Calling all those involved in climate/environmental justice and indigenous sovereingty movements! This is a session you don’t want to miss!

The amazing Ruby Smith-Diaz will be leading and a not so basic anti-oppression workshop – the badass Billie Pierre will be giving an update on Kinder Morgan Resistance on Nlaka’pamux territory and beyond – and we will eat together!

Space is limited!

Please RSVP to: Registration to confirm your spot.
Facebook “attendance” does not count! 😉

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2022584341319354/

The Workshop:
Getting Real with Yourself (Not your Basic Anti-O Workshop)
“It has often been said that our social interactions and social circles offer us the most honest perspectives on who we truly are. So what happens when there’s a disconnect between our “best intentions” and the actual impact of our actions on the affected communities we are working with that are being reflected back at us? And what is at stake for the impacted communities if we don’t commit to disavow harmful hegemonic systems, even when there is risk involved?
In this workshop, participants will use arts based facilitation tools to gain an embodied, honest and meaningful understanding of the importance of knowing our personal triggers well; learn how they can affect our capacity to take in and transform feedback; and use these skills to create stronger and more cohesive movements.”

Learn more about Ruby @ tierranegraarts.ca !

Cost is by donation – $20+ suggested – but no one turned away!

Accessiblity info can be found here!: http://spartacusbooks.net/wordpress/accessibility/

ASL interpretation provided by Douglas College Students
(please let us know if you will be using the interpreters)

Children as always are welcome.

For more info or for questions please email:
Kale or Registration

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Celebrating Accessibility – Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise Initiative

Join us on Saturday, December 02^nd, 2017 as we celebrate accessibility at the Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise Initiative.  We will be open from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.

One of our main goals at the Vancouver Aquarium is to allow visitors to experience and enjoy the wonders of aquatic life to their fullest potential and this day will do just that.

As part of our commitment to accessibility, guests with disabilities can take advantage of the following services and amenities everyday:

• Our accessibility rate is 50% off the general admission rate or a free attendant when paying full admission price. Our general admission rate is $39. for adults, $30. for seniors, youth and students and $22. for children 4-12 years old.  Children under 4 come in for free.
• Accredited Service dogs are allowed in our galleries.
  * Please note: For the health and safety of the dogs as well as our animals, guide dogs are not allowed in our Amazon Free Flight Gallery.
• Wheelchairs   and walkers are available for loan on a first-come, first-served basis with a piece of ID or credit card
• Adult change table
• Nursing & Quiet room

We will celebrate accessibility with the following program additions:

• Guided Tours offered for the Wet Lab experience from 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm, so visitors can experience our aquatic world through touch.  Don’t forget to register for this tour at the Guest Services desk upon arrival as space is limited. Each tour is approximately 30 minutes in duration.
• Extra volunteers will be onsite to interact with guests and showcase a variety of tactile props in the galleries.
• American Sign Language interpreters will be in galleries and at selected shows.
• Canuck Autism Network, interactive that is engaging, fun for all ages.
• Meet the Pacific Assistance Dog Society (PADS) team who breeds, raises and trains fully certified dogs.  You may see a puppy in training!
• In time for the holidays with a visit with Scuba Claus. Watch the jolly old man in the red suit (and black flippers) swim with the fish in the Wild Coast and Strait of Georgia exhibits.
• Visit our changing exhibit Discover Rays touch pool, roll up your sleeve and come have a unique, hands-on encounter with a cownose and southern stingrays.
• Our 4D Theatre offers a magical experience, it means you will not only watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on his epic adventure, you will feel it. You’ll feel the snow against your face and a rumble in your chair as the Abominable Snow Monster appears.

• 4D-Theatre includes wheelchair spaces, closed-captioning and assistive listening devices.

Getting to the Vancouver Aquarium

Taxi drop off – The Vancouver Aquarium taxi drop off is located right at our main admissions plaza, in front of the Bill Reid statue and water fountain.  Accessibility Volunteers will be posted at our admission plaza to assist visitors as needed.

Car/Handydart drop off – There are two designated 10-minute drop off parking spots as well as handicap paid parking spots next to our admissions. Volunteers will be posted at our admission plaza to assist visitors as needed.

Public Transportation – For your convenience, the #19 Bus to Stanley Park will bring you within a five-minute walk to the Vancouver Aquarium. The most common routes are:

• Take the #19 Bus to Stanley Park, which runs along West Pender Street
• Take the Skytrain to Burrard Station and connect to the #19 bus on West Pender at Burrard Street
• Take the Canada Line or the Seabus to Waterfront and connect to the #19 bus on West Pender

The Vancouver Aquarium bus stop is located close to the terminus stop of the #19-Stanley Park route. Volunteers will be posted at the bus loop ready to assist visitors as needed.

More information

If you would like more information about Access Day at the Vancouver Aquarium, please contact us by phone at 604-659-3400 or by email at visitorexperience@ocean.org

We look forward to your visit.

Access Day Invitation PDF

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When: Friday November 24, 2017

Where: Tim Horton’s

City: Kelowna, BC

Address: 3255 Lakeshore Road/Richter
(Right by Save-On-Food store by Mission area)

Time: 7:00 – 10:00pm.

When: Friday November 24, 2017

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THE OKANAGAN VALLEY ASS’N OF THE DEAF IS GOING TO HAVE A

CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY ON

DECEMBER 2, 2017

5PM Happy Hour
6PM 3 Course Dinner

RICKY’S RESTAURANT IN KELOWNA.

LOOK FOR MORE INFO TO COME!

MORE INFO: CONTACT CHRIS BECK (click for email address)

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 and PeerNet BC.

Our next group is happening on Thursday, November 16th 4:00PM – 6:00PM at PeerNet BC, #408-602 West Hastings, Vancouver. We would be very appreciative if you could promote this session in your newsletters and on your social media-feeds.

The session will focus on Autism and Barriers. Come share your lived experience with barriers through lively, peer facilitated discussion. This group is facilitated by and for people with disabilities.

Our next session will feature as a speaker, Nicole M. Jinn. – Nicole Jinn received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences from the University of British Columbia – Vancouver in 2010 and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Virginia Tech in 2014; and is looking to pursue a PhD within the next few years in a field of study, in which they would investigate factors affecting social skills development in the workplace among adults on the Autism Spectrum, especially females. Nicole is a board member of Square Peg Society and the Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society (RCFC). Despite not having a stable paid job, Nicole is very actively advocating for autistic adults that do not have intellectual impairment nor clinically significant language delay – and more generally for people with disabilities – both at the provincial and federal levels.

ASL Interpretation and food is provided! The space is also wheelchair accessible.

Please let us know of any accommodations and dietary needs you require.

Please email S. Klassen or call 604-904-4088 to register.

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