National Deafblind Awareness Month

June is National Deafblind Awareness Month

Since 2015, we have celebrated Deafblind Awareness Month across Canada and this year in recognition of National Deafblind Awareness Month, our own Provincial Government has come on board, declaring June 2021 as Deafblind Awareness Month in BC!

With June designated as Deafblind Awareness Month, both Nationally and Provincially, individuals who are deafblind, friends, families and knitting and crocheting clubs across Canada are joining Deafblind International networks to build awareness on a virtual scale. June is the birth month of Helen Keller, one of the most internationally recognized people with deafblindness.

To help spread awareness, community objects and landmarks across Canada will be yarn bombed throughout the month of June. This initiative symbolizes the coming together of people in the field of deafblindness with the goal of sparking conversations with Canadians about the experience of and need for appropriate services for individuals who are deafblind.

Landmarks across British Columbia and Canada will also be lit up in blue to commemorate June as National Deafblind Awareness Month.

Deafblind Awareness Month Blue Lightings: June 1st

• Fort St. John: Centennial Park
• Nanaimo: Bastion
• New Westminster: Anvil Centre
• Vancouver: City Hall, BC Place
• Victoria: Parliament Buildings Ceremonial Entrance, Front and Rear Fountain and Confederation Garden Park Fountain (JUNE 2ND)
• White Rock: Pier

Deafblind Awareness Month Blue Lightings: June 2nd

• Vancouver: Science World, Canada Place Sails of Light, City Hall, Burrard Street Bridge

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Proclamations

• The Province of British Columbia
• The City of Nanaimo
• The City of New Westminster
• The City of Richmond
• The City of Surrey
• The City of Vancouver
• The City of Victoria

Yarn-Bombings

• Burnaby: Sheep in Willingdon Linear Park, Burnaby

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