmaster.ca, 604.280.3311, or http://www.ticketmaster.ca
Service charges apply.
Registered Disability Savings Plan (RSDP)
Assadali Bachoo’s first vlog
Deaf Interpreter Workshop at Douglas College
Updated as Saturday, Feb 21: Pay via PayPal
http://web.me.com/susi.bolender/Site_2/Deaf_Interpreting_Workshop.html
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Nigel Howard will be teaching workshop for Deaf Interpreters at
Douglas College in CTELL Lab on 4th Floor.
Total 30 hours of DI Training and you will get certificate of
attendance from WAVLI.
Level 1 COST: $200
March 6 (6pm-9pm)
March 7 (9am-4pm)
March 8 (9am-2pm)
Level 2 COST: $200
March 20 (6pm-9pm)
March 21 (9am-4pm)
March 22 (9am-2pm)
If you register for BOTH Level 1 and Level 2 cost will be $300 (Save
$100). Please email WAVLI.PD@GMAIL.COM for information about the
workshops and how you can register. Need minimum 10 people registered
to go ahead with workshops. DEADLINE is Feb 21st.
Westcoast Association of Visual Language Interpreters
41542-923-12th Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 6L1 Canada
Email: wavli@wavli.com
Home Page: www.wavli.com
Movie Trailer: Voices from El-Sayed
English trailer of the feature documentary “Voices from El-Sayed”
Directed by: Oded Adomi Leshem
Douglas College Interpreting: 20th Anniversary Open House
Hello everyone
Can you believe it? The Douglas College Department of Sign Language Interpretation is 20 years old! We would like to invite you to our open house on Thursday April 2, 2009, 3:00 – 7:00pm. Come and see what we are doing in the program these days, enjoy some refreshments and get to chat with current and former students.Intervenors for Deaf-Blind guests will be available.Watch for a flyer with more details to follow soon.For more information, contact Karen Malcolm, malcolmk@douglas.bc.ca
Click Karen Malcolm’s vlog in Quicktime QuickTime
Click Karen’s vlog in WMV Window Media
West Fraser Valley Cofee Club for the DEAF
Fridays, March 13, 2009 and May 8, 2009
City Blends
109 – 32423 Lougheed Highway, Mission, B.C.
Fridays, April 24, 2009 and June 12, 2009
Ridge Coffee House
107 – 22470 Dewney Trunk Rd, Maple Ridge B.C.
Contact: jeanats80@hotmail.com
Join this group on Facebook.
The Full Monty
The Full Monty with certified ASL Interpreters. Both performances will take place on Saturday, March 21st, 2009: 2pm and 8pm. The show will be at the Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver. For more information check out http://www.patrickstreetproductions.com/monty.html
Townhall: Learning For Life
Learning For Life townhall on Feb 19.
More info, watch Karen’s vlog below.
Karen Foot, Learning For Life – Project Coordinator
kafoot@widhh.com / kafoot@rogers.blackberry.net
TTY-604-777-0216
Voice-604-777-0215
How To Vlog
DeafBC Editor: Many people asked me how to make a vlog. I have decided to provide a free workshop at the dormitory (PSDHH) on Monday, Feb 23 at 7 PM. Both hearing and deafies are welcome.
