CN Tower lit blue for June being National Deafblind Awareness Month

June 2024 National Deafblind Awareness Month Events

Throughout the month of June, we will make a wave from coast to coast by hosting events and arranging for community objects across the country to be “yarn bombed.” Yarn bombing is a form of street art where yarn that is knit, crochet, wrapped or attached around an object in a public space. This largescale global tactile art initiative symbolizes the connecting of people who are deafblind, friends, families, community groups and knitting and crocheting clubs to raise awareness and knowledge about this unique disability.

Join us in celebrating and recognizing the contributions of people who are deafblind by checking out the following locations across Canada for June 2024:

British Columbia – CDBA BC – yarn bombing installations in Burnaby, Sunny Hill Hospital

British Columbia – CDBA BC – yarn bombing at schools across BC (including Penticton Secondary)

Ontario – CNIB DBCS – June 3rd – yarn bombing at Brantford public Library St Paul Branch,441 St Paul Ave, Brantford, ON N3R 4N8

Ontario – CHKC -2024 Canadian Helen Keller Centre Fundraising Event – Steam Whistle Brewery, Toronto

ALL – Senate Reception – June 6th hosted by Senators Yonah Martin, Michèle Audette, Brent Cotter and Flordeliz Osler, CHKC and NDBAM Working Group, Room: W-180 at 1 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Reception 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm; Statement in Chamber 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Ontario – CHKC – June 6 – Awareness Booth – Round House Park – Across from the CN Tower, Toronto

Ontario – CHKC – June 6 – Blue Jays Game – with consumers – raising awareness

Alberta – Connect Society – June 8 – Deafblind Expo- Edmonton Association of the Deaf Community Centre (EADCC), 11404 – 142 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 1V1 deafblind@connectsociety.org

Ontario – CHKC June 14 – Fundraising Walk – Raising Awareness/BBQ

British Columbia – CDBA BC – June 15 DBAM Bowling Event, Zone Bowling, Coquitlam

Ontario – CNIB DBCS – June 24th Mobile Hub DBCS Learning innovation and Technology, central Public Library branch, 2331 New St

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing in collaboration with CNIBD DBCS – London Library (Beacock Branch) – 1280 Huron St., London

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing –  The Museum – 10 King St. W., Kitchener

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Innisfil ideaLab & Library (Lakeshore Branch) – 967 Innisfil Beach Rd, Innisfil

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Peterborough Library – 345 Aylmer St. N, Peterborough

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Peterborough Square – 340 George St. N, Peterborough

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing in collaboration with CNIB DBCS – Ottawa Library (Ruth E. Dickinson Branch) – 100 Malvern Dr., Nepean

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing  in collaboration with CNIB DBCS – Ottawa Library (Hazeldean Branch) – 50 Castlefrank Rd., Ottawa

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing -Greater Sudbury Public Library (Hanmer Branch) – 4100 Elmview Dr., Valley East

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Bay Used Books – 124 Elm St., Greater Sudbury

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Mange! – 1635 Main St. Val Caron, ON

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Fairy Lake Bridge – 520 Water St., Newmarket

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Unwind Yarn House – 476 Timothy St., Newmarket

Ontario –  DeafBlind Ontario Services – yarn bombing – Bloom Floral Design Studio – 14799 Yonge St. Aurora

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – yarn bombing – (June 1-30) London Children’s Museum Exhibit

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada –  (June 1) Sensory Cinema Under the Stars: “The Miracle Worker” https://sensity.ca/events/

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – flag raising – Paris (June 1), Sudbury (June 5), Kingston (June 12), City of Toronto (June 13)

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – awareness- (June 12) DQ Community Shed – 115 King George Rd, Brantford Ontario https://sensity.ca/events/

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – awareness- (June 14) Cambridge Celebration of the Arts- 50 Dickson Street, City Hall, Cambridge, Ontario https://sensity.ca/events/

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – awareness- (June 15) Pride in the Park – Mohawk Park, Brantford, Ontario  https://sensity.ca/events/

Ontario – Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada – awareness- (June 16) Hamilton Ti-Cats Home Opener Game – Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario https://sensity.ca/events/

JUNE IS DEAFBLIND AWARENESS MONTH

Proclamations and Lightings for June 2024

To help build awareness about National Deafblind Awareness Month, the following cities and towns are issuing proclamations and the following landmarks will be lit blue June 1, 2024.

Proclamations

Ontario

Ajax, Burlington Halton Hills, Kingston, Milton, Newmarket, Peterborough, Quinte West

British Columbia

Province of British Columbia, Duncan, Mission, Nanaimo, New Westminster, SurreyVictoria

Lightings

Bastion (BC), BC Place (BC June 2), Burrard St. Bridge (BC), Burnaby (BC), Vancouver City Hall (BC), CN Tower (ON), Duncan (BC), Fort St. John (BC), Legislature Fountains (BC), Nanaimo Bastion (BC June 3), Newmarket Bridge (Ontario), New Westminster (BC), Port Moody (BC), Sails of Light (BC June 7), Science World (BC June 7), Surrey Civic Plaza (BC), Vancouver (BC), White Rock Pier (BC), Victoria St. Bridge (BC).