Our apologies for the delay of receiving this video from BC Lions, Thank you Ciara Peterson for doing beautiful job!
Emergency First Aid (1-day course with CPR/C and AED)
The course fee is $95.00 per person, plus GST. They will provide the interpreters. The class is a maximum 15 in a group. There are available for December 8, 11 and 17. Classes run from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Or you prefer wait till after New Year in January 2019.
We are looking for respite caregivers for possible weekends and/or holidays. We have 2 deaf young individuals living with us. They are good individuals and can communicate through sign. You also need emergency first aid. Also possibly day program to take the boys out for swim, bowling and other assorted outings
Please email to homefriendly4@gmail.com.
Provincial Medical Sign Language Interpreting Service Community Engagement Update
Transcript of the Vlog:
As we work to improve services for the deaf community at the same time, we are committed to keeping the community informed of our work. We continue to work through how to improve services. We are extending the contract with the WIDHH – Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. While we work through this process, a request for proposal for future service delivery will start in January 2019 which will be open to all ASL interpreting service providers.
In follow-up to our engagement sessions this spring and winter across the province in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna and Prince George, the community came together for engagement sessions. During the sessions, the report that was collected is available on the PLS website and video log of the summary report will be shared on various deaf media channels for example DEAFBC.CA. This report has also been sent directly to everyone who attended these sessions.
The next step in our engagement work is establishing a deaf-lead community advisory committee. Their role is to advise PLS – Provincial Language Service and the PHSA – Provincial Health Services Authority about service delivery. Advice on how to provide services to the community, draft criteria for advisory members will be reviewed by deaf community members that have been involved in our engagement work in the past for feedback, then a call for participation will be shared.
BC GOVT introduces legislative amendements to the Human Rights Code
Government has introduced legislative amendments to the Human Rights Code that will re-establish a human rights commissioner for B.C. to promote and protect human rights for all British Columbians.
Today, Attorney General David Eby and Parliamentary Secretary of Sport and Multiculturalism Ravi Kahlon will be holding an announcement to share news on this historic event. For those unable to attend the announcement in person, there will be a Facebook Live broadcast of the event, starting at 12:30PM PST.
Event Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018
Time: 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. PST
Location: Hall of Honour, B.C. Legislature, Victoria, BC
To view and take part in the Facebook Live broadcast, please visit the Government of B.C.’s Facebook page at 12:30pm PST. The Facebook Live session will begin automatically.
GVAD hosts workshop on Need a Deaf Interpreter (DI), Why? What are your rights to request for a DI?
Where: Douglas College, Room #S1650- 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster
When: Thursday, November 22, 2018
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Cost: FREE
Deaf speaker, Tim Mallach from Ontario, who has over 10-year experiences as a Deaf Interpreter, will explain Deaf Interpreter’s role and other topics in the interpreting field.
This workshop will be Live Streamed on GVAD Facebook page.
Two other locations will be set up as Live Streaming –Vancouver Island and Okanagan area. Moreinformation about Live Streaming will be announced soon. Please contact GVAD’s office by email gvadoffice@gmail.com for details if you are interested in attending.
Flyer:
WHAT ARE MIS AND CIS?
Come and learn more information about Medical and Community interpreting Services.
WHEN: Monday, November 12th
TIME: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
WHERE: Douglas College – Classroom S2680
700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14th
TIME: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
WHERE: Douglas College – Lecture Hall A1470
1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam
For more details, please contact Tim
Email: tim.mallach@widhh.com
flyer in PDF and DOC:
Workshop Flyer – Douglas College
Workshop Flyer – Douglas College
Peter Julian, MP’s Youth Engagement Forum
Are you a youth between the ages of 13 to 25? I would like to invite you and your friends to come to my Youth Engagement Forum. This is going to be an interactive dialogue event for me to hear from youths about issues that concern them in our community. Pizza lunch will be provided. Space is limited so sign up NOW: https://goo.gl/j6btsF
Date: Sat November 3, 2018
Time: 1 to 3 PM
Location: Douglas College New Westminster – Aboriginal Gathering Place (Room 4650) 4th Floor
Please put in request if you need ASL interpreters.
Celebration of Life- Luce Victoria LeBlanc
(image description)
“The poster is a black and white photograph of a party moment, with Luce standing sideways on the right side, head turned left at the camera. She has her hair long and straight, with front-parted eyebrow-length bangs, and black-eyelined eyes looking straight at the camera. Luce makes a slight smile with a small silver-ball pierce at the corner of her left upper lip and wears a denim jacket with three small round pins on the top left. Victoria holds a half-full glass of white wine in her right hand.
The words “Celebration of Life” are at the flyer top in a rainbow-coloured semi-script font. The same font at the bottom reads “Luce Victoria LeBlanc.”
In the same smaller font, in light yellowish-white, “Saturday, November 3, 2018, 1:00 – 3:00 pm.” Below this, in smaller, different white font: “Burnaby Central Secondary School, 6011 Deer Lake Parkway, Conference Room A206, British Columbia, Canada”
“Come dressed in Luce-style fashion! (colourful, sparkly and bold).”
On the black edge of the poster’s right margin, finely printed in white text: “Photo credit: Breanna & Lyle Muresan. Flyer Artist: Jodi Lynn Birley.”
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Flyer and info in PDF and Doc
Deaf Games Night
What: Deaf Games Night
When: Thursday, November 1, 6pm-8:30pm
Where: Douglas College, room D1023, at the Coquitlam Campus
There is no charge, and games and snacks will be provided!
Sea Star Wasting Disease and how it Impacts BC’s Entire Ecosystem/ Ocean Matters October Lecture with ASL Interpreters
Tuesday, 23-Oct-2018 @ 7pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Since 2013, millions of sea stars have died along the west coast of North America.
These sea stars started showings bizarre symptoms. They developed skin lesions, which progressed to the sea stars losing their limbs, and finally causing the disintegration of the whole animal. This outbreak confused, and worried scientists, as sea stars are a ‘keystone species’. This means that a large loss in sea star numbers could cause a large change in their ecosystem as a whole.
Scientists are spending a lot of time figuring out what was causing these symptoms and how we can help fight this outbreak. They learnt that a virus is causing this disease, but they are still looking for exactly which virus it is.
In this talk, Dr. Alyssa Gehman will explore the current state of sea star wasting disease in British Columbia. She will discuss how the response to the disease changes along the coast, how the virus affects different sea star species and how this knowledge can help us fight this disease!
Price: Free, but register here to guarantee your seat
Accessibility: This event will be ASL signed and is wheel-chair accessible
Location: The Vancouver Aquarium
Event Webpage: https://education.ocean.org/oceanmatters/calendar/event/36351
Livestreaming?: Yes!! On the Vancouver Aquarium YouTube Channel
For more information see ocean.org/oceanmatters
Kelowna and Vernon Drop in Service
When:
Thursday November 15th
Time: 9:30-11:30am in Vernon
2:00-4:00pm in Kelowna
Where: (to be confirmed)
Vernon Mental Health: 1440 14th Ave
Kelowna Mental Health: 505 Doyle Ave
Contact:
Kristen—604-306-7633
