DEAFBC

Hello community partner,

I hope you are having a great week.

We wish to inform you about our next Disabled Community Connection Network (DCCN) session. DCCN is a monthly communication and information group for people of all ages (16+) with any disability. This group is supported by the North Shore Disability Resource Centre.

The next group is May 16th from 4:00PM – 6:00PM. The session will now be held at The North Shore Disability Resource Centre 3158 Mountain Highway. North Shore Disability Resource Centre is an accessible space, please let us know of any other accessibility requirements you might have in advance of the meeting.

The topic for the session will be on “Allyship and how to be a good ally to the disabled community”

Al Etmanski will be our speaker. His Bio is below:

Al is a writer, community organizer and social entrepreneur. He was welcomed into the world of disability in 1978 when his daughter Liz was born. He led the closure of institutions, segregated schools, and sheltered workshops in BC. Founded Canada’s first Family Support Institute. Initiated the precedent setting right-to-treatment court case for Stephen Dawson. In 1989 he co-founded Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network with his wife Vickie Cammack. PLAN lobbied into existence the Registered Disability Savings Plan. Sparked a national conversation about ‘belonging.’ And was instrumental in establishing a grass roots alternative to legal guardianship by expanding the legal definition of capacity. Al’s last book, Impact: 6 Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation is a national bestseller. His forthcoming book is The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving and Changing the World. He blogs at aletmanski.com.

ASL Interpretation and light refreshments provided! Please let us know of any accommodations and dietary needs you require.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The DCCN will now have a registration limit of 15. Email laur.stinson@gmail.com or call 604-904-4088 to register.

Our flyer should be attached.

P.S. Let me know if you want to be removed from our mailing list.

Stacey Francis 

 

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Hello my name is Barb Snelgrove and I am handling the promotion of the 2019 Queer Arts Festival running June 17th – June 28th 2019 at the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver).

I am writing to submit for your consideration, events the Arts Festival has coming up for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Should you have any events calendar available to your members, I am hoping you could include these events in them?

We have a robust selection of events that are text based, that will have full ASL services available.The link to the ASL interpreted events calendar is here at the link  https://queerartsfestival.com/category/asl-interpreted-events/  and I have also provided here below.

There is one event in particular, JESSE – An ASL Opera, which should be of great interest:

Mon Jun 24 | 7pm | with Landon Krentz and re:Naissance Opera | Pay What You Can

JESSE – AN ASL OPERA is a workshop reading by Landon Krentz, Heather Molloy & Paula Weber resulting from a two-week experimental process that gathered Deaf and Hearing artists to explore how poetry, music, English and ASL intersect. Bi-cultural and bilingual, this experience reflects a creative process that was both riveting and uncomfortable.

“You have failed the hearing test”.
No apologies required, it is fact. You look around seeking validation and a sense of belonging but you know that this result will never change. You will always fail. With both hands tucked beneath your buttocks, you feel the world closing in. You can’t remember the last time you felt warm and safe. It hits you, how strained and lonely it is inside this black box in the audiology department.
Jesse – An ASL Opera is about one man’s journey of self-discovery as he navigates Deaf culture, queerness and the rhythms of being human. The opera explores how language is seen, heard and understood by combining the movement, rhythmic structure and meter present in all ASL poetry and music.

In the midst of another all-too-frequent trip to the audiologist’s office, Jesse can’t help but wonder: when does it end? Jesse is a young man who has no choice but to navigate the hearing world as he explores the inner world inside his mind. This tension between his inner and outer worlds begin to manifest into an signed opera. The story inside him becomes more and more real as his mind wanders and fuels his desire for communication. Jesse is made possible by generous support from the City of Vancouver and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Other ALS supported events we have at the Festival this year include:

Queer Songbook OrchestraFri Jun 28 | 7pm | Concert | $40 – $30
Celebrated national chamber ensemble Queer Songbook Orchestra unearth the queer backstories and personal narratives inspired by musicof the past several generations. Weaving together stories told by local narrators with arrangements by Canada’s foremost composers.

ARTIST TOUR – Visual Art Exhibition | Curator Roundtable | Thu Jun 20 | 7pm | Led by Elwood Jimmy | QAF visual artists and curator Elwood Jimmy convene for a panel discussing the visual art exhibition.

YOUTH TOUR – Visual Art Exhibition | Wed Jun 19 | 4pm | led by Elwood Jimmy | Curator Elwood Jimmy leads tour for LGBT2S youth to see their identities reflected in art, organized in partnership with Broadway Youth Resource Centre and Directions Youth Services.

A NIGHT OF STORYTELLING | Wed Jun 19 | 7pm | Literary Readings | Pay What you Can
Danny Ramadan brings his much-loved nights of readings to the Queer Arts Festival. Featuring Kai Cheng Thom, Andrea Jenkins, Tash McAdam, Monica Meneghetti and Michael V. Smith.

Art Party!  Opening Night Gala | Tue Jun 18 | 7pm | Free Gala Opening Reception
Join us for the Queer Arts Festival’s opening Art Party!, where art and conviviality converge at the grand opening. Art Party! marks the opening night of QAF’s curated exhibition, Relational rEvolutions, curated by Elwood Jimmy; the Pride in Art Community Exhibition; and is the kick off for the incredible exhibitions, performances, and Satellite Academy outreach initiatives that make up the Queer Arts Festival. Our opening night galas are one of Vancouver’s best attended visual arts events, making this a party you don’t want to miss!

I thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide in getting this information out to our deaf/hard of hearing audience. Should you require any further information, or interviews for media, please reach out

Best regards,

Barb

Barb Snelgrove | CEO
megamouthmedia consultingSocial: @megamouthmedia | Cell: 604.838.2272

megamouthmedia1@gmail.com

Honoured to work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam First Nations peoples.

The Regent Park Film Festival has events coming up next week that we would like to share with the deaf community in Vancouver. The screening of ASL-English interpreter and captions for our upcoming FREE shorts film screening at the Vancouver Public Library on Tuesday, May 7th at 7pm. Could you please share this with your network?

Home Made Visible – Screening

In partnership with DOXA Documentary Film Festival

SCREENING + TALKBACK

Time: Tuesday, May 7th, 7 – 8:30pm

Location: Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8 – Vancouver Public Library, Central Library

350 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1

Capacity: 80 (Please register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/home-made-visible-vancouver-screening-tickets-60208108072)

A theatrical screening of six commissioned short films that brings a personal lens to Indigenous and visible minority archives. Followed by a discussion with filmmakers Aeyliya Husain and Maya Bastian and Project organizers Ananya Ohri and Elizabeth Mudenyo.

ACCESSIBILITY

ASL-English interpretation will be provided at this event.

All films have english captions.

All Library locations are wheelchair accessible.

If you have any accessibility concerns, please contact us at homemade@regentparkfilmfestival.com, or 416 599 7733, for further information about support.

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‘Home Made Visible: Storytelling, Relationships, and Archives’ – Workshop

Date: May 9, 6 – 8:30 pm

Location: Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8 – Vancouver Public Library, Central Library

Facilitators: Derek Kwan and Joella Cabalu

Capacity: 10 (Please register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/home-made-visible-vancouver-workshop-tickets-60210538341)

Interested in exploring documentary film creation? Not sure where to begin? Local documentary filmmakers, Derek Kwan and Joella Cabalu, present a hands-on workshop on the foundations of storytelling and relationship-building skills needed to tell and create personal stories through the documentary format. Kwan and Cabalu will present their own work which touches on family histories, culture, and immigration, as well as share their experiences in developing stories, incorporating archival videos and photographs, and building trust within different communities.

ACCESSIBILITY

ASL-English interpretation will be provided at this event if requested by Friday, May 3rd.

All films have english captions.

All Library locations are wheelchair accessible.

If you have any accessibility concerns, please contact us at homemade@regentparkfilmfestival.com, or 416 599 7733, for further information about support.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Mudenyo Pronouns: She/Her

Special Projects Manager – Home Made Visible

Regent Park Film Festival

585 Dundas Street East, Suite 240 | Toronto, ON | M5A 2B7 | (416) 599-7733

Website | Facebook | Twitter 

HOME MADE VISIBLE is coming to a city near you in 2019.

Exhibitions | Screenings | Installations | Workshops

Visit HomeMadeVisible.ca/Tour to learn more.

The Regent Park Film Festival Charitable # 8459 14613 RR0001

Hello,

My name is Cory Thibert, my storytelling show AWKWARD HUG will have an ASL interpreted performance during it’s run at the rEvolver Festival next month.

We aim to make the show as accessible as we can as it deals with disability, the show is a true story about me growing up and learning the extents of both of my parents disabilities, they both have cerebral palsy.

We performed the show at the Vancouver Fringe in 2018 with one ASL interpreted performance and are trying to find ways to reach out to the community. I understand that theatre spaces aren’t always accessible to the deaf community. Please let me know if you know of any other places, communities or people I could reach out to with this information.

The show runs May 22, 24-26.
Our ASL interpreted show is Friday May 24th at 7:15pm
The Cultch – Vancity Cultural Lab – 1895 Venables Street.
The show runs 60 minutes, the venue is wheelchair accessible.

For more information/tickets you can visit AWKWARD HUG at rEvolver
Or the AWKWARD HUG Facebook event page

AWKWARD HUG is an all true story that takes place in the summer of 2009 when Cory was a 19-year-old introvert in a screamo band, who is uncovering the extent of both of his parents’ disabilities. The show explores the discomfort of navigating adulthood for the first time, what constitutes “normal” in our world and how having two parents with disabilities forces his family outside of those margins.
It is equal parts hilarious and heartache and has been winning awards across the circuit this summer.

????? “This spectacular coming-of-age story will make you laugh, cry and everything in between.” – Gigcity Edmonton
????? “engaging from start to finish… Awkward Hug delivers in every way.” – Vue Weekly Edmonton
“Beautiful, gentle solo show… bring someone you love” – The Georgia Straight

Thank you so much for taking the time, please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Cory

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Employer: Deaf Children’s Society of BC

Location: South Slope Elementary School, Burnaby

Type of position:

ECE position: Temporary full time starting May 15, duration is 5 weeks.

Assistant position: Temporary full time (no duration indicated)

Contact: Kristina Jokan, Office Manager kjokan@deafchildren.bc.ca

ECE job description

Come, all ye brave souls to Deaf Deaf World!

Welcome to Deafelot

Admissions:

$5.00 per person

$10.00 per family

Date: June 1^st, 2019

Time: 12-4pm

VCC Broadway A Building 2. Second Floor

GVAD hosts community forum this Friday (May 10) at 7 pm @ Douglas College in New Westminster. Room #N2201.

LIVESTREAMING!!!

https://youtu.be/GxrqI3oOhHw

BCSD Alumni Reunion 2020 Fundraising

Saturday, May 25 at 6:30pm

Richmond Curling Lounge

RSVP your seat:  https://forms.gle/oGyrPrurWK6WmZdn6

Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby.

FREE PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACCESSIBILITY, DISABILITY, AND THE ARTS

Saturday, April 27, 2019

3-4:30 pm

The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford

32388 Veterans Way

Abbotsford, BC

www.thereach.ca

604-864-8087

In recent years the Canadian art world has seen the growth of a vibrant deaf and disability arts movement that draws attention to the unique challenges faced by disabled artists and audiences, as well as making space for their valuable contributions. Inspired by these developments, as well as by the life and work of current exhibiting artist Mohsen Khalili, The Reach Gallery Museum is hosting a free Panel Discussion about Issues of Accessibility & Disability in the Arts. Artists Mohsen Khalili and Carmen Papalia will discuss their own experiences navigating the art world as disabled artists in a moderated discussion led by Yuri Arajs, Artistic Director of Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture. Their conversation will be followed by a Q&A from the audience.

This event is accompanied by ASL interpretation, and The Reach is grateful for the support of the Hamber Foundation for this project.

Mohsen Khalili is an artist originally from Iran who has been living and working in Canada since the mid-1990s. His artistic career has been deeply affected by a number of medical conditions that attack his organs, skin, and bones. As he continued to work with physical tools that are increasingly failing, Khalili has embraced an aesthetics of imperfection – by “making undone,” he uses his work to reflect on the universal nature of entropy, and to remind us that to have a body inherently means learning to live with failure. His current retrospective, Remote Gardening with Dysfunctioned Tools, is on display at The Reach until May 5, 2019.

Carmen Papalia is a Vancouver-based artist and advocate who uses organizing strategies and improvisation to address his access to public space, the art institution, and visual culture. His socially engaged practice is an effort to unlearn visual primacy and resist support options that promote ablest concepts of normalcy. Papalia’s walks, workshops, and interventions are an opportunity to model new standards and practices in the area of accessibility.

Yuri Arajs joined the staff of Kickstart as Artistic Director in October 2015. Having founded numerous art non-profit organizations and galleries, he has worked with and shown the artwork of hundreds of artists who live with disabilities, from the USA, Canada, and internationally, for more than two decades.

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Adrienne Fast