My apologies, I was supposed to post a vlog yesterday but I got caught up with plans. I hosted two friend’s birthday events so I was more focused on that.
Some of you may didn’t see my last vlog but I will introduce myself and my role again. I’m Mia Rasmussen and I’m Youth Chairperson for GVAD.
This vlog is about the location of where I’m hosting DNO.
Originally, I have tried finding a place close to skytrain but there was lot of spaces reserved. Some pub didn’t have the open-concept space I was looking for as well. I had ran into some troubles but eventually I found a place. I made reservation at the Taphouse Guildford in Surrey.
The Taphouse has lot of spaces for guests and it is wheelchair accessible. There’s lot of parking spots for you to park your vehicles at. However.. I’ve discovered that transit to Taphouse is very limited.
I will post some of transit information for those who need it. When you get off the bus, it will be 10-15 mins walk to the pub. More or less.
If you have any issues or concerns with transit, or in general regarding DNO, please contact me. Hopefully I can find a solution.
My name is Rebecca Harrington and I’m a User Experience designer in Surrey.
I am working on a personal “passion project”, exploring how folks who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing experience elections and politics, and how ElectionsBC could make that better. I would like to design a hypothetical mobile application for ElectionsBC, specifically for Deaf or Hard of Hearing British Columbians.
I’ve created a Google Form so that I can collect experiences and important information from folks who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, to inform the direction of project. The Google Form can be found here.
If there is any questions, Please feel free to contact Kimberly Wood, GVAD President, at gvadpresident@gmail.com
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
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.
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.
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 explainDeaf Interpreter’s role and other topics in the interpreting field.
This workshop will be Live Streamed onGVAD 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.
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.
“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.”
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!
