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Speak My Language: Celebrating Our Stories – March 7

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Speak My Language: Celebrating Our Stories on Saturday, March 7th at SFU Woodward’s. Speak My Language is a storytelling media arts project about the experiences of Chinese seniors with language and cultural barriers in the BC healthcare system. It’s a free drop-in event and we provide ASL interpretation service.
The facebook event page of Speak My Language launch is  https://www.facebook.com/events/1451209615047366/. It includes all the information about the event.

Therapeutic Activation Program @ WIDHH

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Wavefront Centre is excited to have a new DeafBlind service called Therapeutic Activation Program lead by a DeafBlind staff, Ryan Ollis. Please watch the video in ASL and learn more about this program (English transcript is available in the video description):

https://youtu.be/Rw1PofNuSSU

If you have any questions, please contact: ryan.ollis@wavefrontcentre.ca.

WIDHH’s New DeafBlind Intervenor

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Wavefront Centre is also happy to announce our new DeafBlind Intervenor, who will be working closely with Ryan Ollis (and other Deafblind participants) in the Therapeutic Activation Program. Watch and meet the Intervenor in the video:

 

 

ASL Research Study

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I am currently a Master’s student in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University. A fellow student and I have developed an online questionnaire (5-10 minutes in length) to help us with our research. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post a link to this survey on your website. The survey information is shown below:

Survey: Accessibility to Law Enforcement for Deaf Individuals

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I am conducting research on the accessibility to law enforcement for Deaf individuals. 

Register for a Queer ASL Spring Class!

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Hey everybody!

Our Spring (Mar-May) 2020 cycle is PAH* open for registration. For this cycle, we are offering four levels!

*fun fact: PAH means “finally!” “at last!” “i did it!” in ASL – we write PAH to represent this sign as we use this mouthshape while signing this sign.

Please read on to learn more about what each level offers and register for a class if you’d like to. The registration form will have more in-depth details.

WIDHH Deaf Meeting – Feb 22

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Deaf or not, do you speak in American Sign Language? Are you curious about the name sign for Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility and how it came about?

New Westminster Innovation Expo – Feb 20

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New Westminster Innovation Expo
20 February 2020
Anvil Centre
777 Columbia Street
New Westminster
Registration 8:30
Program start 9:00

Event Posting: Antifa & The Far Right

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Antifa & The Far Right
Friday, February 21st
6:30-9pm
HC 2205

SFU Harbour Centre

ASL interpretation has been booked for this event. Please request ASL by sending an email to admin@sfpirg.ca by Monday, February 10th to confirm attendance. If no requests have been received, ASL will be cancelled. Our apologies for the short notice on this event!

Job Club at Wavefront Centre – Feb 10, 12, & 14

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Wavefront Centre will be hosting Job Club workshops on February 10, 12, and 14th.

Thank you for your interest in Wavefront Centre’s job club. We are pleased to announce the following three sessions: