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Update on Video Relay Services in Canada

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is an independent agency responsible for regulating Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications systems.

This week, the CRTC is holding meetings where various organizations and individuals are presenting about accessibility issues for deaf and hard of hearing people for telecommunication (ie. VRS, tty’s, 911 emergency, MRC etc.).

Various presenters today and over the next few days include: Canadian Hearing Society, Jim Roots, Henry Vlug Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, Bell, Telus etc. and the VRS BC Committee

Tomorrow (Wednesday, November 19th), The VRS BC Committee will be presenting (on issues that were brought forward during townhall meetings in the Spring and in the Fall, 2008).

You can click on the CRTC link, and listen to the live feed or access the captioning for these hearings.

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/welcome.htm – voice and captioning. You may need to download javascript. You should be able to access the transcripts as well.

(Please note: the times they announce are in Eastern Standard time – you will need subtract 3 hours for B.C. time).

The CRTC hearings will resume on Wed November 19th at: 6:00 am (B.C. Time).

Thank you.

Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf
Christmas Dinner

Saturday, December 6th, 2008
From 6:00pm till 11:00pm

Mamma Shpengi’s Restaurant
4-10058 Hwy 97Winfield, BC

50/50 Draw

adult: $30.00
No Refund
Deadline on Nov 29th, 2008

Bring a gift (10.00 worth)for exchange if you want

For Tickets – Contact:
Deb Perry debperry@shaw.ca
Rosemary Rattray rosemary27@shaw.ca
Carla Yager jctravel@shaw.ca

Sign Language Right in Vancouver, BC from DeafBC on Vimeo.

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TRANSCRIPT:

This is a Solo show

Come see my show!  The art work is great!

Thank you

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Ahh, this one, I started…

a friend of mine has a book with animal pictures in this book

this picture I had to paint because because it inspired me 

 I noticed a picture of a cute cat

Neat to transfer into a painting

I painted this part with name sludge that means it’s a heavy paint  

[mystery fingerspelled word!]  

then after that I covered it with more paint, coloured paint. 

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 Elizabeth is my art mentor 

Something a lot

my cat drinks from the toilet  sometimes 

My cat is real  That’s my cat my cat is funny  

I got out of the bathtub and my cat drinking from the toilet  

I took a picture and then transferred that into this painting 

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This one, my friend leanor vlug and I were chatting online one night  

her cat came down, lay down in front of the fireplace to warm up  

then later during the conversation leany said her cat looked like it became a lazy melting cat  

I thought hat was funny a cat  I decided to transfer that into a painting

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My name is Ricky Dagan-Skedd. I am working with a gentleman named Ian Skedd who is an artist making a piece for an exhibition at the Western Front Gallery in Vancouver.

Ian is very interested in sign language as a visual representation of sound. In his last piece, he worked with a sign singer (a woman from a Montreal deaf choir who has just moved to Vancouver.) Together they video-taped a french sign language interpretation of the song “Au Claire De La Lune.” This piece is currently being exhibited at the Charles H. Scott Gallery on Granville Island at Emily Carr.

In his new piece, Ian would like to film a whole choir and we are looking for people who might be interested in participating. We have 10 people so far and need 21. The film is scheduled to shoot February 14 – 17 at the Chan Center’s Recital Hall at UBC. Sign singers will get an honorarium of $100 per day of the shoot and they will be well-fed!

We are a little behind in casting for this piece. We are hoping to have all the singers by Nov. 15 or 16. So, if you wouldn’t mind passing along the message to anyone who might be interested and ask them to get back to us as soon as possible. As well, if you could suggest other organizations, places or people that might be good places to get spread the word, I would greatly appreciate having their contact info.

Below is the synopsis of the piece currently on exhibition at the Charles Scott Gallery and the synopsis of the piece to come for which we are currently casting, should anyone want more information.

Thanks so much for your time.

Cheers,

Ricky Dagan-Skedd
Project Manager
Ricky.Dagan-skedd@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Join my team and get in on the fun at Yoga4Kidz Relays for UNICEF!

hello yogis and yoginis 🙂

pls consider joining in for a 24 hour yoga relay (we take turns doing yoga on the mat) and the other time, you sleep, eat (free food from corporate donations), meditate and live like a yogi for just a day… and fund raise for children with HIV and AIDS…. it costs $ 18 to sign up.

if you are interested only to sponsor that is awesome, too.
your name gets posted on the website 🙂

if you are interested in being part of the team, go to the website: www.yoga4kidz.ca, click “register”, go to “sponsor a team” and you will be able to sign up 🙂

hope to see you “ON THE MAT”

namaste
leonarda 🙂

My team Yoga PAH! is participating in Yoga4Kidz Relays for UNICEF on Nov 29, 2008 4:00 PM at 24 hour Relay Vancouver Croatian Cultural Centre.

Yoga4Kidz Relays for UNICEF is a 24-hour yoga fundraising practice to raise awareness and funds in support of UNICEF’s Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign. To mark WORLD AIDS Day, December 1, participating yoga studios will host yoga fundraising practices of 24-hours (Full Marathon), 12 hours (Half Marathon), 6 hours (Quarter Marathon), or 108 minutes. All funds raised will help support children and youth living with HIV and AIDS in Africa.