DEAFBC

Released on 15 December 2017

Hello Everyone,

Six organizations representing Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing (DDBHH) including:

Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee (DWCC)

Canadian Association of the Deaf-Association des Sourds du Canada (CAD-ASC)

Canadian National Society of Deaf-Blind (CNSDB)

Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia (DAANS)

Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians (SDHHNS)

Canadian Hearing Society (CHS)

are pleased to release accessible videos in ASL and LSQ explaining about your rights and responsibilities as wireless customers according to the CRTC’s updated Wireless Code taking effect on December 1, 2017. These videos were produced in collaboration with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) and Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

English Press Release: http://bit.ly/2kxAyCc
ASL Press Release: https://youtu.be/8lilMlJMCeo

Wireless Code ASL Video: https://youtu.be/9uDy0HQdVcA
Wireless Code LSQ Video: https://youtu.be/bKqq0dSA7qs

Thank you!
DWCC, CAD-ASC, CNSDB, DAANS, SDHHNS, and CHS

#WirelessCode #ASLandLSQCanada #AccessibleCanada

Printing PDF:

44 – Education Assistant, Visual Langue Support  –

EDCATIONAL ASSISTANT, VISUAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Position:  Education Assistant – Visual Language Support

Rate: $27.95 per hour (current rate)

Shift: Day

Hours of: 32.5 Hours per week, School Term

Location: Seycove Secondary School

Effective: January 8, 2018

NOTE: Training and experience with supporting students in community activities, swimming and lengthy walks is desired.

NATURE AND SCOPE OF WORK:

This is specialized work of a student assistance and teacher support nature attending to the learning needs or students requiring sign language support. An employee of this class provides assistance by performing a variety of tasks. Employees will be required to bring specialized skills to assist students who are deaf/hard of hearing.  The work requires considerable initiative, emotional stability, empathy and understanding of the many and varied issues these students face.  This position requires sound judgement in dealing with a variety of situations under the general supervision of a teacher(s).  Work performance is reviewed and evaluated by an administrator in terms of effective services rendered to students and staff.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and work collaboratively as a member of the educational team.

• Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to establish trust and rapport with students and staff.

• Knowledge of the basic aspects of children’s educational, physical, social and emotional development.

• Knowledge of the basic principles of educational practices, the function of support services, and the role of visual language support staff as part of an educational team.

• Considerable knowledge of the methods and practices related to the learning style and other needs of students with hearing loss.

• Considerable knowledge of American Sign Language.

• Considerable knowledge of behaviour theories, behaviour intervention strategies, conflict resolution techniques and situational safety assessment.

• Considerable knowledge of the academic course content and non academic programs as required for assigned students.

• Considerable knowledge of a wide range of equipment including adaptive technology. Examples may include, but are not limited to: computers, iPads, computer software and Smart Boards.

• Working knowledge of child development.

• Working knowledge of basic first aid.

• Ability to implement student Individual Educational Plan (IEP), Individual Care Plan, academic and other individual programs.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students with special needs.

• Ability to perform a variety of record keeping tasks, including the collection and monitoring of data.

DESIRABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Completion of the 12th grade or equivalent, plus basic first aid, supplemented by a Special Education Teaching Assistant certificate, or equivalent training.  Completion of an ASL program; Level 6 or higher.  Preference will be given to those with a Deaf Studies Diploma.

Please submit resumes to http://www.makeafuture.ca/north-vancouver

We appreciate your interest in applying; however, only those candidates selected to move forward in the application process will be contacted.

Drop in Coffee Group Special Date

Saturday December 30th

When: Saturday, December 30th

Time: 1-3pm

Where: Deaf Well Being Program’s Multipurpose Room

Text: Please text Well Being Program office’s number when you arrive so that staff can let you in.

Come join Well Being Program Staff for a special edition of the Drop in Coffee group!

Coffee/Tea and treats will be provided.

Please register so we know how many people will show up and have enough treats for all!

Need More Information or Register?

Email:  WellBeing.Staff@vch.ca

Voice: 604-456-0900  • Text: 778-987-4174

TTY: 604-456-0901 • FAX: 604-456-0904

Toll-free TTY: 1-800-949-1155

Website: deafwellbeing.vch.ca

Direct to our webpage: http://bit.ly/2B0W5Kt

8-week Course in ASL

Wednesday Evenings 5pm – 7pm

Starting January 31st, 2018

Well Being Program

4211 Kingsway Suite #300

Experience a deeper self-awareness, richer relationships, and living with greater authenticity with like-minded people. We will examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding you back and we identify the new choices and practices that will move you toward more authentic and wholehearted living. Move beyond perfectionism to self-compassion and discover how vulnerability, empathy, courage, and gratitude are connected. We develop skills to be resilient in life’s daily storms and step into the freedom of knowing we are enough.

Limit: 8 Participants. Includes your personalized manual, your Daring Way™ workbook experential exercises, coffee, and light snacks.

If you are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, you may qualify for free participation of this workshop (usual registration fee is $500 per person).

Please contact WBP Program Coordinator kristen.pranzl@vch.ca for more information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKNMBiMhBlI

https://youtu.be/qj7m1CxeaeA

Registrations are finally open for our classes in Jan!! We are only offering 101 & 102 this time BUUUUUUT we are super excited to say that we will be offering a *brand new* ASL 103 course and our ASL storytelling course in March!

Our ASL 102 is being re-designed as well, it’ll have a lot of familiar content but some new stuff as well so if you’d like the practice and to learn a bit new stuff & do new activities, you should for sure register for ASL 102 even if you already took it before.

*If you would want an ASL 102 class on a weeknight, please let us know as we are thinking about possibly switching one of the 101 classes into a 102 class instead*

Here’s to a new year of some fun changes & development! <3

Location & Access information:

http://www.queerasl.com/locationaccess/

Registration form:

https://goo.gl/forms/lnCFCU2TIRWe4F0J2

Also, please do spread the word. Feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested and also share our event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/259410191255158/

Thank you so much for your support!

Zoée Montpetit

Founder, Queer ASL

queerasl@gmail.com | queerasl.com

Place: Tim Horton

Where: in Kelowna, BC

Address: 3255 Lakeshore Rd/ Ritchter ( right by save-on-foods) by Mission Area

Time: 7 pm tp 10 pm

When: Friday, December 22, 2017

CHRISTMAS EVE CHURCH SERVICES with ASL Interpretation —

Dunbar Ryerson United Church is a welcoming, open-minded church located in the west side of Vancouver.

Intro video: https://vimeo.com/236165675

The address is: 2495 West 45th Avenue, Vancouver (near Arbutus/West Boulevard)

They provide ASL interpretation at weekly church services every Sunday morning at 10:00-11:30 AM. (Note: no ASL on Dec 31)

On Sunday, December 24, there will be 3 services with ASL interpreting:

10:00 AM – morning service

4:00 PM – short, cute service for families & young children; Christmas story/play & Christmas songs

9:00 PM – beautiful service with Christmas music & candles

For more information, check the Dunbar Ryerson United Church website:  www.drmt.ca

Merry Christmas to all! Wishing everybody PEACE, LOVE and JOY 

15th Biennial Deaf Seniors of America Conference

Seattle, Washington

When: September 2-8, 2019

Registration forms

Are you interested to be a speech reading instructor?

If you have taken speechreading classes, have experience with audiology/speech pathology or Deaf education, you might be well qualified to take this 5-day Speechreading Instructor training to teach Let’s Talk. An instructor needs:

• A good understanding of hearing loss.

• To have accepted their own hearing loss and resolved their own emotional issues before undergoing training – “help yourself before helping others”.

• Teaching skills that also include lesson preparation.

• Training: to teach classes in speechreading and coping strategies; to determine the individual needs of the students; to lead discussions addressing the issues facing people with hearing loss.

• Empathy towards adults with hearing loss.

This program was developed by experienced hard of hearing speechreading instructors throughout Canada through the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA).  There are many demands by the growing population of hard of hearing adults and seniors for program to learn more about hearing loss and how to cope with it.

Leslee Scott is CHHA’s Western “Instructor” on Vancouver Island to provide instructional training for this program.  If you are interested in taking this training in the spring of 2018, you may contact her at leslee@idhhc.ca or write to her at 201 – 754 Broughton St Victoria BC V8W 1E1.   An application form may be found at www.chha.ca/sren.  For other training locations across Canada, you may contact the CHHA national office awickware@chha.ca

Opportunity Funds Vlog Transcript

Hi, my name is Amar, I am a volunteer with the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Employment Counselling Department.

I would like to talk about WIDHH’s new Opportunity Funds Program.

There are three different components that make up this program.

First, is Target Wage Subsidy. How this works is WIDHH will make an agreement with a potential employer to supplement your income for the first two months of employment.

WIDHH will also be able to provide some financial assistance for living expenses and pay for clients to participate in some short term training. For example, Food Safe, First Aid, etc.

The Opportunity Funds Program starts January 2nd, 2018 and runs until June 29th, 2018.

During this time, participants will be developing skills to become employment ready. They will be eligible to receive some financial assistance for living costs, transportation, interpreters, training, accessibility needs, ie: hearing aids, FM Systems, Flash alarms, etc.

Those eligible to participate in this program must be Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deaf Blind, be unemployed, working less than 28 hours a week or underemployed, a Canadian Citizen, not have received EI within the last three years, and live in the Lower Mainland.

For more information about this new program please contact WIDHH staff members Marco or Melissa, their email addresses are below!

Thanks!

mchiaramonte@widhh.com

mburrows@widhh.com

-Pictures of our flyers – GVAD Townhall, and BC deaf indigenous workshop

-Pictures of Bingo 2017

-Pictures of BCVRS celebration and recognition party

-Pictures of GVAD booth at Deaf Deaf World

-Pictures of GVAD representing at BC Sympisoum (Wendy Bruce and Kimberly Wood)

-Personal Prepareness Workshop flyer and the presentation

-Pictures of our hosting and show of the Maloes

-Special thanks to Dan Lecours for his Chauffeur and hospitality work with the Maloes performers.

-Photo Credit: Hester Hussey, Doug Lambert, Nikki Sellars, Kimberly Wood

-Many thanks to all volunteers for our events and workshops.

-The GVAD Board wishes everyone happy and safe holidays.

https://youtu.be/5NoHr3v0mnY

8-week Course in ASL

Wednesday Evenings 5pm – 7pm

Starting January 31st, 2018

Well Being Program

4211 Kingsway Suite #300

Experience a deeper self-awareness, richer relationships, and living with greater authenticity with like-minded people. We will examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding you back and we identify the new choices and practices that will move you toward more authentic and wholehearted living. Move beyond perfectionism to self-compassion and discover how vulnerability, empathy, courage, and gratitude are connected. We develop skills to be resilient in life’s daily storms and step into the freedom of knowing we are enough.

Limit: 8 Participants. Includes your personalized manual, your Daring Way™ workbook experential exercises, coffee, and light snacks.

If you are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, you may qualify for free participation of this workshop (usual registration fee is $500 per person).

Please contact WBP Program Coordinator kristen.pranzl@vch.ca for more information.

Kelowna Deaf Coffee Group

Place: Tim Horton

Where: Kelowna, BC

Address: 3255 Lakeshore Rd/Richter (right by Save-On-Food store) By Mission Area

Time: 7:00 pm to 10 pm

When: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8th