Deaf Awareness Week 2012 - Toronto, Ontario

Sunday September 23th to Sunday September 30th, 2012

NOTE: 1) Friday September 21, 2012 VRS Awareness Day in Canada - 55 St Clair Ave East at 11:00 am (Facebook Ontario VRS)
Sun. Sept 23th
FAMILY FUN DAY
Time: 12:30pm to 5:00pm Location: Deaf Culture Centre
The Distillery Historic District

2) Saturday September 22, 2012 Deaf Workshop for Deaf Women Only at Grant Brown College (200 King Street Bldg A Room 581C) 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Mon. Sept 24th
ASL/LSQ DAY

Tues. Sept 25th

DEAF YOUTH DAY
Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Time: 3:00 pm 6:30 pm Location: 401 Bay St, Suite 2200, Toronto, Ontario Contact: Juan Jaramillo Juan.jaramillo@provincia ladvocate.on.ca ----------------------------------

Wed. Sept 26th

DEAF WOMEN DAY
Time: 10:00am to noon Location: 215 Spadina Ave Toronto, Ontario Contact: Anita Harding
deafwomensr@gmail.com

Thurs. Sept 27th

DEAFBLIND DAY

Fri. Sept 28th

DEAF WORKSHOP Cultural Space and Deaf Identity in Education
Dr. Alister Cumming, Dr. James Cote, Dr. Anita Small and Joanne Cripps, and Ella Mae Lentz Time: Coffee/tea 8:30am Workshop: 9:00am -12:30pm

Sat. Sept 29th

DEAF SPORTS DAY
Play sports, games & fun! Time: 9:30am to 3:00pm Location: BRCD 2395 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Sun. Sept 30th

ASL/LSQ Video Online on CHS website

Day of ASL/LSQ will be posted on CHS website. You will have the opportunity to learn ASL/LSQ in any form (history, learning ABCs storytelling, poetry, games) Time: online 11:00 am

Open House
1) Time: 10:00 am -1:00 pm Location: (RCH) Rotary Cheshire Homes http://www.rotarycheshirehomes .org/ 2) Time: 2:00 pm -4:00 pm Location: (CHKC) Canadian Helen Keller Centre http://www.chkc.org/index.php Contact: Elio Riggillo eriggillo@rogersblackberry.net -------------------------------------------

Join us for a
DEAF Multi-faith Gathering
Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: BRCD 2395 Bayview Avenue,

34 Distillery Lane Toronto, Ontario Contacts: Deaf Culture Centre: Joanne Cripps
jcripps@deafculturecentre.ca

**And special event host by CSAROD!!**

Contact: Mike Cyr mike.cyr@silentvoice.ca

Location:
OISE, University of Toronto Library Ground Floor 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario

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Anita Small
asmall@deafculturecentre.ca

DEAF PINK DAY

-------------------------Scotiabank
NUIT BLANCHE
A free all-night contemporary art event

LIVE! Online!
Times: (Check your time zone)

Silent Voice: DPRG/Deaf Parenting Program: Teresa Fleming t.fleming@silentvoice.ca SLSP/FCP Mike Cyr mikecyr@silentvoice.ca BRCD: PIP (Parent Infant Program) Rumball Early Education Centre (RREC) Cathy McKibbin
cmckibbin@bobrumball.org

RSVP:
info@deafculturecentre.ca -------------------------------------

ASL/LSQ video on www.chs.ca/deafaware

Toronto, Ontario

DEAF WORKSHOP Deafhood and Deaf Youth in the Education System

Presenter: Ella Mae Lentz

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Contact: CHS: info@chs.ca

DEAF YOUTH SOCIAL NIGHT

Time: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm Location: George Brown College (St. James Campus) 200 King Street East Contact: Megan Youngs deafyouthsocial2012@g mail.com

B.C. 12:00pm Winnipeg 2:00 pm Ontario 3:00 pm

Contact: Vancouver: Janice Lyons
jlyons@widhh.com

SESSION & SOCIAL ORAD INFO www.orad.ca

Time: 7:00 pm till closing Location: The Flying Beaver Pubaret 488 Parliament Street, Toronto, Ontario Contact:

http://www.scotiabanknu itblanche.ca/
Time: 7:00pm to sunrise Location: The Distillery Historic District 34 Distillery Lane Creature World featuring Dew on Spider Web by Clayton Valli, performed by poet Ella Mae Lentz Peacock performed by international dancer, Yan Liu Welcome to My Fish World, meet the artist, Maryam Hafizirad To reserve your free Booth at this event, please contact Teresa Fleming
t.fleming@silentvoice.ca

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: Ryerson University SHE 560, 99 Gerrard Street East, (west of Jarvis) Toronto Sponsored by Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research and CCSD RSVP : info@deafculturecentre.ca

---------------------------At schools ASL DAY Contact: Michelle Bourgeois Idaw2012@gmail.com

Toronto: Phyllis Beaton-Vazquez

pbeaton@gerogebrown.ca

Winnipeg: Sue Tebow stebow@live.ca

Michelle Bourgeois
oradvicepresident@gmail.com

World Federation of the Deaf International Week of the Deaf www.wfdeaf.org/about/international-week-of-the-deaf

Updated: September 7, 2012