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Live Discussion of Bill 6 TODAY at 1:30PM (June 2)

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Let you know that Committee debate on the Accessible BC Act will start this afternoon. LIVE at 1:30pm today (June 2).
You can watch the debate at:  Legislative Broadcasting and Webcasting https://www.leg.bc.ca/documents-data/broadcasts-and-webcasts

MLA Follow-Up Letter Email Template

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We STRONGLY encourage you to tell your MLA to support proposed amendments (see screenshots).
Find your MLA by Postal Code at https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members
Email template at https://bit.ly/3w5v1pT and please cc in your email: bcdeafaccessibility@gmail.com

Bill 6-2021 Proposed Amendments

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Goosebumps…
ORIGINAL Bill 6 -2021 Accessible BC Act
Recognition of sign languages
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (see screenshots)
Recognition of the Deaf Community
We STRONGLY encourage you to tell your MLA to support proposed amendments.
Find your MLA by Postal Code at https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members

**URGENT** BC Deaf Accessibility: MLA Tool Kit

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Very Important! Watch vlog from Forrest Smith, GVAD President.
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/oaIgmO2Dq3Q

Must do Action right now.

1. See attachment: “Deaf BC Action Tool Kit”
2. Please email your MLA.  Good news, to save your time, you can easily copy and paste from our documents.
3. Can also Tweet or tag on Facebook or Instagram.
Do it Now, today!
3 attachments via Google Drive
1 – “Deaf BC Action Tool Kit”.
2 – C. BCDAC Key Recommendations – 1 page
3 – DeafABCA png (to share on social media)
Special thanks to the team who edited and compiled this Kit:
Leanor Vlug, Lindsay Carroll, Cecilia Tung, Julie Lampitt, & Tara Hartley
Thank you,
BC Deaf Accessibility Caucus Working Group Team

Speech Language Pathologist Opportunity – SD 5

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Posting: E20/21-007 Description: Speech Language Pathologist
Start Date: 03-May-2021 or when filled End Date: 31-Oct-2022
Date of Notice: 26-Feb-2021 Closing Date: 31-May-2021 12:00 or when filled

Job Opportunity: Education Assistant DHH – SD 45

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POSTED: April 15, 2021 CLOSING DATE: 1:00pm, April 22, 2021 COMPETITION # SS-2020-148

EDUCATION ASSISTANT – DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

Temporary Assignment West Vancouver Secondary School Effective Immediately to June 30, 2021 27.5 hours per week Salary starts at $26.74/hr at Step 1, plus 12% in lieu of benefits

45-PB-Job Ad-Education Assistant DHH – April 2021

CHAIR YOGA in ASL- starting in May

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Movement is medicine. We must keep our bodies moving. Chair Yoga is
movement for the WHOLE body but most important, the SPINE. A flexible
spine keeps us youthful, healthy and helps to maintain good posture;
especially as we age. Chair Yoga is a great and gentle way (and
sometimes challenging, too) to improve both muscle strength and overall
flexibility. Leonarda will also teach Breathing techniques to help calm the
mind; especially during COVID times. Class taught in ASL.
4 Sundays
Dates: May 23, 30, June 6, &13, 2021
Time: 11:00 am to 12 noon PST
Where: in your home on Zoom
Cost: $ 65 CDN for all 4 classes ($16.25 CDN per class)
Includes one 30 min REPLAY at the end of the 4 weeks.
Drop in: $20 CDN
Minimum of 5 peeps for class to go ahead.
Register here (use the pay-what-you-can button and enter $65):

Yoga Classes

Can’t afford?
Scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds
For more info, email: Leonarda@yogapah.com

POPDHH – ASL interpreter contract position available

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POPDHH has an opening for an ASL interpreter on contract, to start immediately and until the end of June 2021. Terms are highly negotiable. This position has the ability to turn into a permanent position in the fall, as well as an opportunity to grow into an Educational Consultant Interpreter. Experience with interpreting in educational settings is a strong asset, as well as willingness to travel to other communities.
If you are interested, please contact office@popdhh.ca or terry@popdhh.ca for further details.

ASL intepreter – contract posting

Video Relay Service Town Hall – May 7

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Transcript of the vlog:

Hello everyone all across Canada…. I’ m Kimberly Wood. (Kim) Guess what???? Three former committee from BCVRS back for  this purpose,  so here I am representing here as BCVRS committee role. There is three of us who are former BCVRS Committee  who is stepping up again volunteering our time to ensure we all get right information and making sure that many of you are aware that CRTC is currently having SRV Canada VRS Review which has the deadline for June 9th.
What is the purpose of the VRS Review? It is for CRTC to see what needs to be improved or any changes are needed to be made. This is our opportunity to send in our Review both as committee, organizations, and individuals like you and me! CRTC has 14 Review questions that is related to our VRS service. This is our opportunity to let them know why we want to see new improvements or changes. It’s important for us all to tell them our grievances, complaints, and at the same time make suggestions or ideas for those new changes or improvements to happen! Examples are:
– trying to understand the interpreter via VRS — not clear, poor attire, bad attitude, etc.
– interpreter not understanding you or not knowing specific languages to use, you become frustrated
– waiting patiently in queue for the next interpreter then got cut off — become frustrated
– trying to use the app on phone / computer but it won’t work
– callers hanging up on you because they won’t accept doing business through third-party
The SRV Canada VRS 9050 is for customer services that is for inside information for SRV Canada VRS only. It becomes only internal issues for them, not CRTC. So The CRTC Review on VRS is important! Totally Different Roles between 9050 and CRTC Review.
We will have special zoom meeting coming up on May 7 th from 6 pm to 7:30 pm
( B.C. time) with more information and how to file those review submissions online both in English and ASL. We also will have several dates where you can sign up and come in and we will have a team of volunteers across Canada to help with your filing will be announced at that night and flyers and more vlogs will be coming up in next few weeks and after May 7 th.  Everyone is welcome all across Canada to join.
Thank you very much see you all on May 7th!
This flyer is for deafblind and the public. I will be sending a video related to this on wetransfer so u can upload it to deaf bc.
If any problems please feel free to contact me.
Thank you
Kim
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Name Sign for Wavefront Centre (WIDHH)

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Transcript:
Hello Deaf BC! I’m happy to be able to make this video on my own personal time because it was something that I was not able to do previously. Now that I am no longer a representative of Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility, I feel it is appropriate for me to come forward and make it official for the signing community in BC about the organization’s name sign.
As most of you know, when I started out at WIDHH, the organization was in the middle of rebranding and was on its way to a “new home” on Quebec Street in Vancouver, BC. I also found myself in the middle of younger and older generations, trying to bridge them together. It was not an easy time but I tried my best and advocated for the sign language community, and decided to give the organization a new name sign, along with continuing to honour its old name sign (WIDHH). We were emphasized not to use WCCA for short because it does not sound positive (meaning something else) so we were made to say Wavefront Centre for short.
However, I received mixed responses and hosted a community meeting in January 2020 to get more input. I was pleased that it went well as we learned from each other, agreed to slightly modify the name sign and give it a bit of time. A year passed. I was recently contacted by several IBPOC representatives through Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf (GVAD) and had a very respectful discussion about it. I agreed that it does continue to give off mixed feelings for many people and it was personally awkward to witness signing errors in the name sign itself. I believe we have given it enough time to see if it’s well acquired and we can all agree that it still isn’t. Therefore, I have asked the ACS team to stop using the name sign and they fully supported it.
Moving forward, please know you have my blessing and I urge you to stop using the name sign and instead finger spell “Wavefront” and sign “centre” for now. If you have deeper connection with its history, you’re most welcome to sign WIDHH because it’s still the operating name of Wavefront Centre. We currently do not have an official acronym for Wavefront Centre yet. If you wish to receive an update, please contact them directly.
Thank you for connecting with me, sharing your concerns, and advocating for the sign language community. I see you and I feel you. ILY!

Anyone Interested in GVAD Board?

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Anyone interested in being GVAD President starting on June 1? Please PM on Messenger or email to Forrest at gvadpresident@gmail.com. If we have no interest then GVAD will have an election in late May.

Virtual Public Information Session TONIGHT

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The Introduction of the Accessible BC Act
TONIGHT at 7:30pm (Wednesday, April 28)
Voice Interpreter and Deaf Interpreter provided
No registration required for Zoom.
Meeting ID: 827 9055 0322
Passcode: 990940

Big Announcement from the BC Government

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Big announcement from the BC Government:
Introduce Accessible BC Act today at 1:30pm TODAY (April 28)
Legislative Assembly of BC
1:30PM
Media conference
3PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/461895054898307
or
6:30PM
Deaf Accessibility Caucus meeting (private)
7:30PM
Public (no registration required)
Will send out the Zoom link this late afternoon.

Provincial Language Service Virtual Town Hall – April 29

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Provincial Health Services Authority – PHSA
View this message in ASL: http://ow.ly/jtVo50Euq7K
On April 29, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. join PHSA’s Provincial Language Service for a virtual town hall for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing communities. Learn more about medical sign language interpreting in B.C. and how the Provincial Language Service works with the community.

Panel Discussion: Life As A Child of Deaf Adult (CODA)

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We are thrilled to host a virtual panel discussion with awesome CODAs on April 25th in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Mother Father Deaf Day! Come and learn more about their life as a CODA. For more information or to registration, please contact asl.programs@silentvoice.ca
Thank you

Sign Language Interpreting Associates Ottawa Inc. (SLIAO)

for sponsoring this event and to make this event accessible for all of us.

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