DEAFBC

Hello,

My name is Rob Derman, I am a personal trainer and Olympic Skeleton coach in the 2018 Winter Olympics. I began learning sign language when I started working at the City of Coquitlam 7 years ago, and now I want to use my knowledge of sign language and fitness to work with the Deaf community in Vancouver. Right now I am looking for 5-10 people who want to begin working out and work with an online trainer.

I am offering a 12-week fitness challenge for $300 (normally $600), where I provide specific workouts for 2-5 days/week to take a group of people closer to their fitness goals for the summer. Any and all fitness levels are welcome! My programs are great for people who have never worked out before to elite athletes who want to fine tune their skills.

This challenge will begin on May 1st and I want to get the word out the Deaf community in Vancouver. I am hoping this is a good place to start. Any help passing this information on is greatly appreciated!

Any questions can be sent to contact@robderman.com

Thank you,

-Robert Derman

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will” -Suzy Kassem

2021wdihc website developer

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 April 18th from 4-6. 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.

A.J. Brown is a Deaf self-taught artist. She mostly works within watercolour, ink, and other mediums. Creating is A.J.’s way to express her soul-voice in a way to which others can hear and respond. Art is A.J. Brown’s way to freedom, and spirituality. Since 2002, her work has been exhibited in several galleries, including: the CityScape Art Space, the Artists Helping Artists in Burnaby, and a Deaf art show at the Vancouver Community College.

Heather Korlak is a Teacher and Expressive Arts Therapist. As an Expressive Arts Therapist, she works primarily with children to explore their imagination and express their ideas. Heather has worked with varying levels of disability and experience. She believes strongly that all people, no matter age or abilities, benefit from the power of expression and art. Currently, Heather is teaching Art at an Independent School and has a private Expressive Arts Therapy practice. Heather Korlak will help us run a short art session.

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 And A. J. Brown’s full bio should be attached.

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

Stacey Francis 

 

Donate to help support nutrition coaching for people with disabilities!  Click here for details!

AJ Brown full Bio AJ Brown full Bio

I’d like to let you know about an upcoming workshop on June 15^th, 2019.

Deborah S Mayer, a Certified Life Coach (PCC), and Dorothy M Wilkins, a Certified Intuitive Wellness Coach (ACC) will lead a workshop called “Live Abundantly.”  Both are Deaf.

Please see the link for the Vancouver Workshop:  http://crossroadsolutionscoach.com/vanc2019.html

You can read more about Deborah’s practice at Crossroad Solutions Coach at:  http://crossroadsolutionscoach.com/

Dorothy’s website is not up at the moment.

I’ve known Deborah for several years.  She teaches ICF approved, deaf-centric Coaching classes.  I was one of her students, and it was a pleasure learning from her.  She’s done a lot of work with businesses, groups as well as one on one.  You can read her bio on her website.

Please post this on your website or print and hang on the bulletin board if you think it appropriate for your office and clients.

If you have questions, please ask me, or contact Deborah directly via the message board on her website.

Thank you,

Jean Nielsen

RSVP your seat: click https://forms.gle/oGyrPrurWK6WmZdn6
May 4, 2019
Door opens: 6 pm
Bingo: 7 – 10:30 pm
Bonsor Recreation Complex
6550 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby

TRANSCRIPT
What’s the occasion? Bingo! It’s still on! We apologize for the delay. We took the time to understand BC Game Licenses and its rules and policies. As of this year, we are no longer selling $20 tickets according to their policies. You will see a link above, click on it and answer all questions listed in the link. When you click SUBMIT, you will receive a confirmation email with details. At door you will pay $20 in cash, for 10 games. Don’t forget to bring extra cash for 50/50 raffles and food! It’s an exciting time to meet and social with people. This year’s bingo is at the same location last year and the previous year. Door opens at 6:00 pm. Bingo starts at 7:00 and ends at 10:30 sharply according to BC Games policies. If you reserve and change your mind later, please contact GVAD via gvadevents@gmail.com for those who might be on a waiting list for admission to Bingo. We can accept up to 250 people. See you there on May 4^th. Don’t forget, Bingo is being organized by Jonathan MacDonald who represents GVAD and Diana Tarchuk who represents BC Deaf Reunion 2020. They are working hard and volunteering their time to make this event happen for you all. We look forward to seeing you all at Bingo on May 4^th. Thumb Up.

BC Gaming Event License: 115416 & 115417
Problem Gambling Help Line 1-888-795-6111
www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca
Know your limit, play within it. 19+

Message for British Columbia Residents ~
Here is an important vlog ~ please watch & get your arms rolled up to write your letters to Senators in BC!

Hello,

Christ Church Anglican Cathedral will be have an ASL interpreter at three of our Holy Week services. We would be pleased if you would share this information with your community.

Thurday April 18

7:30pm | Choral Eucharist, Washing of Feet & Stripping of the Altar
* Incense used *
Presider Dean Peter Elliott
Preacher The Rev. Canon Dr. Martin Brokenleg
*ASL interpretation provided*

Friday April 19

3pm | Choral Liturgy of the Passion & Death of our Lord Jesus Christ
Presider Archbishop Melissa Skelton
Preacher The Rev. Canon Dr. Martin Brokenleg
Music Cathedral Choir

*ASL interpretation provided*

Sunday April 21

10:30am | Festival Choral Eucharist
* Incense used * * This event will be broadcast live *
Join Archbishop Melissa Skelton and Dean Peter Elliott for an Easter celebration! There will be Easter themed activities especially for children, including a scavenger hunt with chocolate!
Presider Archbishop Melissa Skelton
Preacher Dean Peter Elliott

*ASL interpretation provided*

Best Regards,

Alicia

Alicia Ambrosio | Communication Specialist
Christ Church Cathedral | 690 Burrard St. | Vancouver, BC | V6C 2L1

Tel: 604.682.3848 ext. 26 | www.thecathedral.ca
Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds
 
Office Days: Monday-Thursday

Good day,

This email is in relation to the Schools for the Deaf Class Action Settlement that is for students of the Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf, the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf, and the Robarts School for the Deaf and their predecessors.

Attached is an Adjournment Notice providing details about the adjournment of the fee approval hearing from April 4, 2019 to June 11, 2019, as well as the new objection deadline of May 15, 2019.  A copy of the updated Fee Approval Hearing Notice is also attached.  Links to the ASL videos of these notices will be available here: http://www.schoolsforthedeafclassaction.ca/documents.html.

In an effort to reach as many class members as possible, we kindly ask that you please post this notice on your website, re-distribute it on any listservs your organization maintains and/or otherwise re-distribute it in a manner that will likely come to the attention of class members, such as via a text message blast.

Any assistance you/your organization can provide in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Schools for the Deaf Class Action Administrator

3-505, 133 Weber St N

Waterloo, ON   N2J 3G9

Toll Free: 1-855-823-0656

TTY: 1-877-627-7027

Toll Free Fax: 1-888-842-1332

Email: Schoolabuseclassaction@crawco.ca

Website: www.schoolsforthedeafclassaction.ca

Adjournment Notice Notice of Fee Approval Hearing Adjourned

Notice of Fee Approval Hearing Adjourned

We are happy to host an evening workshop on Cyber Crimes and Internet Safety!

Abby from RCMP will present and explain how we can stay safe online.

Save your spot! Email WellBeing.Staff@vch.ca or text 778-987-4174.

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Flyer in text:

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Logo in hand signs: WBP

WBP Workshop:

Cyber Crimes and Internet Safety

When: Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Where: WBP Office

Multi-Purpose Room

300 – 4211 Kingsway

Burnaby, BC V5H 1Z6

Presenter: Abby from Burnaby RCMP “Crime Prevention Victim Services”

Workshop Will Talk About

Cyber-bullying

Social networking sites

Avoiding identity theft

Scams/Fraud

How to report

Need more information or register?

Email:  WellBeing.Staff@vch.ca

Facetime/Text: 778-987-4174

Logo of Vancouver Coastal Health with words below: Promoting wellness. Ensuring care.

Facebook: Deaf Bible (March 19, 2019)

Announcement: Deaf Bible is headed to Canada! Do you know anyone who lives in the Vancouver area? Tag them below to learn more about this awesome event!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/haveknowshare/events/

Video Transcript:

Hello! I have exciting news to share with you all! Deaf Bible Society will be heading over to Vancouver for Deaf Bible Together and Scripture Engagement Training in Coquitlam, Canada. This event will give us an opportunity to come together and learn about God’s Word. It will be hosted on Saturday, April 27, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and on Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. We so hope to see you all there at Safeway Burquitlam Community! We will be on the 3rd  floor. Look out for our next announcement.

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Family and Community Services (FCS)

Well-Being Program (WBP)

PRESENT

Recognizing Stress and Building Community

Workshop and Mini Golf

– How to get access and supports in Deaf/HH community?

– Know how to ask for help when stress becomes too much?

– Come hang out with other Deaf/HH youth and have FUN!

Highlights

– refreshments

– Bring $7 for Mini Golf

– Connections with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth

APRIL 5th, 2019

9:30 am to 2:30 pm

Room #244

505 Doyle Avenue

Kelowna, BC

Ages 15-23 Welcome!

RSVP

Peter.Csiszar@gov.bc.ca OR Sarah.Coyle@vch.ca

www.gov.bc.ca/deafandhardofhearing

http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/

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Community Wellness and Respectful Conflict

Our workshop will explore what community wellness means and how communities can use what they already have to encourage resilience, growth and collaboration.

When:

Saturday, April 6

Time:

9:00 am—12:00 pm

Where:

Okanagan College

Rm E303

Kelowna

Presenters:

Kristen Pranzl &

Charlie Coyle

Need More Information or Register?

Need a DI?

Email:  WellBeing.Staff@vch.ca

Voice: 1-604-456-0900

Text/FaceTime: 1-778-987-4174

FAX: 1-604-456-0904

Website: deafwellbeing.vch.ca

To whom may it concern,

My name is Somang Nam. I am a Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering,
University of Toronto and I work at the Inclusive Media & Design
Centre, Ryerson University.
My research is to develop a subjective quality assessment method for
live Closed Captioning (CC) which can reflect Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(D/HoH) viewer opinions while automating the assessment procedure.
I am writing this email to recruit D/HoH caption viewers for an online
survey and it would be appreciated if I could get some help from you.
The survey will ask a brief demographics about the experiences of live
CC and to rate the quality of captions in several short (~20 sec)
video clips.
It can take a maximum of 30 minutes to complete the survey and
participants will receive a small honorarium upon completion ($10 CAD).
I have attached the image poster that can go with the study
advertisement post (at the end of this email) and a weblink for study
overview page at <http://imdc.ca/~somang>

Please feel free to contact me directly at any time. I look forward to
our conversation.
Additionally, if you wish, it would be greatly appreciated if you pass
this email along to others you may think may have an interest in this.
Again thank you and have a great day!

The survey is online at <https://smndoo.pythonanywhere.com>
Participants can simply send the hashcode provided at the end of the
survey to this email [somang@mie.utoronto.ca] to arrange compensation.
Any potential participants may participate in the survey website using
the below credentials:
username: surveyuser
password: survey2

*if the website is inaccessible using above credentials, then the
survey is likely to be closed.

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Call for Participants: Deaf or Hard of Hearing viewer error acceptance
on Live Closed Captioning.

You are invited to participate in a web-based online survey on
investigating the quality assessment of live Closed Captioning (CC)
for four different factors from a viewer point of view.
This is a research project being conducted by Somang Nam, Ph.D.
Candidate at the University of Toronto.
Your participation in this survey is voluntary.
It should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.
You will receive a small honorarium from participating in this research study.

For more information, please visit http://imdc.ca/~somang/

Please accept my apologies if the survey ended early, we hope to
invite you next time.