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Beginning May 10, 2020, North Langley Community Church will provide live-streamed professional ASL interpretation of our Sunday morning worship online. More information can be found on our website at www.nlcc.ca/asl (beginning May 4), and the stream can be accessed on Youtube here.

The service streams from 10:00 – 11:15 am every Sunday morning. Please join us for a little bit of spiritual encouragement in the midst of a strange season.

For more information or with any questions, email me at timm@nlcc.ca. For more information on NLCC, see our website: www.nlcc.ca.

Upcoming Summer Intensive ASL Courses at Vancouver Community College (VCC)

VCC is offering two ASL courses this summer – SIGN 1000 and SIGN 2000.

July 6 – August 14, 2020

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Online (Zoom) or Broadway Campus if in-classroom instruction resumes

$476.91 (subject to change without notice), a text package is extra

Info Sessions:
Want to know more about VCC’s ASL & Deaf studies programs and courses?

Join us at an info session to learn about the program overview and history, the entrance requirements, and the registration process, and to experience a live interaction with ASL in a casual, friendly setting.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Online)

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Online)

Please sign up at:

https://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/languages-and-writing/sign-language-studies/

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Deaf Children’s Society of BC (DCS) is a registered charity and not-for-profit agency that provides resources, programs, support and information to families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children from birth to age five. Currently we are the ONLY organization in British Columbia providing pre-school and daycare services in American Sign Language, which is primarily how our clients learn to communicate and function in the world. 

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19/translated-content

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLLMHgUzBo&feature=emb_title

We want to share these informational workshop and sessions. Workshop is next week and the info session is on every Friday.

Feel free to share with anyone who may benefit from the workshop and sessions. Both are free.

You can see our updates at http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/covid-19-updates/

Any questions or concerns or referrals – you may contact Kristen at kristen.pranzl@vch.ca

Stay safe and healthy.

CLASSES 2020 revised2

Wavefront Centre’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of our new CEO, Christopher Sutton.

Prior to joining Wavefront Centre, Christopher was the National Executive Director of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA), where he was one of the forces behind Bill C-81: an Accessible Canada Act. He also positioned CHHA as the leading go-to organization for people impacted with hearing loss in Canada.

CAD-ASC OCA Project Wireless Accessibility Survey

1. Are you a Deaf, Deaf-Blind or Hard of hearing Canadian (or permanent resident)?
2. Do you use your smartphone or tablet on wireless primarily for video communications?
3. Do you experience frustrations with the pricing of wireless companies and with accessibility?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this new survey is for you!

Please take 12 minutes to answer questions.

Online version available in 4 Languages and Deaf-Blind Accessible:

English/ASL Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/wirelessaccess2

Deaf-Blind English/ASL Survey Link:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/wirelessaccessdb

Lien vers le sondage en français/LSQ : https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/accessausansfil2

If you wish to have a text survey in MS Word (or Adobe Acrobat PDF) format, please feel free to e-mail to: deafwireless@icloud.com to request a survey in attachment in document format.

These following organizations thank you for your participation to help us respond to a CAD-ASC project funded by the Office of Consumer Affairs(OCA):

Canadian Association of the Deaf-Association des Sourds du Canada (CAD-ASC)
Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee – Comité pour les Services Sans fil des Sourds du Canada(DWCC-CSSSC)

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jim Roots, Executive Director, CAD-ASC at jroots@cad.ca

Thank you for your participation!

When sharing on social media, please use these hashtags:

#WirelessAccessible
#DeafWirelessCanada
#AccessibleCanada

We are on FaceBook and Instagram too.

IG: @deafwbp

Facebook: VCH Deaf Well Being Program

http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/ – our website with new videos

http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/covid-19-updates/ – COVID 19 updates in ASL and transcripts for DeafBlind

http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/covid-19-updates/covid-19-how-to-talk-with-kids-about-this/ – resources for anyone who have kids

Wavefront Centre is pleased to see a growing interest in learning more about Sign Language