If anyone is interested to attend North Langley community church in Walnut Grove, the address is 21015 96 ave Langley. First service is 9am and other service is at 11am. I’ve found an interpeter and they both are available. Both can’t be on the same Sundays but they changes every second week.
Contact then by text 604 888 0442. Or to pastor Tim via timm@nlcc.ca
Our Agency is the provider of Medical Interpreting Services (MIS) for BC. For the past several years, services for MIS on the island has been subcontracted to the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC) in Victoria and we thank them for their services to the MIS program.
WIDHH is now planning to transition the services from IDHHC back to WIDHH. This will help to create consistency in services across all regions and improve our medical interpreting services across the province. The change will take place on Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 at 8 am. Until that date, please contact IDHHC for Medical Interpreting Services on the island.
Please do not hesitate to contact Tim Mallach, WIDHH Head of Interpreting Services with any questions or concerns, email tim.mallach@widhh.com or text 905-299-2696.
STAGE DOOR THEATRE TROUPE’S LATEST SWASHBUCKLING PRODUCTION
Vancouver, BC – This spring, a tale of romance, action, and adventure called Pirates and Lovers sets sail at Stage Door Theater located on the lower level of Heritage Hall (3102 Main Street, Vancouver). Hosted by the Stage Door Theatre Troupe and supported by posAbilities, the play will run on April 24, 25, 26 and May 1, 2, and 3 at 7:30 pm. If the pirate’s life is the life for you, $15 tickets are available at the door.
The Stage Door Theatre Troupe is an award-winning group known for its improv style, plays, and imaginative actors. All actors live with developmental disabilities and they’re excited to bring the community together through their engaging, exciting, and thought-provoking performances. No matter the theme or content of a play, they use their unique skills and expertise to create something never before seen.
In Pirates and Lovers, all havoc breaks loose when a ruthless greedy judge denies his daughter and her lover of their togetherness. Instead of granting her freedom, he forces her to marry another man. This leads us to question, what will happen next? So avast ye mateys and come see excitement levels rise just like the sea while actors get into character and transform into swashbuckling buccaneers. Director, Don House, shares: “This year’s show has been challenging as we haven’t had this many actors on stage before. Giving 16 performers (a mix of new timers and veterans) a chance to shine isn’t easy. But I think we have a fun show this year, with some very funny moments.”
Special Services & Discounted Rates
§ ASL interpretation services offered on April 26
§ VocalEye audio description services offered on May 1
§ Groups of four or more will receive a discount on April 26/May 1 shows only – $5 per seat. Contact info@posAbilities.cato RSVP
Interesting Facts & Information
§ The show is written, produced, and designed from the ground up and all actors have an opportunity to contribute to the production
§ Watch Stage Door’s promo video to ready yer sea legs!
Curious to learn more? Please visit: http://www.posAbilities.ca and contact us!
Media Contact
Monique Nelson, Director of Community Engagement
cell: 604-369-4073, email: mnelson@posabilities.ca
About posAbilities
At posAbilities, we assist children, youth and adults with disabilities to lead meaningful and healthy lives. We work with families and community partners to deliver a full range of services that grow with the individual, including behaviour consultation, community inclusion, employment and home living. We are actively engaged in creating art, theatre productions and digital media, continuously aspiring to challenge perceptions of ability and to reduce the stigma that is often associated with persons who have developmental disabilities. http://www.posAbilities.ca
The Burnaby Festival of Learning will take place May 6 – 12, 2018. The Opening will take place at the Shadbolt Centre between 7:00 – 9:00 pm on May 6. The opening event is the Pecha Kucha Night for the first time in Burnaby with ASL interpretation.if you are interested, please register.
On Tuesday May 8th, at 7:00 pm there will be a play presentation: Rising Above Hate and Discrimination – a play using the Theatre of the Oppressed technics to explores community solutions to incidents of hate and discrimination with ASL interpretation.
http://www.festival-of-learning.ca/
printable PDF:
Title: Unraveling Journeys: An Afternoon of Films
Organized and taking placed on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh nations.
Join the viet* collective for community justice in an afternoon of films, food and discussion to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
This gathering centers the presence of queer and trans folk who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of colour and their family and friends, whose stories and experiences are erased and sidelined in mainstream narratives of the war.
We recognize that the impacts of the so-called “Vietnam War” exists beyond colonial borders and invite those historically forgotten and ignored in these conversations to share space with us as we explore the possibilities of life after and beyond the war.
A short film and a feature-length documentary will be screened (to be confirmed), followed by a lightly-facilitated discussion.
——————————————
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
3:00pm – 6:00pm (doors open at 2:30pm)
@ TBD
——————————————
[more info to come]
Accessibility Information:
– ASL interpretation is available; please confirm this service by April 19th at 1:00pm by emailing vccj@protonmail[dot]com
– Wheelchair access is TBD (we are securing a wheelchair accessible venue)
– Washrooms are TBD
– Completely power-off your cell phones, wireless devices, and electrical devices before entering and while being in the space; if you require access to your device(s) please situate yourself in the designated low-EMF area
– Refrain from wearing scents the day before and during the event itself; this includes (and is not limited to) perfumes, hair products, cosmetics, and clothing washed in scented detergent/dried with scented dryer sheets
– Childcare is available; please confirm this service as soon as possible by emailing vccj@protonmail[dot]com
– Seating is TBD (we are ensuring a variety of seating options will be available)
– If you have any access requests and/or have any questions please email vccj@protonmail.com
——————————————
Film Synopses (films are still to be confirmed):
// Xanh //
“Xanh” is the Vietnamese translation of the colors green and blue and is synonymous to the themes and lives of queer and trans people who are forced to navigate a world that enforces binary identities.
Xanh’s main goal is to save up money for top surgery. Their mother is a garment seamstress who polices Xanh’s gender presentation and performance through the creation of feminine clothes. As their mom starts to criticize what they choose to wear, Xanh experiences a series of nightmares and finds their dreams literally shattered.
Trailer:
For more information: http://www.facebook.com/xanhthemovie/
// Madam Phung’s Last Journey -or- Chuy?n ?i cu?i cùng c?a ch? Ph?ng //
A former monk who left monastic life because “I saw beautiful fags praying, and felt like running away,” Madam Phung is a canny businesswoman who got her start as a singer, and saved her money in the form of gold bars she would bury in the ground. Now she is something of a den mother to her largely transgender troupe – berating them when they drink or fight too much, warning them to stay out of trouble, and dealing with local police and occasionally hostile locals when necessary.
It’s the classic carny existence: long hours; setting up and tearing down the stage; exhorting the crowd to buy raffle tickets and play games; putting on a show. But the people we meet in MADAM PHUNG’S LAST JOURNEY are not your ordinary fairground workers.
This verite documentary takes us on a year-long ride with an itinerant troupe of cross-dressing performers, led by Madam Phung, as they travel the remote southern regions and central highlands of Vietnam.
Trailer:
For more information: http://icarusfilms.com/if-mme
——————————————
for more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/2107003799339882/
***Registration deadline extended to Thursday, April 12, 2018 by 4pm***
Hello everyone,
*** We apologize for the short notice. The deadline to register is on April 10th, 2018. The conference is originally intended for parents and professionals working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students but we have the space for more attendees and would like to extend the invitation for the Deaf community and others to join us. Please read below for more information about our conference. You can come for part of the day and the cost of the conference remains the same, $50. Lunch is included.
We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting a full day conference with the theme: “Empowerment and Partnership” on this April 17th 2018. It will be open to everyone, including Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Speech and Language Pathologists, parents, Sign Language interpreters, and other professionals working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. In the past, the conference is only for DHH itinerant teachers but this year our school district team wanted an open invitation to everyone to join us. This year we have Drisana Levitzke-Gray a Deaf advocate who is a recipient of the 2015 Young Australian of the Year Award and WA Young Australian of the Year Award, coming to present at our conference. We will also have Gael Hannan who is hard of hearing and a comedian as presenter and share her humorous stories about being hard of hearing in daily life. Dan Pacioretti will also share the latest assistive technology with us as well.
The registration is now open for Empowerment and Partnerships Conference. Please see attached for the flyer and the website for more information and registration. Website and registration link:http://www.popdhh.ca/dhhcw/education-day-dhhcw/education-day-teachers
***Registration deadline extended to Thursday, April 12, 2018 by 4pm***
Printable flyer in PDF and DOC:
empowerment and Partnerships conference flyer – Registration is open
BCSDAA RECRUITMENT
The Board of Directors is seeking Alumni members to fill the vacant positions/to become officers until the next general meeting in 2020. The available positions are as follows:
President
Vice President
Publicity Director
Technology Director
2020 Reunion Chairperson
BCSDAA’s Vision Statement
? Develop, advocate and maintain the interest of education for the Deaf in the province of BC
? Donate funds to school aged students for their educational field trips
? Provide scholarships to high school graduates
? Support and maintain Deaf studies, research and archives
? Coordinate, plan and oversee reunion events
? Foster a sense of BCSD pride through leadership in promoting future members of BCSD to continue the function of Alumni Association
BCSDAA Board is FUN – meeting are 4 or 5 times per year!
If you are interested or need more information, please contact Diana Tarchuk, Secretary, Dianatarchuk@shaw.ca no later than April 30th, 2018 (deadline)
printable PDF:
We would like to invite you to our biannual ASL gathering event which is taking place in The Atrium. The purpose of this event is to give our UVic ASL students an opportunity to mingle with Deaf people and experience Deaf culture, giving them a chance to have hands-on ASL practice.
The whereabouts information is below. Hope to see you there!
Where: The Atrium (Habit Coffee)
808 Yates St (and Blanshard St)
When: Sunday, April 8 at 11 am – 1 pm
Dear members of our Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Interpreting and Medical Services Community on Vancouver Island,
I am Tim Mallach, Head of Interpreting, for the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH). Our Agency is the provider of Medical Interpreting Services (MIS) for BC. For the past several years, services for MIS on the Island has been subcontracted to the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC) in Victoria. Thank you to IDHHC for their services to the MIS program. We are now planning to transition the services from IDHHC back to WIDHH. This will help to create consistency in services across the entire province.
In about a month’s time, WIDHH will manage MIS for all of BC, including the Island. For now, please continue to contact IDHHC for Medical Interpreting Services. I will let you know when the transition is finished and the date when you can contact WIDHH for MIS on the Island. We appreciate your patience during this time. Our goal is to continue to improve the MIS program for the province. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. I can be reached via email tim.mallach@widhh.com or by 905.299.2696.
Sincerely,
Tim Mallach
Head of Interpreting
WIDHH
https://youtu.be/_c5WdH61hDU
We will be opening our doors to our Broadway campus for an afternoon of free presentations, demonstrations, and entertainment. Staff and faculty will be available to answer questions about our 120+ programs, as well as services offered on campus.
Tour VCC’s Broadway campus, and our transportation trades, nursing, music, and culinary areas.
The event is free and open to the public.
Prizes and perks
No application fee
Attend Experience VCC and we will waive your application fee! (limit one per person)
Chance to win $500 tuition
Attendees will have the opportunity to win $500 towards tuition
Printable PDF:
Vancouver Community College is accepting students for our American Sign Language (ASL) for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program. The program begins Monday, April 9th 2018 and meets for 12 weeks, Monday to Thursday 8:30am-2:45pm at our Broadway Campus (accessible by bus and Skytrain).
PLEASE NOTE: We will accept new students throughout the duration of the program so please refer eligible students even after April 9th.
ASL for LINC is designed to provide American Sign Language (ASL) training for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Newcomers to Canada. Additionally, students benefit from individualized and one to one settlement support as needed, assistance with essential community services, government documentation, and referral recommendations.
Eligibility Requirements:
Students are required to:
· have Permanent Resident (PR) or Convention Refugee status in Canada; not a Citizen of Canada
· be deaf and/or hard of hearing
· be able to commit to a 12 week program
Students may:
· have limited or no English language ability
· Enroll even after the start date
We welcome your referrals and please do not hesitate to contact the Program Coordinator, Peter Fischer, at pfischer@vcc.ca or 604-871-7000 ext. 8322 for more information.
Printable PDF:
ASL for LINC flyer April-June 2018
Hello, I am a deaf doctoral candidate at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, doing my dissertation on the social experiences of deaf/Deaf or hard of hearing people in social interactions. The purpose of this study is to understand social experiences that deaf children have had, and how those experiences affect them as adults.
I am distributing this survey to deaf/Deaf and hard of hearing people who are in regular contact with hearing people, have had hearing impairments before the age of three, and live in the United States and Canada. The survey will take around 25-35 minutes to complete. I understand that your time is limited, and your participation is appreciated. Your participation would be voluntary and anonymous. There will be a drawing for five people to win a $50 Amazon gift card for participating. The odds of winning are between 3% and 7%, depending on the number of responses.
To take the survey, go to this link:
http://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0iT0aLUx6MyNf37
If you have questions about the study, please contact me. I can be reached at hsiegrist@alliant.edu.
To learn more about the study, you can also visit this website:
http://hsiegrist47.wixsite.com/deaf-experiences
Many thanks in advance,
Holly Siegrist, M.A., M.S.
Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Doctoral Candidate
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University
San Francisco Campus
© Copyright - DEAFBC.CA
