programme 2017 (pdf format)

DEBORAH ELLIS

MARIE-LOUISE GAY

2017 SUPERSTARSPEAKERS includeJanet Allen,Neil Andersen,Hannah Beach,Mary Bigler,David Bouchard,Jan Burkins & KimYarisAdrienne Gear,Lori Jamison,Pat Johnson,Jeff Nathan,Kathryn Otoshi,Barbara Reid,Jennifer Serravallo,Larry Swartz, and MariaWalther.

MEAL KEYNOTES that should not be missedin the year of Canada’s 150th Birthday includea stellar line-up of Canadian authors:DeborahEllis, Marie-Louise Gay, Steve Paikin andMargaret Trudeau.

2017Annual Language Arts ConferenceThursday, February23rd & Friday, February24th

Sheraton Centre Hotel,Toronto,Ontario

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SPECIAL OPENING PRESENTATIONfeaturing a performance by Toronto’saward-winning show choir from theEtobicoke School of the Arts, and‘Awesome’ guest speaker Neil Pasricha.

Programme

Table of ContentsMessage from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Map of Sheraton Centre Meeting Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Conference Session Planner — Personal Sessions Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Index of Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Thursday at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Friday at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Speaker Sessions and Proales (listed alphabetically) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Deborah EllisThursday Luncheon Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Marie-Louise GayFriday Breakfast Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Steve PaikinFriday Luncheon Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Neil Pasricha & the Etobicoke School of the ArtsThursday Special Opening Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Margaret TrudeauThursday Evening Dinner Banquet Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The Exhibitors’ Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

2017 41st Annual Language Arts ConferenceThursday, Feb. 23rd & Friday, Feb. 24th

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Dear Delegates,

It’s that time again! Time for the professional learning opportunity that provides themost current and relevant information in the teaching 9eld. The 2017 Reading for

the Love of It conference programme is sure to engage your senses, stimulate your scholarship andbrighten your February!

We hope you will join us, the executive of the East York-Scarborough Reading Association, as we offeryou a line-up of speakers who are truly outstanding! We have decided to continue with the Thursdaymorning grand opening. This year the Etobicoke School of the Arts is going to sing and entertain us,leading into an awesome opening from Neil Pasricha – the author of The Book of Awesome and otherawesome titles. You can dine and be enlightened with our breakfast and lunch meal speakers featuringDeborah Ellis, Marie-Louise Gay and Steve Paikin. Thursday evening promises to be special as MargaretTrudeau has agreed to join us at the Reading Award dinner and speak to us about her books, her life andmaybe even chat about her baby (who is now the PM ☺).

For over 40 years, 41 to be exact, we have been receiving your feedback and honing in on the best wayto support the teaching profession with awesome speakers, awesome opportunities to network andawesome meals. We are thrilled that you choose to come and use your professional learning dollars withus. We hope that we live up to your expectations and that you will let us know how awesome yourexperience was.

Remember to maximize your conference experience and use our RFTLOI2017 mobile app to track yoursession choices, access applicable handouts and reference material, and send us your feedback.

Enjoy the conference!

Marguerite Campbell

Message from the President

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Conference session PlannerReview the programme and use the manual conference session planner below to list your presentation choices, OR to maximizeyour conference experience, use our mobile conference guide app.

Both the manual planner and the RFTLOI2017 conference app are for your personal use.You may freely choose the sessionsin which you are most interested.The Association recommends you attend a maximum of three sessions per day and use a75-minute time slot to visit the exhibit area. Plan smart and include back-up session choices for each time slot.

Note: Access to sessions is strictly limited to themaximum capacity indicated, and is on a first come, first served basis.The executive reserves the right to clear eachmeeting room of all attendees who exceed themaximum capacity andfollowing each session.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

8:15 am - 4:30 pm Exhibitors’ Display — Lower Concourse (only available to registered delegates)

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MOBILE CONFERENCE GUIDE APPMaximize your conference experience by using our mobile conference guide featuring speaker information and anyapplicable handouts/reference material, session schedules, exhibitor lists, maps and much more! Best of all, it’s accessiblefrom all devices with an Internet browser: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even desktops.

How to Access our RFTLOI2017Mobile Conference Guide App:Method 1: Scan the QR CODE and follow the directions to download the app onto your mobile device.Method 2: Go to http://eventmobi.com/rftloi2017/ on your Internet browser to instantly access your mobileconference guide.

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Schedule of Events

Delegates must be registered and may freely choose the sessions in which they are most interested.There is no advancesession selection.Access to sessions is strictly limited to themaximum capacity indicated, and is on a first come, firstserved basis.Don’t miss this chance for professional development and a mid-winter recharge. Register today!

Wednesday, February 22,2017

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Late registration pick-up — Concourse Level

8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Welcome Reception/Annual General MeetingAll registered delegates and speakers are welcome.

Thursday, February 23,2017

8:00 am - 4:00 pm On-site registration (only if space available) — Concourse Level


8:30 am - 10:00 am Special Opening Presentation with The Etobicoke School of the Arts school choir and the‘Awesome’Neil Pasricha OR visit the Exhibitors’ Display

10:15 am - 10:45 am Health Break

10:45 am - 12:00 noon Presentations and Workshops

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon with speaker Deborah Ellis

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Presentations and Workshops


6:00 pm - 9:30 pm Cocktail Reception and Dinner Banquet with Margaret Trudeau andReading Award Winners

Friday, February 24,2017

8:00 am - 10:00 am On-site registration (only if space available) — Concourse Level


8:30 am - 10:00 am Breakfast with speaker Marie-Louise Gay

9:00 am - 10:15 am Presentations and Workshops

10:15 am - 10:45 am Health Break

10:45 am - 12:00 noon Presentations and Workshops

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon with speaker Steve Paikin



VISIT THE EXHIBITORS’DISPLAY!Stroll through the exhibitor booths on the lower concourse. Meet publishers,Toronto book sellers, authors, illustrators andstorytellers while buying some books and having them autographed. All of this, in one place for two days!

Important Notes• Try to attend 3 sessions/workshops per day.• May we suggest... a bagged lunch for 12:45 - 2:00 pm sessions.• Access to the Exhibitors’ Display is only available to those who have registered as a delegate to the conference.• Meal function Keynote Speakers are an additional cost.• We kindly request that you refrain from wearing scented products to accommodate participants with fragrance sensitivities.

WelcomeReception /Annual GeneralMeetingWednesday, February 22,2017 • 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Provincial Ballroom

This is an opportunity for delegates and speakerstomeet informally prior to the presentationsandworkshops.

Light Refreshments will be served with cash bar.

The East York-Scarborough Reading Associationlooks forward to welcoming all participants.

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Presenters �= Offered once day of ��= Offered twice day of

SPEAKERS PRESENTATIONTITLES INTENDED AUDIENCE THURSDAY FRIDAY

Janet Allen Read Aloud: Prime-Time Instruction Junior/Intermediate/Senior � �Where Do Great Lessons Begin & End? Junior/Intermediate/Senior � �

Neil Andersen Media Literacy for the Fun of It General �The BFG General Film

Michelle Baker Literacy through the Arts Junior � �

Hannah Beach Building Community through Dance — How K-3 � �Dance Can Help Children Connect, Createand Discover

Robin Bethke & JoAnne Kim What’s Language Got to Do with Math? Junior (ELL) � �

Mary Bigler Reading for the FUN of It Primary/Junior ��

Heidi Bornstein & Stephen Chadwick Mindful Educators — Resilient Students: General � �An Experiential Approach

David Bouchard Truth & Reconciliation General � �

Renée Bourgoin Fiche d’observation en lecture…et après? French General FrenchInterventions pour soutenir les lecteurs enimmersion

«J’ai fini!» Activités pour soutenir les auteurs à French General Frenchs’auto-corriger et s’auto-évaluer

Jan Burkins & Kim Yaris Who’s Doing the Work? How to Say Less Primary 1-3 � �so Readers Can Do More

Jumpstarting Readers When They Plateau Primary 1-3 � �

Nadia Kenisha Bynoe & Gayle David Moving Beyond Language: Inclusivity in the English/French K-3 English/ English/Classroom French French

Jeffrey Canton & Dreaming in Indian: Indigenous Voices in Junior/Intermediate/Senior � �Mary Beth Leatherdale Children’s and YA Literature

Rachel Cooke Literacy Backpack: Developing a Rich and Varied Intermediate/Senior � �Collection of Literacy Strategies

Danièle Courchesne Un réseau littéraire pour apprendre à inférer French Junior FrenchUn réseau, pourquoi, comment? French Junior French

Carmela DiGrigoli Just Let Me Play:The Atelier JK/SK �

Deborah Ellis The Legacy Choice General Luncheon

Carolyn Filice & Isabella Biasucci Supporting Struggling Readers in the Primary 1-3 � �Primary Classroom

Mary Fiore & Maria Luisa Lebar The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner — Primary/Junior (ELL) � �Bringing Literacy and Numeracy Together

Katie Garner Hacking the Brain’s Affective Domain for Easy K-3/ELL �� Access to the Hardest Reading & Writing Skills!

Marie-Louise Gay IllustratedWords General Breakfast

Adrienne Gear READING POWER — Linking Thinking to Primary/Junior �Reading Instruction

WRITING POWER — Effective Writing Instruction Primary/Junior �and Assessment

Michael Grandsoult HipHop Edutainment Junior/Intermediate/Senior � �

Sylvia Gunnery Tweets,Texts, and Quick Writes: Is There Still Junior/Intermediate/Senior � �Room on the Page for Sustained Writing?

Judy Halpern The Inside Story: An Inquiry Approach K-3 �A Place to Wonder: Picture Books and K-3 �Global Ideas

Theresa Hanrahan Young Minds on Media Primary 1-3 �Art in the Heart of Literacy Primary 1-3 �

Lori Jamison & Putting the“FUN” in Functional Literacy Primary/Junior � �Donna-Lynn Galloway Read,Write, Play, Learn: Balancing Literacy K-1 � �

Instruction in Today’s Kindergarten

Marthe Jocelyn SCISSORS & GLUE: ART that Inspires Language K-3 � �and Math

Heather Johnson & Breathing In, Breathing Out:Tools to Help General � �Wendy Burch Jones Students with Anxiety

Pat Johnson Catching Readers Before They Fall: Supporting K-2 � �Students in Becoming Active Participants

Supporting Students with Word Solving K-2 � �

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SPEAKERS PRESENTATIONTITLES INTENDED AUDIENCE THURSDAY FRIDAY

Adriana Karka A Running Start to Success: Essential Teaching General � �Strategies for Individuals with Autism

Lorne Kulak The Kentucky Derby of Reading: Strategies Intermediate/Senior �for Reading Poetry

The Stories You Need to Tell (to Get People to Intermediate/Senior �Tell Their Stories): Leading Writing Workshops

Robyn Loughrey & Gabriela Papaz Cross-curricular Strategies for Supporting Intermediate/Senior (ELL) � �English Language Learners

Kathy Lundy Reading from the Heart: Poems, Novels and Primary/Junior �Stories that Keep Kids Reading, Feeling, Intermediate/Senior �Thinking and Talking

Aggie Maksimowska Writing from Life — Creative Nonfiction in the Intermediate/Senior �English Classroom

Write What You Know — Creative Writing in Intermediate/Senior �the English Classroom

Maria Martella & Jim Martella “Sick”Books and Some Smack Talk Junior/Intermediate � �

Toni McCann It’s All About Engagement! Junior � �

Sandra Mirabelli & Lionel Sandner Literacy & Science:Together is Better Junior/Intermediate �Literacy & Science Together: It’s Critical! Intermediate/Senior �

Kristiina Montero & Supporting Refugee Newcomers’ Post-traumatic Intermediate/Senior �Sharon Newmaster Growth and Literacy Development through

Language Experience Approach Narratives

Mahtab Narsimhan Cultivating Lantanas in the Classroom Landscape Junior/Intermediate � �

Jeff Nathan Inside the ADHD Mind:Where it Wanders,Why Primary/Junior � ��it Wanders, and How to Help it, Along withthe Rest of the Classroom, to Flourish

Kathryn Otoshi Fostering Strong Character through the Power Primary/Junior �of Picture Books

Understanding the ‘Big Picture’ through Primary/Junior �Children’s Lit

Steve Paikin Literacy and Citizenship General Luncheon

Neil Pasricha &The Etobicoke Happier Educators,Happier Classrooms General OpeningSchool of the Arts Show Choir Presentation

Christine Portier Poetry: A Rhythmical Play with Language Primary/Junior (ELL) �Poetry: Linguistic Sounds and Literary Images Junior/Intermediate (ELL) �

Barbara Reid Hands Up if You Love Plasticine! K-6 � �

Aisha & Joe Restoule General Indigenous Stories: Perspective Matters K-8 � �

Heather Ryan Counting on Rich Read-Alouds to Spark JK/SK � �Math Imaginations

Shari Schwartz & Helen Tomassini How to fall in love with teaching reading in K-1 K-1 �Find the magic to empower young learners as K-1 �writers in K-1

Jennifer Serravallo Reading Strategies: Goal-Directed Independent Primary/Junior � �Reading

Bringing Reading and Writing Strategies to Life: Primary/Junior � �Conferring with Individuals and Groups

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch The Young Refugee Junior/Intermediate/Senior �War From a Child’s Eyes Junior/Intermediate/Senior �

Heidi Jardine Stoddart The Art of Picture Books K-6 � �

Pam Strong Picture Books: A Place to Start or Continue K-8 � �LGBTQ Conversations in the ElementaryClassroom

Larry Swartz Have I got a book for you!… and you!… and Junior � �you!… and you!

Margaret Trudeau ChangingMyMind General Banquet

Jeanette Voaden Creating Books Using Google Slides Junior (ELL) � �

Maria Walther The Ramped-Up Read Aloud: Sparking K-2 � �Comprehension and Fueling Writers

Guiding Readers toward Independence: It’s as K-2 � �easy as 1-2-3.

Brian Weishar, Dianne Fenner & Building Resilience in Adolescent Readers Intermediate/Senior � �Kim Slomka

Fern Westernoff Communication Disorders and the Emergent K-3 (ELL) � �Bilingual Student: Key Indicators

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Thursday, February 23 at a Glance

Date/Time speaker Presentation Title Most Interest to Room (Capacity)

8:30 am - 10:00 am Neil Pasricha & “Happier Educators, General Grand Centre &WestThe Etobicoke Happier Classrooms” (max. 2000)School for theArts

10:45 am - Michelle Baker Literacy through the Arts Junior Carlton (max. 45)12:00 noon

Hannah Beach Building Community through Dance — K-3 VIP Room (max. 70)How Dance Can Help Children Connect,Create and Discover

Mary Bigler Reading for the FUN of It Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

Renée Bourgoin Fiche d’observation en lecture... et après? French General Elgin (max. 40)Interventions pour soutenir les lecteursen immersion

Jan Burkins & Who’s Doing the Work? How to Say Less so Primary 1-3 Grand Centre (max. 600)Kim Yaris Readers Can Do More

Rachel Cooke Literacy Backpack: Developing a Rich and Int./Senior City Hall (max. 110)Varied Collection of Literacy Strategies

Carolyn Filice & Supporting Struggling Readers in the Primary 1-3 Maple East & West (max. 90)Isabella Biasucci Primary Classroom

Katie Garner Hacking the Brain’s Affective Domain for K-3 / ELL Pine East & West (max. 70)Easy Access to the Hardest Reading &Writing Skills!

Adrienne Gear READING POWER — Linking Thinking to Primary/Junior Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)Reading Instruction

Lori Jamison Putting the“FUN” in Functional Literacy Primary/Junior Birchwood (max. 220)

Jeff Nathan Inside the ADHD Mind:Where it Wanders, Primary/Junior Dominion South (max. 180)Why it Wanders, and How to Help it, Along withthe Rest of the Classroom, to Flourish

Aisha & Joe Restoule Indigenous Stories: Perspective Matters K-8 Wentworth (max. 50)General

Heather Ryan Counting on Rich Read-Alouds to Spark JK/SK Cedar (max. 65)Math Imaginations

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch The Young Refugee Junior/Int./Senior Kent (max. 50)

Heidi Jardine Stoddart The Art of Picture Books K-6 Linden (max. 60)

Pam Strong Picture Books:A Place to Start or Continue LGBTQ K-8 Huron (max. 50)Conversations in the Elementary Classroom

Larry Swartz Have I got a book for you!... and you!... Junior Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)and you!... and you!

Maria Walther The Ramped-Up Read Aloud: Sparking K-2 Dominion North (max. 230)Comprehension and Fueling Writers

Brian Weishar, Dianne Building Resilience in Adolescent Readers Int./Senior Kenora (max. 50)Fenner & Kim Slomka

Fern Westernoff Communication Disorders and the Emergent K-3 (ELL) Spruce (max. 45)Bilingual Student: Key Indicators

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Deborah The Legacy Choice General GrandWest (max. 400)Ellis

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Janet Allen Read Aloud: Prime-Time Instruction Junior/Int./Senior Dominion North (max. 230)

Neil Andersen Media Literacy for the Fun of It General Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)

Robin Bethke & JoAnne Kim What’s Language Got to Do with Math? Junior (ELL) Kent (max. 50)

Mary Bigler Reading for the FUN of It Primary/Junior Birchwood (max. 220)

Heidi Bornstein & Mindful Educators — Resilient Students: General Carlton (max. 45)Stephen Chadwick An Experiential Approach

Nadia Kenisha Bynoe & Moving Beyond Language: Inclusivity in French/English K-3 Elgin (max. 40)Gayle David the Classroom

Jeffrey Canton & Dreaming in Indian: Indigenous Voices in Junior/Int./Senior Wentworth (max. 50)Mary Beth Leatherdale Children’s and YA Literature

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Mary Fiore & The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner — Primary/Jun. (ELL) Cedar (max. 65)Maria Luisa Lebar Bringing Literacy and Numeracy Together

Judy Halpern The Inside Story: An Inquiry Approach K-3 VIP Room (max. 70)

Theresa Hanrahan Young Minds on Media Primary 1-3 Maple East & West (max. 90)

Lori Jamison & Read,Write, Play, Learn: Balancing Literacy K-1 Grand Centre (max. 600)Donna-Lynn Galloway Instruction in Today’s Kindergarten

Pat Johnson Catching Readers Before They Fall: Supporting K-2 Dominion South (max. 180)Students in Becoming Active Participants

Robyn Loughrey & Cross-curricular Strategies for Supporting Int./Senior (ELL) City Hall (max. 110)Gabriela Papaz English Language Learners

Aggie Maksimowska Writing from Life — Creative Nonfiction in Int./Senior Spruce (max. 45)the English Classroom

Maria Martella & “Sick”Books and Some Smack Talk Junior/Int. Linden (max. 60)Jim Martella

Mahtab Narsimhan Cultivating Lantanas in the Classroom Landscape Junior/Int. Kenora (max. 50)

Christine Portier Poetry: A Rhythmical Play with Language Primary/Jun. (ELL) Huron (max. 50)

Barbara Reid Hands Up if You Love Plasticine! K-6 Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

Shari Schwartz & How to fall in love with teaching reading in K-1 K-1 Pine East & West (max. 70)Helen Tomassini

Jennifer Serravallo Reading Strategies: Goal-Directed Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)Independent Reading

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Janet Allen Where Do Great Lessons Begin & End? Junior/Int./Senior Dominion North (max. 230)

David Bouchard Truth & Reconciliation General Grand Centre (max. 600)

Jan Burkins & Jumpstarting Readers When They Plateau Primary 1-3 Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)Kim Yaris

Danièle Courchesne Un réseau littéraire pour apprendre à inférer French Junior Elgin (max. 40)

Katie Garner Hacking the Brain’s Affective Domain for Easy K-3 / ELL Pine East & West (max. 70)Access to the Hardest Reading & Writing Skills!

Michael Grandsoult HipHop Edutainment Junior/Int./Senior Linden (max. 60)

Sylvia Gunnery Tweets,Texts, and Quick Writes: Is There Still Junior/Int./Senior Kenora (max. 50)Room on the Page for Sustained Writing?

Marthe Jocelyn SCISSORS & GLUE: ART that Inspires Language K-3 Wentworth (max. 50)and Math

Heather Johnson & “Breathing In, Breathing Out:Tools to Help General Carlton (max. 45)Wendy Burch Jones Students with Anxiety”

Pat Johnson Supporting Students with Word Solving K-2 Dominion South (max. 180)

Adriana Karka A Running Start to Success: Essential Teaching General Kent (max. 50)Strategies for Individuals with Autism

Lorne Kulak The Kentucky Derby of Reading: Strategies for Int./Senior Spruce (max. 45)Reading Poetry

Kathy Lundy Reading from the Heart: Poems, Novels and Primary/Junior Maple East & West (max. 90)Stories that Keep Kids Reading, Feeling,Thinking and Talking

Toni McCann It’s All About Engagement! Junior VIP Room (max. 70)

Sandra Mirabelli & Literacy & Science:Together is Better Junior/Int. City Hall (max. 110)Lionel Sandner

Kathryn Otoshi Fostering Strong Character through the Primary/Junior Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)Power of Picture Books

Jennifer Serravallo Bringing Reading and Writing Strategies to Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)Life: Conferring with Individuals and Groups

Jeanette Voaden Creating Books Using Google Slides Junior (ELL) Huron (max. 50)

Maria Walther Guiding Readers toward Independence: K-2 Birchwood (max.220)It’s as easy as 1-2-3

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm Margaret ChangingMyMind General Dominion BallroomTrudeau (max. 400)


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Friday, February 24 at a Glance

Date/Time speaker Presentation Title Most Interest to Room

8:30 am - 10:00 am Marie-Louise IllustratedWords General GrandWest (max. 400)Gay

9:00 am - 10:15 am Janet Allen Read Aloud: Prime-Time Instruction Junior/Int./Senior Dominion North (max. 230)

Hannah Beach Building Community through Dance — K-3 VIP Room (max. 70)How Dance Can Help Children Connect, Createand Discover

Mary Bigler Reading for the FUN of It Primary/Junior Grand Centre (max. 600)

Heidi Bornstein & Mindful Educators — Resilient Students: General Kenora (max. 50)Stephen Chadwick An Experiential Approach

David Bouchard Truth & Reconciliation General Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

Renée Bourgoin «J’ai fini!» Activités pour soutenir les auteurs French General Kent (max. 50)à s’auto-corriger et s’auto-évaluer

Carolyn Filice & Supporting Struggling Readers in the Primary 1-3 Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)Isabella Biasucci Primary Classroom

Theresa Hanrahan Art in the Heart of Literacy Primary 1-3 Maple East & West (max. 90)

Lori Jamison & Read,Write, Play, Learn: Balancing Literacy K-1 Birchwood (max. 220)Donna-Lynn Galloway Instruction in Today’s Kindergarten

Adriana Karka A Running Start to Success: Essential Teaching General Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)Strategies for Individuals with Autism

Kathy Lundy Reading from the Heart: Poems, Novels and Int./Senior Pine East & West (max. 70)Stories that Keep Kids Reading, Feeling,Thinking and Talking

Kristiina Montero & Supporting Refugee Newcomers’ Int./Senior Wentworth (max. 50)Sharon Newmaster Post-traumatic Growth and Literacy

Development through Language ExperienceApproach Narratives

Jeff Nathan Inside the ADHD Mind:Where it Wanders, Primary/Junior Dominion South (max. 180)Why it Wanders, and How to Help it, Alongwith the Rest of the Classroom, to Flourish

Barbara Reid Hands Up if You Love Plasticine! K-6 City Hall (max. 110)

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch War From a Child’s Eyes Junior/Int./Senior Huron (max. 50)

Heidi Jardine Stoddart The Art of Picture Books K-6 Cedar (max. 65)

Pam Strong Picture Books:A Place to Start or Continue LGBTQ K-8 Linden (max. 60)Conversations in the Elementary Classroom

10:45 am - Janet Allen Where Do Great Lessons Begin & End? Junior/Int./Senior Dominion North (max. 230)12:00 noon

Michelle Baker Literacy through the Arts Junior Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)

Jan Burkins & Who’s Doing the Work? How to Say Less so Primary 1-3 Grand Centre (max. 600)Kim Yaris Readers Can Do More

Nadia Kenisha Bynoe & Moving Beyond Language: Inclusivity French/English K-3 Kent (max. 50)Gayle David in the Classroom

Jeffrey Canton & Dreaming in Indian: Indigenous Voices in Junior/Int./Senior Cedar (max. 65)Mary Beth Leatherdale Children’s and YA Literature

Rachel Cooke Literacy Backpack: Developing a Rich and Int./Senior City Hall (max. 110)Varied Collection of Literacy Strategies

Katie Garner Hacking the Brain’s Affective Domain for Easy K-3/ELL Pine East & West (max. 70)Access to the Hardest Reading & Writing Skills!

Sylvia Gunnery Tweets,Texts, and Quick Writes: Is There Still Junior/Int./Senior Kenora (max. 50)Room on the Page for Sustained Writing?

Heather Johnson & Breathing In, Breathing Out:Tools to Help General Huron (max. 50)Wendy Burch Jones Students with Anxiety

Pat Johnson Catching Readers Before They Fall: Supporting K-2 Birchwood (max. 220)Students in Becoming Active Participants

Toni McCann It’s All About Engagement! Junior VIP Room (max. 70)

Jeff Nathan Inside the ADHD Mind:Where it Wanders, Primary/Junior Dominion South (max. 180)Why it Wanders, and How to Help it, Along withthe Rest of the Classroom, to Flourish

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Heather Ryan Counting on Rich Read-Alouds to Spark JK/SK Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)Math Imaginations

Shari Schwartz & Find the magic to empower young learners K-1 Maple East & West (max. 90)Helen Tomassini as writers in K-1Jennifer Serravallo Reading Strategies: Goal-Directed Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

Independent ReadingBrian Weishar, Dianne Building Resilience in Adolescent Readers Int./Senior Linden (max. 60)Fenner and Kim SlomkaFern Westernoff Communication Disorders and the Emergent K-3 (ELL) Wentworth (max. 50)

Bilingual Student: Key Indicators

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Steve Literacy and Citizenship General GrandWest (max. 400)Paikin

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Neil Andersen The BFG General Chestnut E. & W. (max. 150)Danièle Courchesne Un réseau, pourquoi, comment? French Junior Kent (max. 50)Carmela DiGrigoli Just Let Me Play:The Atelier JK/SK Linden (max. 60)Mary Fiore & The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner — Primary/Junior Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)Maria Luisa Lebar Bringing Literacy and Numeracy Together (ELL)Katie Garner Hacking the Brain’s Affective Domain for Easy K-3 / ELL Pine East & West (max. 70)

Access to the Hardest Reading & Writing Skills!Adrienne Gear WRITING POWER — Effective Writing Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

Instruction and AssessmentMichael Grandsoult HipHop Edutainment Junior/Int./Senior Cedar (max. 65)Judy Halpern A Place to Wonder: Picture Books and K-3 VIP Room (max. 70)

Global IdeasLori Jamison Putting the“FUN” in Functional Literacy Primary/Junior Grand Centre (max. 600)Pat Johnson Supporting Students with Word Solving K-2 Birchwood (max. 220)Robyn Loughrey & Cross-curricular Strategies for Supporting Int./Senior (ELL) City Hall (max. 110)Gabriela Papaz English Language LearnersAggie Maksimowska Write What You Know — Creative Writing in Int./Senior Wentworth (max. 50)

the English ClassroomMaria Martella & “Sick”Books and Some Smack Talk Junior/Int. Maple East & West (max. 90)Jim MartellaMahtab Narsimhan Cultivating Lantanas in the Classroom Landscape Junior/Int. Kenora (max. 50)Christine Portier Poetry: Linguistic Sounds and Literary Images Junior/Int. (ELL) Huron (max. 50)Larry Swartz Have I got a book for you!.... and you!... Junior Dominion South (max. 180)Maria Walther The Ramped-Up Read Aloud: Sparking K-2 Dominion North (max. 230)

Comprehension and Fueling Writers

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Robin Bethke & JoAnne Kim What’s Language Got to Do with Math? Junior (ELL) Linden (max. 60)Mary Bigler Reading for the FUN of It Primary/Junior Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

Jan Burkins & Jumpstarting Readers When They Plateau Primary 1-3 Birchwood (max. 220)Kim YarisMarthe Jocelyn SCISSORS & GLUE: ART that Inspires Language K-3 Pine East & West (max. 70)

and MathLorne Kulak The Stories You Need to Tell (to Get People to Int./Senior Wentworth (max. 50)

Tell Their Stories): Leading Writing WorkshopsSandra Mirabelli & Literacy & Science Together: It’s Critical! Int./Senior City Hall (max. 110)Lionel SandnerKathryn Otoshi Understanding the ‘Big Picture’ through Primary/Junior Dominion South (max. 180)

Children’s LitAisha & Joe Restoule Indigenous Stories: Perspective Matters K-8 Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)GeneralJennifer Serravallo Bringing Reading and Writing Strategies to Primary/Junior Grand Centre (max. 600)

Life: Conferring with Individuals and GroupsJeanette Voaden Creating Books Using Google Slides Junior (ELL) Cedar (max. 65)Maria Walther Guiding Readers toward Independence: K-2 Dominion North

It’s as easy as 1-2-3 (max. 230)


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speaker sessions & Profiles

Janet allenThursday & Friday

Read aloud: Prime-Time InstructionThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Dominion North (max. 230)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Dominion North (max. 230)

DesCRIPTIOn: In Reading Magic, Mem Fox says: “The areof literacy is created by the emotional sparks between achild, a book, and the person reading.” During thissession, we will explore the importance of reading aloudnot only to foster engagement, but also as a way toprovide rich support for increasing literacy. Usingengaging read alouds, Janet will model instructionalstrategies that extend the read aloud as part ofcomprehensive literacy instruction. Focus will includemaking text connections, increasing contentcollaboration, and using the texts and talk to developstrong and engaging writing. Join us as we explore thepower of the spoken word as the foundation for prime-time instruction in any classroom.

InTenDeD FOR: Junior/Intermediate/Senior

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Janet Allen is an international literacyconsultant and author of numerous professional books.Her newest publications include Tools for TeachingInformational Texts (Stenhouse) and Riveting Read Alouds(Scholastic). Some of her previous books include thefollowing: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary; InsideWords; Tools for Teaching Content Literacy; More Tools forTeaching Content Literacy; On the Same Page; Yellow BrickRoads; Words, Words, Words (Stenhouse Publishers); and,It’s Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy(Heinemann). Janet was a senior program consultant forHolt McDougal Literature 6-12. In addition, she hasauthored a comprehensive audio-assisted literacyprogram: Plugged-in to Reading Fiction and Plugged-in toReading NonSction for grades 3-12 (Triumph Learning).

Janet taught high school reading and English in northernMaine from 1972 until 1992 when she relocated toFlorida to teach English and reading education courses atthe University of Central Florida. Janet left her position atUCF to spend her time researching, writing, speaking,and conducting seminars and literacy institutes acrossthe country. Dr. Allen has received several teachingawards including the Milken Foundation’s NationalEducator Award.

seCOnD PResenTaTIOn:

where Do Great Lessons Begin & end?Thurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Dominion North (max. 230)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Dominion North (max. 230)

DesCRIPTIOn: Great lessons begin and end with studentengagement; and, student engagement usually occurs asa result of effective instruction. While many factorsinbuence learning, some factors are so critical they

inbuence learning across all content areas. This workshopwill focus on factors that make a difference in anyclassroom: selecting the right texts, establishingauthentic purposes, using effective tools to buildbackground, developing word banks, providing studentswith “how to” lessons that lead to independence, andincreasing collaboration and communication. Join us forthis interactive workshop as Janet uses a wide variety oftexts to model ways to help you plan ‘great lessons’ foryour students. You will leave the workshop with lots ofnew titles as well as practical strategies you canimmediately put to use in your classroom.


neil andersenThursday & Friday

Media Literacy for the Fun of ItThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Chestnut East & West (max.150)

DesCRIPTIOn: The media literacy curriculum can bepleasurable while simultaneously including social justice,media language and critical literacy. Brain research showsthat emotional highs improve learning and memory.Come and see how the careful selection and discussionof a variety of media experiences can make learning fun,memorable AND critical.

InTenDeD FOR: General

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Neil Andersen, M. Ed., @mediasee, ispresident of The Association for Media Literacy (Ontario).He has taught primary to post-secondary media studiesfor over 30 years, including media studies additionalqualiacations courses for Mount Saint Vincent University,York University and the University of Toronto. He hasgiven keynotes and workshops across Canada, in the US,Japan, India, China, Australia, England and Sweden.

He has made movies and videos, authored studenttextbooks, journal articles, teacher resource books, over200 study guides, and designed T-shirts, posters,websites, and programs.

His awards include the Jesse McCanse Award (NationalTelemedia Council) and The Magic Lantern Award (TheAssociation for Media and Technology in Education).

His writing includes “Media literacy’s gifts to literaturestudy” in English Teaching: Practice and Critique,“Curriculum contexts: How might context inbuence orinbect media literacy education?” in The Journal of MediaLiteracy, “Formation & Media Literacy” in www.aml.ca, and“Media Literacy Education in Ontario” for Media Literacy inAction (Routlege).

Neil has great fun with media literacy and blogs about itat www.aml.ca

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The BFGFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Chestnut East & West (max. 150)

DesCRIPTIOn: 2016’s summer blockbuster, The BFG, is apotentially wonderful discussion starter and source forcreative student expression. How might teachers use themovie to support awareness of power dynamics, effectivestorytelling, language arts and media literacy?


Michelle BakerThursday & Friday

Literacy through the artsThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Carlton (max. 45)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Chestnut East & West (max.150)

DesCRIPTIOn: In this workshop, teachers will have theopportunity to see speciac ideas for connecting literacywith dramatic arts, while learning how to use sourcematerial such as books, poems, sounds, music andimages as a ‘way in’ to learn in the arts. Participants willexperience creating and presenting, rebecting,responding and analyzing, as well as exploring forms andcultural contexts as it relates to literacy and drama.

InTenDeD FOR: Junior

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Michelle Baker has been teaching asan intermediate teacher with the Toronto District SchoolBoard for 20 years. ‘Off the page’ and ‘out of the box’lessons have been experienced by a full range of studentsduring her career. Michelle has worked directly withclassroom teachers and students in the primary, junior andintermediate divisions, as a Facilitator and Mentor for theBeginner Teacher’s Institute. She uses her expertise as botha Reading and Guidance Specialist to motivate and inspireteachers. Michelle is currently teaching core grade 8classes with integrated Home School Program (HSP)students. Her lessons focus on combining literacy, arts andsocial justice issues, helping students make personalconnections to stories, poetry and drama.

Hannah BeachThursday & Friday

Building Community through Dance –How Dance Can Help Children Connect, Createand DiscoverThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • VIP Room (max. 70)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • VIP Room (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: Based on the I Can Dance book series, thisworkshop explores everyday life through dance,supporting teachers in acquiring the skills to bring simplestories to life and explore concepts, such as colours, theoutdoors, feelings, etc. through inclusive dance. Dance

can have the power to say what sometimes cannot besaid with oral language. Participants will learn how tohelp children see that dance is about communication andrebection on our experiences and learning, not aboutsteps. We will explore how this art form can help childrenof all abilities express themselves, shift classroomdynamics, help children who are stuck in negative rolesbridge differentiated learning, and deepen criticalliteracy. Teachers will leave, not only inspired, but alsowith many new tools and skills.

The material in this workshop is designed to work for allchildren and to enable all teachers to successfullyfacilitate learning through movement. Wonderful for boththose teachers that are excited to bring movement to theclassroom as well as those that have no dance experienceand feel anxious about working with this art form!

Wear comfortable clothing and be ready to move in asupportive and non-judgmental atmosphere.

InTenDeD FOR: K-3

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Hannah Beach is an award winningeducator and author of the I Can Dance books forchildren as well as the resource, I Can Dance a BetterWorld, supporting youth in exploring social justice issuesthrough dance theatre. Her books have been adopted bymultiple school boards across Canada and are nowavailable as French editions as well. Founder and Directorof Dandelion Dance, she facilitates in a manner thatembraces all abilities, supporting children in exploringtheir ideas and experiences through movement andlearning how to use inquiry based practices to discovertheir innate creativity. Hannah has extensive experienceworking in relationship-based practices, equity and danceeducation across Canada. A sought-after speaker andworkshop presenter, Hannah’s work has been embracedby schools, universities, and early learning centres as avehicle through which to help children expressthemselves, engage in team building and shift classroomdynamics towards a more inclusive and empathetic wayof learning together.

Robin Bethke & Joanne KimThursday & Friday

what’s Language Got to Do with Math?Thurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Kent (max. 50)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Linden (max. 60)

DesCRIPTIOn: In this session, we will be consideringmathematics learning through the lens of the Steps toEnglish Proaciency (STEP) resource (oral continuum) tosupport English language learners in making theirthinking visible. Participants will have the opportunity todocument a junior student’s mathematical learning andtheir English language proaciency. We will also explorestrategies that align with the student’s level of Englishproaciency to support communication of understanding.

InTenDeD FOR: Junior (ELL)

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sPeaKeR PROFILes: Robin Bethke is passionate aboutlearning. Throughout her career, Robin has been learningabout children in her role as a classroom teacher, an earlyreading intervention teacher and a teacher-librarian, aswell as a literacy and early years consultant at the systemlevel. In 2013, Robin completed a three year secondmentwith the Ontario Ministry of Education. Robin had theprivilege of developing a variety of resources that supportclassroom educators in the use of pedagogicaldocumentation as a way of “coming to know” studentswhile engaging in collaborative inquiry. Recently, she hasled several professional learning sessions sponsored byPearson Education, Canada. During 2013-15, Robin workedwith a number of ELL board leads and classroomeducators in collaborative inquiries focused onunderstanding and supporting English Language Learners.

JoAnne Kim is currently seconded from York RegionalDistrict School Board (YRDSB) as Provincial Lead, Supportfor English Language Learners. She supports GTA schoolboards in the implementation of the STEP resource. She ispassionate about her work with English languagelearners, part of this comes from her experiences as anEnglish language learner. She has been working in theaeld of ESL/ELD, and Literacy for 20 years spanning fromK-12. Her roles include classroom teacher, ReadingRecovery teacher, Student Achievement Officer, YRDSBcurriculum consultant, Reception Centre ESL/ELD teacherassessor and instructor of AQ courses.

Mary BiglerThursday & Friday

Reading for the Fun of ItThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Birchwood (max. 220)

Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Grand Centre (max. 600)2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

DesCRIPTIOn: Join Mary Bigler as she shares the joy ofbringing literacy to the next generation. She will sharegood books and show examples of student writing thatare certain to make you laugh. Along the way, she justmight share a story or two that will remind us of howimportant teachers are in bringing literacy to the nextgeneration. You won’t want to miss this entertaining,inspiring and fun-alled presentation!

InTenDeD FOR: Primary/Junior

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Dr. Mary Bigler is a Professor in theDepartment of Teacher Education at Eastern MichiganUniversity in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she teachescourses in reading and language arts. Her teachingexperiences include 13 years at the K-12 level and 38years as a university professor.

Dr. Bigler is internationally known as a dynamicmotivational speaker and consultant. She has keynotedconferences, programs, and in-service meetings

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throughout the United States, Canada, Africa and Europe,sharing the podium with such notables as Jesse Jackson,Ann Landers, Zig Zigler and Goldie Hawn. She hasconducted hundreds of literacy workshops for teachers,parents and administrators. Mary is the author of thehighly acclaimed, Mary Bigler’s Lessons Learned. She is apast president of the Michigan Reading Association andis listed in Who’s Who of American Women.

Heidi Bornstein & stephen ChadwickThursday & Friday

Mindful educators – Resilient students:an experiential approachThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Carlton (max. 45)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Kenora (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: “Why begin with educators? The work ofteachers is more demanding than ever before. Mentalhealth issues in children and youth are on the rise.Teacher workload is intense and recommendations forimproving student achievement continually change. Allthe while, teachers are scrutinized for their ability toimprove student success. This all adds up to a lot of stressin the classroom, which can take its toll on the health andwellness of teachers and other education professionals.Studies show mindfulness reduces anxiety, depressionand stress.

Research shows that mindfulness training for educatorshas both personal and professional beneats. Studentstaught by teachers who act with compassion and self-compassion are more likely to cultivate this capacity intheir relationship with themselves and others.Mindfulness strengthens our resilience by enhancing ourinner resources enabling us to respond to situationseffectively. Mindful awareness has been shown toenhance happiness, develop resilience, reduce thenegative effects of stress, and foster healthy relationships.

Through experiential activities in mindfulness includingsecular meditation, movement, presentations and groupdiscussions, the workshop will provide information,knowledge and practice in bringing mindful awarenessinto daily life that supports health and well-being.

This workshop will explore:• Why be mindful – beneats for both educators and

students• What is mindfulness – a working deanition for

education• How to practise mindfulness – effective practices to be

incorporated into daily life• The importance of self-care – essential practices that

develop self-compassion, compassion, empathy andkindness.

• smartEducation™ – an evidence-based 9 sessionprogram designed to address the needs of educators(K-12) and professional support delivered in Ontario.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Heidi Bornstein is the co-founderand executive director for Mindfulness Everyday, aCanadian registered charity that has been deliveringmindfulness programs in the community since 2010, tostudents, parents, and educators. Heidi is an MBSR(Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction) teacher, a Hathayoga and meditation teacher. She is the co-creator of TheMindful Edge™ – Stress Reduction and Life Strategies forTeens. Heidi is a certiaed facilitator for SMART:smartEducation – Stress Management and ResiliencyTechniques for Educators. Heidi has been teaching yogaand meditation in Toronto since 2002 and continues tosupport yoga, meditation, and mindfulness programs forchildren, youth, teens, and adults.

Stephen Chadwick is the co-founder and educationaldirector of Mindfulness Everyday. He is an MBSR(Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction) teacher, and hasreceived his certiacation as a Yoga Ed Instructor for HighSchools, Working with Those At-Risk, Level II CurriculumTraining of Mindful Schools. Stephen is the co-creator ofThe Mindful Edge™ – Stress Reduction and Life Strategiesfor Teens and is a certiaed facilitator for SMART:smartEducation – Stress Management and ResiliencyTechniques for Educators. He has three decades ofexperience as a public school teacher with the TDSB,specializing in working with Children with Special Needsand ESL, and bringing contemplative practice tostudents.

David BouchardThursday & Friday

Truth & ReconciliationThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Grand Centre (max. 600)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

DesCRIPTIOn: As Canadians, we are at a pivotal time inour history. The recommendations released by The Truthand Reconciliation Commission of Canada are anopportunity for us to reshape our country and we arealready seeing progress among those who are willing toembrace and implement them.

We must support our educators who will be asked toshare how our country acted towards, reacted to, andsigniacantly impacted the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.Together, we must help them and share the responsibilityof explaining our history to our youth.

Educators know the importance of literacy, especially forFirst Nation and Métis children, and now they also andthemselves asking: What do we share? When is a child oldenough to grasp the signiacance of these teachings?How do we tell this story? Are we even entitled to sharethese stories?

David Bouchard, Order of Canada Recipient, Métis author,educator and champion of Indigenous Rights, will sharehis passion for helping to shape a future of which allCanadians can be proud.

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sPeaKeR PROFILe: Canadian Métis author and literacyadvocate, David Bouchard has produced more than aftybooks for readers of all ages, including two guides onreading for parents and educators. An erstwhile teacherand school principal, he is particularly concerned withAboriginal-related issues and on topics of reading,literacy and aboriginal well-being.

David Bouchard’s books have won numerous awards,including a Special Mention for Non-Fiction in the 2010Bologna Ragazzi Awards for The Drum Calls Softly, a GoldMedal in the 2008 Moonbeam Award for I am Raven, the2004 Governor General’s Award for The Song Within MyHeart, the 1999 Red Cedar Award for The Great Race andthe 1997 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for Voicesfrom the Wild. An Aboriginal Carol was included in the2008 White Ravens Catalogue.

In April 2009, Bouchard was named as a Member of theOrder of Canada “for his contributions as an author ofchildren’s books and an advocate who has championedthe cause of reading and writing, and who has shared hispride as a member of the Métis community through hisstories.”

Most recently, David has received a remarkable honour;in 2013, in Oshawa, the David Bouchard Public Schoolopened its doors.

Renée BourgoinThursday & Friday

Fiche d’observation en lecture…et après?Interventions pour soutenir les lecteurs enimmersionThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Elgin (max. 40)

DesCRIPTIOn: Aan que nos élèves puissent continuer àprogresser en lecture, ils doivent travailler les 5composantes suivantes: la conscience phonémique, laphonétique, la buidité (aisance), le vocabulaire et lacompréhension. Lors de cet atelier, nous analyserons laache d’observation en lecture aan d’identiaer les besoinsspéciaques de chaque élève. L’atelier offrira auxenseignants des idées qui répondront aux questionssuivantes liées aux interventions de lecture:• Comment puis-je soutenir davantage les élèves qui ont

besoin d’aide avec les sons en français?• Quelles activités puis-je entreprendre avec les élèves

aan d’améliorer leur buidité?• Comment puis-je soutenir les élèves qui semblent avoir

des difficultés liées à la compréhension?Venez explorer comment soutenir davantage les lecteursen langue seconde!

InTenDeD FOR: French General

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Dr. Renée Bourgoin is a FacultyAssociate and an Honorary Research Associate at theSecond Language Research Institute of Canada (L2RIC) atthe University of New Brunswick within the Faculty of

Education. Her areas of interest are literacy acquisitionand pedagogy, biliteracy, at-risk/struggling secondlanguage readers, cross-linguistic transfer, and inclusionin immersion. She is the author of several academic andpedagogical resources including 70 activités motivantes decommunication écrite (Chenelière) and Le modèle ÉCRI(ACPI). Her academic publications can be found in CMLR,CJAL, IJBIDE, CJNSE, and Journal de l’immersion.

Renée disseminates her work at academic andeducational conferences and delivers district-wide andschool-based professional learning workshops foreducators in Canada and abroad.


« J’ai Vni! » activités pour soutenir les auteurs às’auto-corriger et s’auto-évaluerFri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Kent (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Pendant le processus de l’écrit, ondemande aux auteurs de nos classes de corriger et deréviser leurs textes. Ceci n’est pas une tâche facile pourplusieurs de nos élèves. Ils manquent souvent destratégies aan d’accomplir avec succès cette tâche. Nousremarquons que plusieurs élèves semblent aller trop vitelors de la révision ou contrairement, semblent resterbloquer à cette étape. Lors de cet atelier, nousexplorerons comment soutenir davantage les élèves aanqu’ils puissent développer des stratégies d’autocorrection

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et d’auto-évaluation. Plus précisément, nous discuteronsdes conférences, des rubriques cocréées en classe, del’écriture modelée. Nous présenterons aussi des activitéspratiques qui favorisent l’autonomie en écriture.

InTenDeD FOR: French General

Jan Burkins & Kim yarisThursday & Friday

who’s Doing the work? How to say Less soReaders Can Do MoreThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Grand Centre (max. 600)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Grand Centre (max. 600)

DesCRIPTIOn: Based on the groundbreaking book,Who’s Doing the Work? (Burkins and Yaris, 2016), thisworkshop teaches teachers to examine their instructionand identify places where they are doing the work forstudents, creating dependency and interfering withstudent growth. Simple adjustments to instruction canlead to powerful shifts in student engagement andempower students to persevere in doing the work ofbecoming better readers. Oftentimes saying more meansstudents think and learn less. Learn practical ways to getstudents “unstuck” by shifting the language of readinginstruction, adjusting conventional prompts, andreframing scaffolding.

InTenDeD FOR: Primary 1-3

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris are theauthors of Who’s Doing the Work? (Stenhouse, 2016) andReading Wellness: Lessons in Independence and ProSciency(Stenhouse, 2014), both of which provide teachersguidance for meeting a rigorous and effective readingprogram while increasing joy in classrooms. They are alsothe writers and thinkers behind Burkins and Yaris – ThinkTank for 21st Century Literacy (www.burkinsandyaris.com)and full-time staff developers. Additional material thatwill be referenced during their session will include:Preventing Misguided Reading by Jan Miller Burkins andMelody Croft, Ish by Peter J. Reynolds, Me…Jane byPatrick McDonnell, Mindset by Carol Dweck, OpeningMinds by Peter Johnston, Choice Words by Peter Johnston.


Jumpstarting Readers when They PlateauThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Chestnut East & West (max.150)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Birchwood (max. 220)

DesCRIPTIOn: Classroom teachers often encounterstudents whose reading development plateaus whenthey reach certain text levels, which can cause studentsto give up! These mysterious pauses on the learningcontinuum can be both confounding and frustrating,leaving teachers wondering what to do to jumpstartgrowth and development and help students persevere.From using shared reading to support guided reading toselecting texts that leave students begging to read all the

time, this session will leave participants with manypractical ideas for engaging students and acceleratingtheir growth as readers.


nadia Kenisha Bynoe & Gayle DavidThursday & Friday

Moving Beyond Language: Inclusivity in theClassroomThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Elgin (max. 40)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Kent (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Moving Beyond Language: Inclusivity inthe Classroom will highlight the importance of CulturallyRelevant and Responsive teaching in primary classrooms.In this presentation, Kenisha and Gayle will discuss howeducators can foster meaningful experiences in literacyusing learners’ cultural understandings. They willhighlight how educators can effectively engage theirlearners in reading, writing and oral communicationusing relevant texts to inspire authentic literacyexperiences. They will demonstrate how to create, displayand present materials intentionally to inspire writing inEnglish and in French.

InTenDeD FOR: French/English K-3

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Nadia Kenisha Bynoe has beenteaching French Immersion for six years in the TorontoDistrict School Board (TDSB) and is presently an EarlyReading coach with the TDSB. She is the author of Shadesof Me, Shade of Happiness and The Right Shade for Me.These three books address issues of social justice andunearth the complexities of skin complexion. She ispassionate about inclusive education, speciacallypertaining to Culturally Relevant and ResponsivePedagogy in French Immersion. She has a Master ofEducation Degree from the Ontario Institute for Studiesin Education in the department of Sociology and EquityStudies in Education and graduated from WindsorUniversity where she earned her Bachelor of Educationwith a focus on Urban Education and Native Studies.

Gayle David has been teaching for 16 years. She beganher career in Grade 3 and went on to teach Grade 4,Grade 6, Grade 1 and Special Education. Gayle eventuallytaught Reading Recovery where she discovered herpassion for the Early Years. Gayle is very passionate aboutusing a Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy(CRRP) framework to conduct her literacy program. Shenow teaches Kindergarten at Earl Beatty Junior andSenior Public School in the Toronto District School Board.

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Jeffrey Canton &Mary Beth LeatherdaleThursday & Friday

Dreaming in Indian: Indigenous Voices inChildren’s and ya LiteratureThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Wentworth (max. 50)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Cedar (max. 65)

DesCRIPTIOn: Award-winning writer and editor, MaryBeth Leatherdale, and children’s book expert JeffreyCanton share their experiences and ideas on usingcontemporary Indigenous literature with junior,intermediate and senior students. In this interactiveworkshop, they present fiction, picture books, graphicnovels and non-fiction books and guide discussion onhow to introduce diverse Indigenous voices,experiences, perspectives and issues in the classroom.Books about Indigenous history and colonialism,including the Residential school experience, will beexplored as well as the vital and vibrant contemporaryexperiences of young Indigenous Canadians. Withspecial attention to the needs of non-Indigenouseducators, participants will learn about rich Indigenoustexts and deepen their understanding of how to use aninquiry-based approach to successfully and respectfullyuse Indigenous literature in the classroom. An annotatedbooklist, as well as a list of online resources will beprovided.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Jeffrey Canton has been active inthe Canadian children’s book world for thirty years as awriter, reviewer, storyteller, bookseller, lecturer andadvocate. His work on social justice themed books forchildren and teens, including books on the ResidentialSchool experience, has taken him to conferences acrossCanada and the United States and he has been a pastpresenter at Reading for the Love of It. He’s currently alecturer at York University in the Children’s Studiesprogram, a reviewer for the Canadian Children BookCentre’s Children’s Book News and a bookseller inToronto.

Mary Beth Leatherdale is a writer, editor and consultantwho has been creating books, magazines and resourcesfor children and youth for more than 25 years. She is theco-editor of the critically-acclaimed anthologies Dreamingin Indian and Urban Tribes which have been honouredwith, more than 20 awards including the 2016 AmericanIndian Youth Literature Award, the 2015 United StatesBoard on Books for Young People (USBBY) OutstandingInternational Books Award, and 2015-16 First NationsCommunity Read Award Finalist. Mary Beth was theEditorial Director of Owlkids’ magazines and books andthe editor of Chirp and OWL. She has a Master ofEducation degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies inEducation (OISE) where her research focused on thedelivery of anti-racist curricula.

Rachel CookeThursday & Friday

Literacy Backpack: Developing a Rich andVaried Collection of Literacy strategiesThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • City Hall (max. 110)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • City Hall (max. 110)

DesCRIPTIOn: You have already taught explicit lessonson reading strategies and offered your studentsinstruction on predicting, inferring, questioning,connecting and summarizing, however many of yourstudents are struggling to apply these strategies inincreasingly complex contexts. If you are not sure whereto turn, this session is for you.

Each teacher needs to develop a Literacy Backpack ofstrategies and lesson ideas in order to support students.This rich collection of approaches applied to variedgenres and texts in the same lesson will offer yourstudents the ability to develop the bexibility they need toapply literacy strategies effectively. Come and experiencefresh and innovative “use-it-tomorrow” activities anddevelop your Literacy Backpack.

InTenDeD FOR: Intermediate/Senior

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Rachel Cooke is a teacher andAssistant Curriculum Leader of English/Literacy in theToronto District School Board and for afteen years hastaught additional qualiacation courses at OISE/UT. Before

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that, she was an Instructional Leader of English/Literacyfor the Toronto District School Board. She is a SeniorAuthor and McGraw Educational Advisor for iSkills –Constructing Meaning: Skills for UnderstandingContemporary Texts and Author for iLit – Remix: ARevolution of Text Forms. She has also authored teacherguide material for iLit. For thirty years, Rachel has been achampion of inclusive and anti-oppressive curriculumand teaching.

Danièle CourchesneThursday & Friday

un réseau littéraire pour apprendre à inférerThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Elgin (max. 40)

DesCRIPTIOn: Les livres authentiques s’avèrent uneressource incontournable dans l’enseignement desstratégies de lecture. Dans cet atelier, nous vousprésenterons un réseau littéraire regroupant des œuvresdans lesquelles les inférences sont essentielles à lacompréhension. En plus de découvrir la richesse de cesalbums, vous serez invités à travailler en sous-groupesaan de constater comment ces livres peuvent vouspermettre d’aborder les différents types d’inférences enclasse et de les enseigner à vos élèves. Un clip montrantdes élèves en action vous sera également montré.

InTenDeD FOR: French Junior

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Danièle Courchesne enseigne lefrançais au niveau primaire. Elle a travaillé pendantplusieurs années auprès de jeunes en classe d’immersionet plus récemment auprès d’élèves ayant le français pourlangue maternelle. Elle écrit également une chroniqueportant sur l’animation de la littérature en classe, « Deslivres à exploiter » dans la revue Lurelu. Elle oeuvreprésentement à titre de collaboratrice à Livres ouvertspour les volets français, langue seconde et intégrationlinguistique, scolaire et sociale.


un réseau, pourquoi, comment?Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Kent (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Cet atelier vous propose de rébéchir à lapertinence d’utiliser les réseaux littéraires commedispositif d’enseignement en lecture, quel que soit votremilieu d’enseignement, et de vous familiariser avec leurconception et leur animation en classe. En plus dedécouvrir la richesse des albums mis à votre disposition,vous serez invités à travailler en sous-groupes surdifférentes étapes essentielles à suivre lors del’élaboration d’un réseau.

InTenDeD FOR: French Junior

Carmela DiGrigoliFriday

Just Let Me Play: The atelierFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Linden (max. 60)

DesCRIPTIOn: Come and share in a session all about thepower of play, art, invention and imagination. In thissession, educators will have an opportunity to collaborateand be inspired by authentic learning provocations,student lead inquiries, weekly planning considerations,student documentation, and the progression andtransformation of the visual learning environment. Usinga Reggio Emilia inspired approach, the session willexplore how to plan and facilitate provocations, capturestudent learning through photography and technology,collect and share pedagogical documentation andimplement 21st Century learning skills into the modernearly years learning environment. The session will discusshow to and a balanced approach of play, inquiry, andcurriculum (with reference to the new Full-DayKindergarten (FDK) release document). Participants willhave the opportunity to tinker, explore, and collaboratewith educators for an engaging and inspirationalexperience.

InTenDeD FOR: JK/SK

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Carmela DiGrigoli is an early yearseducator for the York Region District School Board,author of the blog Just Let Me Play, workshop facilitator,and is a graduate student at The University of OntarioInstitute of Technology. Carmela is interested inresearching how modern learning environmentsprepare children in the early years for a transition intograde one and life-long learning. She is passionateabout designing and creating “atelier” learning spaces,inquiry-based learning programs, technologicaleducation, and the power of natural curiosity. Her blogJust Let Me Play (www.justletmeplay.weebly.com)delivers a look into the everyday experiences inside afull-day kindergarten classroom. Photographs grace theblog with authentic learning moments captured byeducators and students during the inquiry and playlearning process. The blog continues to reach educatorsand learning communities throughout the country andinspire others to get creative and try something new.You can follow Carmela and her kindergarten learningjourney on social media @justletmeplay (Instagram)@carmdigrigoli (Twitter).

Deborah ellisThursday

The Legacy ChoiceThurs.: 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm • Grand West (max. 400)

DesCRIPTIOn: When the news is full of cruelty, when thegreed of some creates bone-cold poverty in others, whenelections are noisy with politicians behaving badly, and

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when stupidity, status and celebrity are valued oversubstance, what do we say to our children?


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Deborah Ellis is the author of morethan 20 books for young people. In her novels and booksof interviews, she tries to rebect the realities of life forkids living in war zones and other difficulties around theworld. She hopes that by learning about others’ strugglesfor courage, we will learn how to have more courageourselves.

Carolyn Filice & Isabella BiasucciThursday & Friday

supporting struggling Readers in the PrimaryClassroomThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Maple East & West (max. 90)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

DesCRIPTIOn: This workshop will provide insight intowhy some children have gaps in literacy learning andhighlight practical strategies for supporting thosechildren in developing foundational literacy skills that arecritical for reading success. It will address the needs ofstruggling readers and outline next steps to help themimprove reading proaciency through ongoing effectiveliteracy instruction informed by assessment.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Carolyn Filice is a passionateeducator specializing in early literacy. During her career,she has been a kindergarten teacher, primary teacher,early literacy intervention teacher, mentor, and literacycoach. She has co-authored various curriculumdocuments and presented numerous workshops. Inaddition, she has created literacy materials for SpectrumNasco that are currently being marketed and used inreading programs and primary classrooms. Most of herwork has involved supporting the progress of strugglingreaders through innovative and research-based teachingpractices. In 2004, Carolyn was the recipient of the EastYork-Scarborough Reading Association (EYSRA) ReadingAward for her contributions to literacy.

Isabella Biasucci is an educator whose passion is literacy.A recipient of the Toronto Catholic Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association (TCPVA) award for teacher of theyear, she is a motivated individual, a classroom teacher,an early reading intervention teacher, a mentor, and acoach. Isabella’s work in literacy includes thedevelopment of effective programming and strategiesthat are research-based, which helps support theprogress of struggling readers. During her career, Isabellawas also an adjunct professor with York University whichinvolved the mentoring and coaching of teachercandidates with the York University Education Program.

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Mary Fiore & Maria Luisa LebarThursday & Friday

The Four Roles of the numerate Learner –Bringing Literacy and numeracy TogetherThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Cedar (max. 65)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

DesCRIPTIOn: Effective mathematics instruction isclosely linked to effective literacy instruction. We canleverage what we know about literacy development todeepen our understanding of mathematics instructionand numeracy development. The powerful connectionsbetween literacy and numeracy are critical thinking (e.g.,analyzing, interpreting, reasoning and proving) andcommunicating. By making the connections betweenliteracy and numeracy, students will be able to solveproblems, question, and make decisions related to issuesof fairness, equity and social justice. The Four Roles of theNumerate Learner is a thinking framework that supportseffective mathematics instruction and assessment thatare differentiated, purposeful and informed by studentlearning needs. This framework provides multiple entrypoints for educators to rebect on the learning conditionsthat foster critical thinking, risk taking, problem solvingand metacognition. By adopting the Four Roles of theNumerate Learner framework, students will becomeskilled critical and creative thinkers, thoughtful problemsolvers and rebective communicators in a world ofdynamic change. Participants will engage in co-constructing a deanition of numeracy and its relation toliteracy to enhance student thinking and learning inmathematics.

InTenDeD FOR: Primary/Junior (ELL)

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Mary Fiore and Maria Luisa Lebarare curriculum and instructional leaders with the PeelDistrict School Board. They work with educators toexplore collaborative and innovative ways to improvestudent achievement.

Mary Fiore is responsible for implementing effectivemathematics teaching practices at all grade levels.Involved in developing teacher training courses, Mary hasparticipated in a variety of writing projects that focus onlearning to think differently about mathematics andmaking student thinking visible. Mary works withnumerous associations that provide opportunities foreducators to rebect on their practice.

Maria Luisa Lebar has worked in classrooms, with schoolboards, and the Ministry of Education for almost 30years. A passionate advocate for integrated, cross-curricular literacy development, Maria Luisa organizesworkshops, collaborative inquiries and dialogues thatsupport curriculum, instruction, assessment andengagement. Maria Luisa’s open-minded approach ispopular among educators in Canada and in parts of theUnited States.

Katie GarnerThursday & Friday

Hacking the Brain’s affective Domain for easyaccess to the Hardest Reading & writing skills!Thurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Pine East & West

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Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Pine East & West (max. 70)12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Pine East & West (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: Journey through the brain’s backdoor andaccelerate early-learner-momentum in reading andwriting far BEYOND just simple decoding! Uncoverlearning ‘loopholes’ that provide for easy-access to theWHOLE code, not just bits and pieces, and take awaycutting edge instructional tools for targeting the affectivelearning domain that will leave you armed and ready forMonday morning!

InTenDeD FOR: K-3 / ELL

sPeaKeR PROFILe: An internationally recognized,featured keynote and educational speaker, researcherand author, Katie Garner’s published work on Readingand the Brain has gained national recognition in theUnited States with the No Child Left Behind, ReadingFirst, and Response to Intervention (RTI) Initiatives.Combining a passion for neuroscience with anundergraduate degree from Juilliard, a Master Degree inReading and afteen years of cross-grade level classroomexperience, Katie inspires fellow educators to infuse thetenants of brain-based instruction and affective learninginto the forefront of daily instruction. Through lecturesand participation with the Learning & the Brain ResearchConsortiums at both Harvard and M.I.T., as well asthrough her work with school districts around the U.S.,Katie’s “backdoor” approach to critical literacy skillacquisition shifts the paradigms associated withtraditional skill instruction. It is also the topic of herongoing keynote series with Dr. Richard Allington,Debbie Diller, and the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP)Report author, Dr. Anne Cunningham at the InternationalVulnerable Readers Summits in cities across the US andCanada, as well as an upcoming professionaldevelopment book series.

Marie-Louise GayFriday

Illustrated wordsFri.: 8:30 am – 10:00 am • Grand West (max. 400)

DesCRIPTIOn: In my family of nomads, books were theonly link between new homes, new neighborhoods, newschools and languages. Books offered emotion, escape,solace, friendship, insight and adventure. I reveled inthem. Books saturated my childhood. They gave me ataste for stories, a thirst for art.

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In all the books I have written and illustrated, I havealways aimed to focus on visual and verbal literacy. Iwrite with words, but I also write with images. Both arefueled by my imagination, my emotions, my childhoodmemories, my everyday observations and my unendingdesire to tell stories. In my book, Any Questions?, mycreative process is revealed in a way that will inspirechildren to create their own stories, to explore their ideasand to read books in a different way, going beyond thestory and the images.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Marie-Louise Gay has written and/orillustrated over sixty books for children: from picture-books like the Stella and Sam series, Caramba or AnyQuestions?, to novels like Travels with my Family or TheTraveling Circus. Her books have been published in overafteen languages. Some of her books have been adaptedfor puppet theatre, live theatre and an award-winninganimated TV series. She has won many awards for herwork, such as two Governor General’s Award, the VickyMetcalfe Body of Work Award, the E.B.White Award andhas been nominated twice for the Hans ChristianAndersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren MemorialAward.

adrienne GearThursday & Friday

ReaDInG POweR – Linking Thinking toReading InstructionThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Chestnut East & West(max. 150)

DesCRIPTIOn: Join us for a dynamic workshop with B.C.teacher, author and literacy consultant, Adrienne Gear asshe explores the strategies for helping students read andmake sense of both action and nonaction texts. Adriennewill introduce the key concepts of her popular ReadingPower approach, share her new thinking around meta-cognition and the “language of thinking” associated withreading comprehension and discuss ways to integratethis approach across the curriculum. Adrienne will modelseveral lesson ideas for both action and nonaction anddiscuss ways to take students “deeper” with theirthinking. As always, she will tie her lessons to greatliterature and picture books.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Adrienne Gear has been a teacher inthe Vancouver School District for over 20 years andcontinues to stay grounded in classroom practice,teaching part-time in Vancouver. She is passionate aboutliteracy, learning and inspiring teachers to rebect andreane their practice. Adrienne developed Reading Power

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over ten years ago and has been since working withteachers in many districts throughout British Columbiaand throughout Canada. Her practical and engagingideas are in high demand as she presents workshops,gives demonstration lessons and facilitates Reading andWriting Power leadership teams extensively across BritishColumbia and the rest of Canada. Adrienne has alsopresented workshops internationally, in the United States,the UK and Sweden. She is the author of ave books forteachers.


wRITInG POweR – effective writing Instructionand assessmentFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

DesCRIPTIOn: Writing instruction can be challenging toplan, organize and implement for many teachers. Many ofus tend to focus on “product” rather than “process” whenit comes to teaching writing. What does an effectivewriting program look like? How do you organize yourweek to ensure that your students are engaged in theprocess of writing, rather than just producing “products”?In this practical workshops session, B.C. teacher andauthor, Adrienne Gear will outline her approach towriting instruction that focuses on weekly “practicewrites” which focus on process, not product. She willshare her thoughts on writing assessment and explainhow to set up a Writing Proale for your students. Studentsamples will be shared, lessons will be modelled and, asalways, Adrienne will tie her writing lessons to greatanchor books. Come to this session and leave feelingexcited and inspired to teach writing to your students!


Michael GrandsoultThursday & Friday

HipHop edutainmentThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Linden (max. 60)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Cedar (max. 65)

DesCRIPTIOn: Participants will examine the impact ofHipHop edutainment curriculum on students’ criticalmedia literacy skills. In addition, they will also explorehow creating and presenting original HipHop pieces (likepoetry, music and dance) affect students’ self-esteem/identity.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Michael “Mikeraphone” Grandsoult isa Scarborough, Ontario native who began writing poemsin Grade 1. He started freestyling in Grade 6 and wrotehis arst rap song in Grade 9. Along with high schoolpeers, he produced an independent group album in2001 and completed an independent solo album in2008. In 2012, Michael became a published author forthe arst time via the anthology, Basodee. His second soloalbum, Mike Support, is available now. Michael is

currently an elementary school teacher with the TorontoCatholic District School Board. He uses rap/poetry as abridge for learning and strives to promote passion forliteracy. He credits his love of literature to his Guyanese-born parents, Cheryl and David Grandsoult, who read tohim as a child and encouraged him to read and write.Mikeraphone’s goal is to put the poet back into Rhythmand Poetry.

sylvia GunneryThursday & Friday

Tweets, Texts, and Quick writes: Is There stillRoom on the Page for sustained writing?Thurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Kenora (max. 50)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Kenora (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Short answer: Yes. Explore the longanswer by joining in the activities and discussions of thisworkshop. Rebect on the writing process and how itaffects the way we think; compare purposes of variouswriting formats; discuss current theories on ways inwhich the internet is changing how we write and read;consider authentic and successful writing experiences foryour students.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Sylvia Gunnery is a writer andeducator with 32 years teaching experience at theintermediate and senior levels. She arst took herselfseriously as a writer when she attended the Banff Centrein 1976 under the instruction of W.O. Mitchell, AliceMunro and others. Her most recent novels are Emily ForReal (Pajama Press) and Game Face (Lorimer) which wasnominated for a Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award.Her newest YA novel Road Signs That Say West will bepublished in 2017. A recipient of the Prime Minister’sTeaching Award, Sylvia shares her expertise as a writerand as a teacher of writing in The Writing Circle(Pembroke) and in the classroom resource, Revision Plus(Curriculum Plus). She has given many writing workshopsfor teens across Canada, including in Nova Scotia at theWriting on Fire weekend retreat in Pugwash and the 2016Cabot Trail Writers’ Festival. Sylvia lives at Crescent Beachon the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

Judy HalpernThursday & Friday

The Inside story: an Inquiry approachThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • VIP Room (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: What makes a great picture book? Why isa great picture book so engaging? What are the storiesbeing told? In a great picture book, both the text and theenticing illustrations have a job to do. Yet, a great picturebook is more than the sum of its parts! By bringingattention to the features that make up this genre we canengage readers and writers of all ages and skills. Explore

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the many hidden secrets and alternative uses of thisresource for classroom teaching.

InTenDeD FOR: K-3

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Judy Halpern, (MEd.) a qualiaedteacher of more than 25 years, created The MagicSuitcase: a literature-based science program, in 1996. Herresearch involved using picture books to teach content,speciacally in the area of science. Judy teaches pre-service teacher candidates at the Faculty of Education atWilfrid Laurier University. Her other experiences include:storytelling; teaching elementary to high school students;presenting workshops at a host of conferences; leadingcultural and educational tours to Nepal and writing andpublishing teaching materials for young children. A walkin the woods, sharing wonderful books fuels her passionfor the importance of environmental education and herown natural curiosity.


a Place to wonder: Picture Books and GlobalIdeasFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • VIP Room (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: The Citizenship Education Framework inthe social studies curriculum gives context for ourpersonal geographies and encourages place-basedlearning. By exploring place-based strategies throughexceptional picture books, we can capture students’imaginations; promote environmental stewardship andcivic engagement. To wonder is the driving force…whatdo you wonder?

InTenDeD FOR: K-3

Theresa HanrahanThursday & Friday

young Minds on MediaThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Maple East & West (max. 90)

DesCRIPTIOn: How can we help primary students gain adeeper understanding of the media inbuences aroundthem? How can we help young learners explore thetechniques used in various media forms and equip themto become effective media text creators themselves? Thissession is designed to share exciting ideas for integratingmedia literacy throughout the curriculum in grades 1 to3. Make media literacy lessons come alive and connectmeaningfully to your students’ interests with the use oflogos, advertisements, greeting cards, picture books,photographs, animations, commercials and more.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: As an educator with the TCDSB for 23years, Theresa Hanrahan has provided support to childrenand colleagues as a classroom and reading interventionteacher and as a literacy mentor. In an additional role ofprofessional learning network teacher, Theresa developedand delivered primary and junior grade in-services on

reading, writing and assessment strategies. Theresa hascreated virtue education resources for teachers andstudents through a Ministry of Education TeacherLearning and Leadership Program (TLLP) project. For thisproject, Theresa wrote short stories and poems forchildren, collaborated with artists and created lessonplans which she shares online. Theresa is a formerrecipient of the Reading for the Love of It Award. Currently,Theresa shares her love of literacy and art in a grade 1classroom.


art in the Heart of LiteracyFri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Maple East & West (max. 90)

DesCRIPTIOn: Connecting art to reading and writing inthe primary grades is a rewarding way to enrich studentcomprehension, creativity and communication skills. Thissession will provide effective strategies that use visualarts activities to help children communicate an author’smessage, build a persuasive writing piece, design a storymap, express feelings through and about poetry, andpromote environmental concerns. Ten inspiring mixed-media visual arts projects and their links to literacy willbe showcased throughout this presentation. Samples ofstudents’ artistic and written creations, learning goals andsuccess criteria will be shared. In addition, a collection ofpicture books guaranteed to stimulate creative responsesin the classroom will be highlighted.


Lori Jamison & Donna-Lynn GallowayThursday & Friday

Putting the “Fun” in Functional LiteracyThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Birchwood (max. 220)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Grand Centre (max. 600)

DesCRIPTIOn: Have you ever noticed that the type ofreading we do most in life is the type of reading we areleast likely to teach in school? Functional texts are thosethat enable us to function in the world – instructions,directions, schedules, websites, advertisements and more.In this session, Lori will share many lesson ideas forteaching all types of functional reading and writing.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Lori Jamison (Rog) is an educator,author and consultant. She served as the K-12 LanguageArts Consultant for Regina Public Schools and waselected to the Board of Directors of the InternationalReading Association, the only Canadian from a K-12school district in the history of the association. Lori is theEducation Director for High Interest Publishing, apublisher of novels for reluctant readers. As anindependent consultant, Lori travels across Canada andthe United States speaking at schools and conferences onbest practices in literacy instruction.

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Lori’s most recent books include: Reading, Writing, Playing,Learning with Donna-Lynn Galloway (Pembroke, 2016);Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching BeginningNonSctionWriting (Pembroke, 2015); Struggling Readers:Why Worksheets Don’t Work and Band-aids Don’t Stick(Pembroke 2014), and Guiding Readers: Making the Most ofthe 18-minute Guided Reading Lesson (Pembroke 2013).www.lorijamison.com

Donna-Lynn Galloway has been a dynamic andpassionate educator for over 32 years. Most recentlyDonna-Lynn was the Early Years Consultant for HaltonCatholic District School Board, responsible forimplementing the Full-Day Kindergarten program. Formany years she presented at Dufferin Peel CatholicDistrict School Board’s summer institutes on a variety ofKindergarten topics. Donna-Lynn has presented atnumerous conferencing and capacity buildingworkshops. She was an AQ Kindergarten and Readinginstructor for OECTA. She co-authored an OECTA onlinebook Lifting Learning A Guide to Full-Day Early-LearningKindergarten Program and has completed her secondbook with Lori Jamison, Reading, Writing, Playing,Learning: Finding the Sweet Spot in Kindergarten Literacy.Donna-Lynn is the past president and continuingmember of the Council Associated Primary Educator(CAPE). She continues her love of early years as the co-ordinator for the EvenStart program in the region ofHalton.


Read, write, Play, Learn: Balancing LiteracyInstruction in Today’s KindergartenThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Grand Centre (max. 600)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am Birchwood (max. 220)

DesCRIPTIOn: Play is the primary means by whichyoung children make sense of their world, and the social,physical, emotional, linguistic and cognitive beneats ofplay are myriad. On the other hand, we know that certainfoundational literacy concepts must be taught, especiallyto children who come to school with limited printexperience. Obviously there is room for both in theKindergarten curriculum. In this session, Lori and Donna-Lynn will share ideas from her new book ondevelopmentally appropriate literacy instruction thatbalances free play, guided play and explicit instruction.

InTenDeD FOR: K-1

Marthe JocelynThursday & Friday

sCIssORs & GLue: aRT that Inspires Languageand MathThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Wentworth (max. 50)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Pine East & West (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: A picture book is often a child’s arstintroduction to art and an ideal conduit for exploring

other fundamental concepts, like language and math,while enhancing visual literacy. Marthe Jocelyn illustratesher books using paper collage – which she declares a “no-fail medium” after countless hours of leading students inart workshops. This session will demonstrate how makinga collage can go hand-in-hand with boosting vocabularyor expressing math concepts, while inspiring unexpectedartistic results. Step-by-step, from reading the book (oneof her own or those by other artists) to exhibiting theanished student masterpieces, Marthe Jocelyn will modelprocess, incorporate curriculum requirements and sharetips for a classroom project like no other.

InTenDeD FOR: K-3

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Marthe Jocelyn has been usingscissors for nearly 60 years. She has illustrated 14 picturebooks and board books, 13 of which she also wrote. Shehas been a analist for the Governor General’s Award inIllustration and won the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Awardin 2009 for a distinguished body of work. As well as herillustrated books, Marthe has published more thantwenty novels and works of non-action for children andteens. Through two decades of classroom and libraryvisits, she has developed several Teaching Guides,worksheets, and practical units to be used with herbooks. Making art with kids remains a favourite pastime,partly because young artists always surprise – withingenuity, daring, and grins of triumph.

Heather Johnson &wendy Burch JonesThursday & Friday

Breathing In, Breathing Out: Tools to Helpstudents with anxietyThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Carlton (max. 45)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Huron (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Anxiety is a growing concern in theclassroom. It can get in the way of learning and caninterfere in teaching, too. We want to help our studentsachieve their best – both academically and socially, andsupporting student mental health and well-being hasbecome an important part of our roles as educators.Learn to recognize the signs of anxiety in students andhow to help them work through it. Using materials fromSchool Mental Health Assist (from the Ministry ofEducation), we will explore the signs and symptoms ofanxiety and look at helpful tools to support bothindividual students and whole classroom activities. Youwill hear directly from a teacher in the trenches who hasincorporated Mindfulness and a Growth Mindset into herprogramme as a way of helping support student mentalhealth and well-being in both her classroom and widerschool community.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Heather Johnson is a Mental HealthLead at the Toronto District School Board. As part of a

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provincial team supported by School Mental HealthASSIST – Ministry of Education, she is involved indeveloping, implementing and supporting the TDSB’sChildren and Youth Mental Health and Well-BeingStrategy. Heather is committed to raising theunderstanding of the important role schools play infostering the well-being of all students, which is essentialin supporting them to learn, grow and thrive. Heather’ssocial work experience includes working in schools,children’s mental health, child welfare and hospitals.

Wendy is an elementary teacher with the Toronto DistrictSchool Board with a passion for creating welcoming, safe,and student-centered classrooms. She is a certiaedMindfulness Instructor with Mindful Schools and hasworked as a lead in her school and Family of Schools tosupport other educators with incorporating mindfulnessand growth mindset activities into their programmes.

Pat JohnsonThursday & Friday

Catching Readers Before They Fall: supportingstudents in Becoming active ParticipantsThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Dominion South (max. 180)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Birchwood (max. 220)

DesCRIPTIOn: Marie Clay tells us that you cannot put areading process system into the head of a child, but thatyou must teach towards a child constructing such a self-extending system. Using her background as a ReadingRecovery teacher, Pat will help classroom teachers withways to support beginning readers as they actively takeon and own the in-the-head strategies necessary to solvewords and understand texts.

InTenDeD FOR: K-2

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Pat Johnson has supported bothstudents and teachers as an elementary school readingteacher for over 30 years. Most of her career has been inschools with diverse populations in Fairfax County,Virginia. She is a Reading Recovery trained teacher andwas also an adjunct faculty member for George MasonUniversity. Presently, as a literacy consultant, Pat providesstaff development for various school districts across theU.S. and Canada. She is the author of One Child at a Time:Making the Most of Your Time with Struggling Readers andco-author of Catching Readers Before They Fall, both booksfrom Stenhouse.


supporting students with word solvingThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Dominion South (max. 180)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Birchwood (max. 220)

DesCRIPTIOn: If your goal is to have children solvewords bexibly and buently as they read and write, thenwhat kind of word work best supports this? Join Pat inthinking about word work in appropriate doses andappropriate ways. In this session, Pat relies on her seven

years as a Reading Recovery teacher as she shares heressential understandings that teachers need to considerwhen working with word solving.

InTenDeD FOR: K-2

adriana KarkaThursday & Friday

a Running start to success: essential Teachingstrategies for Individuals with autismThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Kent (max. 50)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Chestnut East & West (max.150)

DesCRIPTIOn: This presentation focuses on essentialstrategies for teaching and supporting individuals withautism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Participants will learn about:• The characteristics of autism spectrum disorder• The use of reinforcement as a critical teaching

component• The unique learning styles of individuals with autism• Selecting and individualizing teaching strategies


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Adriana Karka has been with GenevaCentre for Autism since 2007, arst as a Provincial AutismResource Consultant and currently as a member of theTraining Institute Faculty. After completing herundergraduate studies at the University of Toronto andpost-graduate studies at Montclair State University inNew Jersey, Adriana has spent her working career in theaeld of autism and special education. Adriana has beenan accomplished music therapist and behaviour specialistfor individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and otherintellectual and developmental disabilities for 15 years.Adriana is fully bilingual and provides training andconsultation both in English and French. She is also buentin Lithuanian and has travelled to Eastern Europe as aguest lecturer on autism and special education.

Lorne KulakThursday & Friday

The Kentucky Derby of Reading: strategies forReading PoetryThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Spruce (max. 45)

DesCRIPTIOn: Just as the Kentucky Derby is excellencein horse racing, poetry is excellence in language. Both arerhythmic, entertaining and over in a short time. A poemis often a dense text that requires a sympathetic reader’sactive involvement – making inferences, referencingbackground knowledge and using reading tools uniqueto poetry – because the meaning is below the surface.

This workshop will provide a structure for classroomanalysis of any poem, from any time or place. Participantswill explore concept development lessons on the topics

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of: genre in poetry, lyric and narrative trends, verse forms,rhyme schemes, prosody, diction, imagery and imagerypatterns. Enjoy some poetry and leave with manystrategies for teaching the reading tools of poetry.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Lorne Kulak is currently anInstructional Leader of English/Literacy with the TorontoDistrict School Board, and has also worked as a classroomteacher and a secondary school literacy coach. He haspublished over 100 poems in literacy magazines and onCBC Radio. For 15 years, he edited a student poetrypublication, BROOK magazine, and has been runninghigh school poetry festivals since the 1980s. He is a pastpresident of the Toronto Council of Teachers of Englishand the Saskatchewan Writers Guild.


The stories you need to Tell (to Get People toTell Their stories): Leading writing workshopsFri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Wentworth (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: “In this workshop you will learn the art ofthe tactful suggestion,” I tell my class. “Have you ever triedto get your friend to break up with their love interest whenthey don’t want to? It doesn’t work , does it?”

This is one of the many stories I tell to give the studentsperspective on what a writing workshop is. There ispower in a community of writers working together toadvance their craft, each working at their own level, eachpursuing their own ideas. But how does a classroomteacher set it up for success?

This workshop will focus on how to get students writing,as well as providing feedback on each other’s work. Atevery stage of the writing process, there is a story you asthe leader must tell to focus the energy of the group. Thisworkshop will emphasize what you will do initially toensure trust and establish group norms. Mostimportantly, you will hear the stories workshop leaderscan tell to set your students on the path to really writing.


Robyn Loughrey & Gabriela PapazThursday & Friday

Cross-curricular strategies for supportingenglish Language LearnersThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • City Hall (max. 110)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • City Hall (max. 110)

DesCRIPTIOn: Are you overwhelmed by the range ofliteracy levels in your classroom? Do you wonder howyou could better support the many English languagelearners in your courses?

Robyn and Gabriela are here to share some strategies andactivities that they, along with their colleagues, havetested across many subject areas in their school. Thisinteractive session will allow participants to explore the

importance and joy of movement, conversation,scaffolding, and critical thinking opportunities in day-to-day learning. Their emphasis will be on studentsacquiring new vocabulary, particularly English languagelearners.

InTenDeD FOR: Intermediate/Senior (ELL)

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Robyn Loughrey is a secondaryschool teacher and currently the head of English andEnglish as a Second Language for Glebe CollegiateInstitute in Ottawa. As a teacher and former instructionalcoach (Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, secondaryliteracy), she has participated in many lesson studies,which help teachers research student learning challengesand effective instructional practices. She welcomes theopportunities to connect theory, practice, and research inclasses and to work with students from all subject areas.

Gabriela Papaz is an experienced Math and Physicsteacher, currently teaching Math at Glebe CollegiateInstitute in Ottawa, Ontario. She taught for more than 30years overseas and in Canada. She has extensiveexperience in teaching English language learners – shetaught at the largest international school in Canada,Columbia International College, for eight years. Since2007, she has been working extensively with shelteredMath and Science classes of all levels. She is an Englishlearner herself and she arst tests the activities on herself!She tremendously enjoys teaching ELL students, learningfrom them, and participating in lesson studies thatbroaden her teaching experiences. Her own childrenwere raised bilingually.

Kathy LundyThursday & Friday

Reading from the Heart: Poems, novels andstories that Keep Kids Reading, Feeling,Thinking and TalkingThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Maple East & West (max. 90)

DesCRIPTIOn: In this session, participants will beintroduced to literature that “tugs at our heartstrings” andmakes us look at people, places, relationships and eventsin new ways. They will learn various ways to explorethese texts with their students so that they becomeactively engaged and then critically aware of how wordsand stories affect us. The workshop will be connected tosocial justice education and culturally responsive andrelevant pedagogy.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Kathleen Gould Lundy has extensiveexperience working in literacy, equity and arts educationin various educational contexts throughout Canada. Shewas a teacher, consultant and coordinator for over 30years in the Toronto District School Board where shebecame interested in ways that inventive, inclusiveteaching could impact student achievement especiallyamongst those students who were most at risk. She was

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principal Investigator of a large research project that tookplace in 10 Ontario school boards called All ‘I’s onEducation. Kathy teaches both pre-service teachercandidates and undergraduate students in the Faculty ofEducation and the School of Arts, Media, Performanceand Design at York University.

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Reading from the Heart: Poems, Novels andStories that Keep Kids Reading, Feeling,Thinking and TalkingFri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Pine East & West (max. 70)

DESCRIPTION: In this session, participants will beintroduced to literature that “tugs at our heartstrings” andmakes us look at people, places, relationships and eventsin new ways. They will learn various ways to explorethese texts with their students so that they becomeactively engaged and then critically aware of how wordsand stories affect us. The workshop will be connected tosocial justice education and culturally responsive andrelevant pedagogy.

INTENDED FOR: Intermediate/Senior

Aggie MaksimowskaThursday & Friday

Writing from Life ~ Creative Non3ction in theEnglish ClassroomThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Spruce (max. 45)

DESCRIPTION: Making up stories and poems is easy, butonce a student is faced with writing from his or her ownperspective, things become intimidating and writer’sblock sets in. In this workshop, you will gain ideas,techniques and resources to help your high schoolstudents validate their own experience in order to writecompelling creative nonNction stories. Creative orNarrative NonNction, or Memoir, as a literary genre is onthe rise; when approached properly it can become one ofthe most rewarding and fruitful units in an Englishclassroom.


SPEAKER PROFILE: Aggie Maksimowska is the Head ofEnglish at Crescent School, where she has taught Englishand Writer’s Craft for the past 13 years. She is the authorof the 2013 Toronto Book Awards shortlisted novel GIANT,published under the name Aga Maksimowska, as well asmultiple works of short Nction and nonNction. She holdsan MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph,a Bachelor of Education with a focus on English andPolitics from OISE/UT, and a Bachelor of Journalism fromRyerson University.


Write What You Know ~ CreativeWriting in theEnglish ClassroomFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Wentworth (max. 50)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Write what you know’ is a directive oftenrepeated by creative writing instructors. However, manystudents who attempt creative writing reach outside ofthe realm of their own experience to create stories theydeem ‘exotic’ or ‘exciting.’ In this workshop, you will learnhow to encourage your students to Nctionalize livedexperiences in order to create authentic stories withunique voices.


Maria Martella & Jim MartellaThursday & Friday

“Sick” Books and Some Smack TalkThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Linden (max. 60)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Maple East & West (max. 90)

DESCRIPTION: When it comes to engaging students inreading, many teachers complain that they are competingwith phones, movies, video games and computers. Jimand Maria will show you what students are watching andthe games they are playing, and contrast it to what booksare being used in the classroom. There is no need tocompete with technology if you are using real books thatare relevant to today’s students.

Come hear about some new books and old favouritesthat are sure hits!

INTENDED FOR: Junior/Intermediate

SPEAKER PROFILES: Maria Martella is the owner ofTinlids, a Toronto wholesaler of children’s books forschools and public libraries across Canada. Her companyis the official wholesaler for the Ontario LibraryAssociation Forest of Reading program. She is also theOntario Chair of the Canadian Children’s Book CentreReview Committee for the “Best Books for Kids and Teens”catalogue and a juror for the Marilyn Baillie Award forBest Canadian Picture Book. Maria provides workshopsand book talks to school boards across Canada, and helpsteachers and librarians select books on a daily basis.

Jim Martella began his teaching career in Australia wherehe taught for one year and then returned to Canadawhere he began teaching in the Toronto District SchoolBoard. He was also a Teacher-Librarian, Drama teacher,Special Ed teacher and Literacy Coach. Jim hascontributed a chapter in David Booth’s new bookWhatever Happened to Language Arts. In his role as aLiteracy coach for Toronto District School Board, Jimprovided guidance and many book talks to his Family ofSchools for professional development. Jim is currentlyVice Principal at Joseph Brant Public School in Toronto,and he is passionate about school libraries and studentengagement.

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Toni McCannThursday & Friday

It’s all about engagement!Thurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • VIP Room (max. 70)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • VIP Room (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: When teachers use cooperative andcollaborative learning structures with their students theyare addressing many social, emotional and academicneeds. Well-chosen structures help teachers plan learningopportunities where students are able to:• Have a voice and place in the classroom community• Be more engaged, interested and motivated to learn• Become more responsible for their own learning,

behaviour and goal-setting• Develop their skills in oral language, reading and

writing

This very interactive session gives participants theopportunity to explore and participate in choosing andusing a wide variety of cooperative and collaborativestructures that help teachers address academic literacygoals and create a positive classroom climate thatpromotes engagement, trust, respect, and positiveinteraction for all learners.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Toni McCann is currently a LiteracyResource Teacher with TCDSB working with educators toplan for, implement and deliver literacy programs thatpromote the development of reading and writing skillsfor all students. Her passion is to help educators embedcooperative and collaborative structures in the literacyclassroom so that students are at the centre of learningand teaching.

As past Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Association forCooperation in Education (GLACIE) Cooperative LearningConference Committee, she has worked with groups ofeducators who are dedicated to promoting cooperativelearning in classrooms and communities in the GreatLakes region, through workshops, staff development,newsletters and conferences. At yearly conferences,educators from across the province and in all grade levelsattended workshops and presentations to further theirunderstanding of the power of cooperative learningstructures in student achievement and classroomenvironment. Toni believes in approaching teaching andlearning with a mindset that will help build a safeenvironment where all students feel they have a placeand a voice, and where they are empowered to own theirlearning and to support the learning of their peers.

Her session will reference a variety of resources by Dr.Spencer Kagan, as well as Whose Doing the Work? by JanBurkins and Kim Yaris; Productive Group Work, BetterLearning Through Structured Teaching, and Intentional andTargeted Teaching by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey;Inquiring Minds Want to Know by Jeffrey Wilhelm; VisibleLearning and the Science of How We Learn by John Hattie

and Gregory Yates; Mindsets in the Classroom by Mary CayRicci; and Classroom Habitudes by Angela Maiers.

sandra Mirabelli & Lionel sandnerThursday & Friday

Literacy & science: Together is BetterThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • City Hall (max. 110)

DesCRIPTIOn: This practical, hands-on workshop willengage participants in a variety of activities inspired bythe cross-curricular integration of skills and habits ofmind present in both literacy and science. Ready to uselesson ideas and activities will spark and scaffold studentinquiry while building a literacy rich environment in yourclassroom as students observe, question, predict andinfer in a variety of contexts. See how literacy and sciencecan support each other and foster creative andinnovative thinking that can be easily transferred to othercontent areas. Ideas and activities will deepen and extendstudent thinking and understanding in meaningfulcontexts full of opportunity for reading, writing andvocabulary development while having fun!

InTenDeD FOR: Junior/Intermediate

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Sandra has over 22 years ofexperience teaching at the elementary level. Herapproach to cross-curricular integration has moved withher from the classroom to her role as AcademicConsultant focused on Literacy, Science, Universal Designfor Learning (UDL)/Differentiated Instructions (DI) (grades7 to 10) at the Dufferin Peel Catholic District SchoolBoard. Sandra has authored literacy strategy and skilldevelopment lessons in a number of resources for juniorand intermediate students and teachers across Canada.Sandra and Lionel have been working together as a teamfacilitating networks to support teachers in exploringpractical and authentic ways to combine science andliteracy in the classroom.

Lionel’s professional background includes teaching inboth the K – 12 and university systems, leading provincialand national curriculum science initiatives and creatingprint and digital resources. Currently, he spends timeworking with teachers supporting their practice with afocus on inquiry, student engagement and integratingliteracy into all subjects. He is also involved in workingcollaboratively with teachers to create customizedresources using social media and digital printingtechnology. In his free time, he enjoys getting outdoorswith his three boys and discovering questions.


Literacy & science Together: It’s Critical!Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • City Hall (max. 110)

DesCRIPTIOn: This practical hands-on workshop willengage participants in a variety of ready-to-use activitiesinspired by media texts and reports connected to sciencein our daily lives. We will explore the use of the “Claims,

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Evidence, Reasoning” framework to support studentswhen analyzing and evaluating information so they arebetter able to “read the words and the world” (Freire).

A combined critical thinking and media literacy approachwill support students as they actively question, thinkabout and investigate claims made in the world aroundthem while learning to detect bias and evaluate sourcesof information for reliability and validity, important skillsin all subject areas.


Kristiina Montero & SharonNewmasterFriday

Supporting Refugee Newcomers’ Post-traumatic Growth and Literacy Developmentthrough Language Experience ApproachNarrativesFri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Wentworth (max. 50)

DESCRIPTION: Teachers can support refugee newcomers’mental health in the classroom by taking the stance of“healing practitioner”. When students are ready to telltheir trauma stories, teachers need to be ready to listenwith understanding and deep appreciation. Thispresentation will demonstrate how language experienceapproach can be used to document students’ traumastories to support healing as well as print literacydevelopment. The presentation will also highlight howclassroom teachers can be trauma-informed educators tosupport resilience and promote post-traumatic growthamong refugee newcomers. The strategies to bepresented are “essential for some, good for all”. Thispresentation will speci@cally address the academic andsocial emotional needs of adolescent refugee newcomerswho have experienced signi@cant gaps in their formaleducation due to mass violence, persecution, and humanrights violations, but ideas presented are relevant toyounger students as well.


SPEAKER PROFILES: Kristiina Montero is an associateprofessor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid LaurierUniversity in Waterloo, Ontario. She received her PhD inLanguage and Literacy Education from The University ofGeorgia (Athens, GA) in 2004. Prior to her academiccareer, Dr. Montero was an FSL and ESL teacher in Ontarioand Quebec. Dr. Montero’s research and practice areframed in community-engaged scholarship that aims touse the space of research to engage with practicalproblems de@ned by community stakeholders whosesolutions are of interest to a larger community. One ofher overarching goals is to give voice to marginalizedindividuals and communities. Her most recent workexamines the impact of early literacy instructionalinterventions on the English language and literacydevelopment of low literacy adolescent refugees, also

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known as students with limited or interrupted formaleducation. To extend her work with adolescent refugeestudents, she completed the Global Mental Health:Trauma and Recovery CertiScate Program through HarvardUniversity (2015). Her research can be found in journalssuch as TESOL Quarterly, The Journal of Adolescent andAdult Literacy, The Journal of Children’s Literature, MiddleSchool Journal, and Oral History Forum histoire orale.

Sharon Newmaster is an ESL/ELD Consultant for WaterlooRegion District School Board. Sharon has over 20 years ofexperience working with English languages learners bothin Ontario and overseas. One of her key areas of focus isimproving the literacy outcomes for students with limitedprior schooling or no formal education, particularlythrough the implementation of early literacy strategiesand exploring the use of language experience approachto create meaningful literacy experiences for studentsand engage in the creation of authentic identity texts.Examples of her identity text work can be found atwww.ergo-on.ca

Mahtab narsimhanThursday & Friday

Cultivating Lantanas in the ClassroomLandscapeThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Kenora (max. 50)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Kenora (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Now, more than ever, we need to acceptand embrace the diversity of our students at multiplelevels, be it race, culture, gender or sexual orientation.This means maintaining and reinforcing culturallyresponsive practices in the classroom to welcome andengage them. In this session, we will explore the risks of asingular story and discuss writing and/or story tellingstrategies, among others, to nurture a generation that istolerant and accepting of differences in our changingworld.

InTenDeD FOR: Junior/Intermediate

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Mahtab is the award-winning (SilverBirch Fiction Award, 2009) author of The Third Eye(Dundurn), a fantasy-adventure based in India and thearst book in the Tara Trilogy. The Tiffin (DCB/Dancing CatBooks), based on the dabbawallas of Mumbai, alsoreceived critical acclaim and was shortlisted, amongothers, for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ ChoiceAwards (SYRCA), the Manitoba Young Readers’ ChoiceAwards (MYRCA) and Red Maple Fiction Awards. MissionMumbai (Scholastic, US and Canada) and Looking for LordGanesh (Lantana, UK) were published in the spring of2016 with Mission Mumbai being named by CBC’s TheNext Chapter as one of the must-read books for kids thissummer. Mahtab was the TDSB Writer-In-Residence fromSeptember 2014 to June 2016. She lives in Toronto and isdeeply committed to representing diversity in her stories.For more information, please visit her website atwww.mahtabnarsimhan.com

Jeff nathanThursday & Friday

Inside the aDHD Mind: where it wanders, whyit wanders, and How to Help it, along with theRest of the Classroom, to FlourishThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Dominion South (max. 180)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Dominion South (max. 180)

10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Dominion South (max. 180)

DesCRIPTIOn: Award-winning children’s author andpoet, Jeff Nathan, provides unique ADHD insight, delvinginto why the inattentive mind wanders (and to where)and then he shares speciac ideas to aid you in helpingADHD (and non-ADHD) students absorb moreinformation. Examples of ADHD behavior are seenthrough amusing poems and discussion. Strategies tohold attention as well as to help them learn to lovereading are explained with his typical humor andzaniness. You’ll walk away with a better understanding ofwhy “ADD” is such a misnomer and you’ll take awayspeciac ideas to maximize learning and make yourclassroom a more fun and educational place for all.

To prepare for the talk, it would be helpful if you glancedat the article written for the EYS Reading Association,“Confessions of a Nine-Year-Old ADHD Reluctant Reader:How one suggestion from an astute school librarianchanged my view of history, reading and me” atwww.ReadingForTheLoveOfIt.com/newsletters-fall2015.html


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Boston’s Jeff Nathan is an award-winning author of children’s humorous poetry andmysteries. He grew-up with ADHD long before there wassuch a diagnosis. To help students who struggle, as hedid, to keep their minds in the classroom, he createdCurricuLaughs in Language Arts. This set of grade-leveleducational programs helps cure common language artsconceptual difficulties with large doses of HUMOR, music,performing arts and audience participation. The students’delight has been matched by that of teachers andprincipals across the US as they see agurative language,poetry comprehension, parts-of-speech and other grade-speciac issues being absorbed and understood throughlaughter. (CurricuLaughs is now available in Canada, too.)

His interactive book, Sherlock and Me (Active Literature)won a Ben Franklin Award for innovation in children’sliterature. It is the arst personalized choose-your-own-path digital mystery for early middle readers. Reading ahumorous story about themselves as the hero at theirschool provides a great hook for reluctant readers. Oh MyDarling, Porcupine* and I Hope I Don’t Strike Out*, bothanthologies from Meadowbrook Press and There’s a Bearin My Shoe* from Chucklebooks Publishing carry keypoems that he uses as springboards to humorous andeffective language arts lessons. His latest book for pre-readers, Which Monster Are You? (Active Literature) helpsparents extend conversations about behavior problemsin a delightfully fun manner.

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Kathryn OtoshiThursday & Friday

Fostering strong Character through the Powerof Picture BooksThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

DesCRIPTIOn: How do we get kids to stand up forthemselves and each other? How do we raise socialawareness in our classrooms and schools? Can we do thisin a fun, engaging and rewarding way? Award-winningauthor/illustrator, Kathryn Otoshi will do a specialpresentation/workshop and share her favorite ‘go-to’collection of character building picture books, as well asread from her books, ZERO (self-esteem/anding value);ONE (anti-bullying/social responsibility); and TWO(friendship/conbict-resolution) and discuss how thepower of picture books can raise the social climate intheir schools and communities and get kids engaged towant to do more!


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Kathryn Otoshi is a multi-awardwinning author/illustrator and national/internationalspeaker best known for her character-building bookseries, Zero, One and Two. She goes to schools across thecountry to encourage kids to develop strong characterassets, and helps teachers and customized, creativemethods to engage and connect with their students

through art, reading and the power of literature. BeautifulHands, co-authored with Bret Baumgarten, is a call-to-action book reminding kids to use their hands to dosomething positive and inspirational for each other andour communities. Her upcoming book, Draw the Linedeals with boundaries, conbict-resolution and how tomend a break in a relationship.


understanding the ‘Big Picture’ throughChildren’s LitFri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Dominion South (max. 180)

DesCRIPTIOn: How can we help initiate positivebehavior patterns in the classroom? How doessymbology and metaphor play an important role ininspiring this? Children’s books are a wonderful way tohelp children grasp the “higher level” meaning behind astory and apply this understanding to their own lives.Award-winning author/illustrator, Kathryn Otoshi willdiscuss symbology and present BEAUTIFUL HANDS as wellas a sneak preview of her upcoming book, DRAW THELINE and present concrete, creative and artistic waysjumpstart new ideas through the power of children’s lit.Be inspired to create your own customized program andwatch children’s spirits soar!


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steve PaikinFriday

Literacy and CitizenshipFri.: 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm • Grand West (max. 400)

DesCRIPTIOn: How the Intersection of reading, literacy,and education makes us all better citizens.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Steve Paikin has been anchor ofTVO’s bagship current affairs program The Agenda withSteve Paikin since 2006. In 2013, he was appointedChancellor of Laurentian University in Sudbury, was madean Officer of the Order of Canada and invested into theOrder of Ontario. He was made a Distinguished VisitingProfessor at the Ryerson RTA School of Media and Schoolof Journalism in the Faculty of Communication & Design(FCAD) in 2015. He has served as moderator of sixelection debates: the 2006, 2008 and 2011 federalleaders’ debates and the 2007, 2011 and 2014 Ontarioprovincial leaders’ debates.

Steve has written seven books which include The Life: TheSeductive Call of Politics; The Dark Side: The Personal Priceof a Political Life; Public Triumph, Private Tragedy: TheDouble Life of John P. Robarts; The New Game: How HockeySaved Itself; Paikin and the Premiers: Personal ReTections ona Half Century of Ontario Leaders (Winner of the 2014Speaker’s Book Award); I Am A Victor: The MordechaiRonen Story; and most recently, Bill Davis – Nation Builder,and Not So Bland After All. Steve has also produced severalfeature-length documentaries for TVO. He holds honorarydoctorates from Victoria University, Laurentian University,Humber College, and McMaster University.

neil Pasricha & The etobicoke schoolof the artsThursday

Happier educators, Happier ClassroomsThurs.: 8:30 am – 10:00 am • Grand Centre & West(max. 2000)

DesCRIPTIOn: Managing ourselves comes beforemanaging our classrooms and the single biggestdifferentiator is happiness levels. Harvard BusinessReview reports that happy people are 31% moreproductive, have 37% higher sales, and are 3 times morecreative than their peers. But happiness feels like anebulous term – what is it, how can we get there, andwhat tools can we use every day? Join New York Timesbestselling author, Neil Pasricha (The Book of Awesome,The Happiness Equation) as he shares unique frameworksto show teachers how to create happiness that drivesengagement and high-performance results insideclassrooms and schools.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Neil Pasricha, a Harvard MBA, NewYork Times bestselling author, award-winning blogger andone of the most popular TED speakers in the world, is theauthor of #1 international bestseller The Book of Awesomeand the creator of the “1000 Awesome Things” websitewhich has received nearly 20 million hits, averaging45,000 views a day and has won two Webby Awards. Hisstunning arst picture book, Awesome is Everywhere, hasreceived international praise. With the simple touch oftheir angers, children can go on a stunning interactivejourney to see the world as they never have before.

His latest book, The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing +Do Anything = Have Everything (also an internationalbestseller) draws on the latest research in happiness toincrease individual performance and create a morepositive and productive living and work environment.

Neil’s writing and work has been featured in HarvardBusiness Review, Forbes, CNN, BBC, The Guardian, The NewYorker, The Sunday Times, China Daily, The Jakarta Post, TheSydney Herald and Wired. Until recently, he also spent adecade with Walmart, the world’s largest company,directly working for two CEOs and as the organization’sdirector of leadership development. He now travels allover the globe sharing messages on happiness toFortune 500 companies, schools and non-proats.

The etobicoke school of the arts (ESA) is a specialized,public arts-academic high school located in Toronto,Canada. Founded on September 8, 1981, EtobicokeSchool of the Arts has the distinction of being the oldest,free standing arts-focused high school in Canada.Students major in dance, drama, alm, music (band orstrings), music theatre or visual arts. Students work withcommitted staff in an exciting and dynamic curriculumtailored to each art. ESA’S Music Theatre program is theonly kind of interdisciplinary program in the TorontoDistrict School Board, which integrates Vocal, Theory,Drama, Dance and Technical Theatre to train and developthe student as a ‘triple threat’ performer.

Christine PortierThursday & Friday

Poetry: a Rhythmical Play with LanguageThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Huron (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: “And I wrote my happy songs, every childmay joy to hear” – W. Blake. Children have spent manyyears listening to songs, singing songs, and chanting thewords of songs. They repeat the rhymes they hear andmake up their own rhymes, rhythms and beats. Thepower of language in small expressions! Here we willexplore arst, how one simple narrative structure can helpchildren focus on the expression of a poem as a whole,unifying all its sounds, senses and words and they read.Then we will look at how poets play with phonology,morphology and syntax to relate sounds, rhythms andrhymes, all functioning to uncover the subjects of theirpoems. By working with some early stage poetry models,

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in the form of mini-templates, children can “play” withlanguage to express subjects of their own through poeticthinking. Important language ideas can be developedplayfully and transferred from poem to poem and back toprose. Join us to investigate how primary/junior students,including ELL and special education, can easily play withreading and writing structures to explore how poems aregiven shape and to express themselves through poetry.

INTENDED FOR: Primary/Junior (ELL)

SPEAKER PROFILE: Dr. Portier has developed aninnovative application of literacy research that brings heryears of K-6 teaching together with extensive research onthe relations within and between literary and linguisticstructures, and the relations between language learningand cognitive development. Christine has worked withprimary/junior, ELL and special education teachers toapproach literacy through language structures, todeepen students’ language understandings, developcritical reading and writing processes, and unify literacycurriculum expectations. Christine approaches languagestudies in a way that supports and strengthens therelational thinking needed for critical math, science, andsocial and environmental studies. Christine teachesgraduate courses at OISE/UT and conducts research witheducators in northern Indigenous and rural communitiesin four Canadian provinces as part of a University ofToronto project focusing on children’s oral language andwriting development. Through her company, Tiny WomanWordshop, Christine also produces print and digitalresources for classroom literacy programs, and consultswith teachers, providing a series of professionaldevelopment sessions for all levels of instruction.


Poetry: Linguistic Sounds and Literary ImagesFri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Huron (max. 50)

DESCRIPTION: “When will the stone become a star?” – T.Shigeji, R. Epp (Trans.) When it is expressed through apoem! Poetry combines the features of both speech andsong through its unique concentration of language. Apoem’s letters and words, phrases and lines, in theirinKnite variety of sounds and shapes, are arranged toclarify what the poet intends. In this presentation we willexplore how one simple structure from literature can helpstudents “see” a poem as a whole by unifying all itssounds, senses, words and images. We will look at howpoets play with syntax, the senses and word choice toconvey mood, tone and point of view as they uncovertheir poetic subjects. By working with poetry models, inthe form of mini-templates, junior/intermediate students,including ELL and special education students, can moveinto a more complex stage of composing, using extendedsimiles and metaphors. Students can “play” with languageto express serious, or not-so-serious, concrete andabstract subjects through poetry, and transfer theirthinking from poem to poem and back to prose. Join usto examine how linguistic and literary structures shapepoems, and how through poetry, important language

ideas can be practiced and relational thinking can bedeveloped.

INTENDED FOR: Junior/Intermediate (ELL)

Barbara ReidThursday & Friday

Hands Up if You Love Plasticine!Thurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • City Hall (max. 110)

DESCRIPTION: Plasticine modeling clay is an irresistiblemedium for expression. Creating clay pictures takes time,but the process is part of the fun, encouragingobservation, problem solving and storytelling. Fromlanguage arts to math, science and geography, thehands-on appeal of working with plasticine producesrewarding results for students of all ages and abilities.

This session will highlight inspiring artwork gatheredfrom hundreds of classrooms. Barbara will share step-by-step process, techniques and tips, as well as a behind thescenes look at some of her award winning books andwork in progress.

INTENDED FOR: K-6

SPEAKER PROFILE: Barbara Reid has been playing withplasticine professionally for more than 30 years. Herpicture books include The Party, Perfect Snow, and TheSubway Mouse. Picture a Tree was named an OLA BestBook for Children and a United States Board of Books forYoung People (USBBY) Outstanding International Book.Other awards include the Governor General’s Award, theRuth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, and in 2013 Barbara wasnamed a member of the Order of Canada for hercontributions to children’s literature. Her newest book isBaby’s First Treasury, a collection of seven of her best-selling titles including Sing a Song of Mother Goose andthe Zoe series. Barbara visits classrooms across Canadaand is always delighted to meet young artists, writers andreaders.

Aisha & Joe Restoule GeneralThursday & Friday

Indigenous Stories: Perspective MattersThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Wentworth (max. 50)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

DESCRIPTION: You are invited to explorevarious Indigenous stories and resources as wediscuss the importance of including First Nation, Métis,and Inuit perspectives in our lives. Through the sharing ofstories and experiences, Aisha & Joe will express thevalue of using inclusive resources to educate bothIndigenous and non-Indigenous learners. Aisha & Joe willalso offer examples to illustrate how to effectivelyintegrate Indigenous content into the classroom.Storybooks and storytelling are integral to student

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learning, making it imperative that the worldview ofdiverse First Nations become a part of every child’seducational experience. Aisha & Joe will highlight howwonderful (and achievable) it is to select Indigenousauthors and stories to enrich and enliven a learner’s life.

InTenDeD FOR: K-8

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Aisha and Joe Restoule General areeducators on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.Aisha is Mohawk, Turtle Clan, of the Six Nations of theGrand River territory. Aisha is currently anishing a Mastersdegree in Aboriginal Leadership in Education. She hasworked in every elementary grade from Full DayKindergarten to Grade 8. Joe is Anishinaabe, Muskratclan, of the Dokis First Nation. He has taught in the juniorand intermediate divisions, with roles as aLearning Resource Teacher and District NumeracyConsultant for Six Nations schools. Joe is also an AQdeveloper, instructor, and tutor for Six NationsPolytechnic. He has contributed to several OntarioCollege of Teachers initiatives including writing for theOCT magazine, Professionally Speaking. Joe’s short storyOccupied had the honour of being selected in the Top 10Aboriginal Arts & Stories competition in 2006 and wassubsequently published in Initiations: A Selection of YoungNative Writings.

Heather RyanThursday & Friday

Counting on Rich Read-alouds to spark MathImaginationsThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Cedar (max. 65)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Simcoe Dufferin (max. 100)

DesCRIPTIOn: During this session, Heather will exploreher favourite picture books related to a variety ofmathematical concepts, skills and vocabulary. Using thesepicture books, she will discuss effective ways to use themas sparks for thinking, questioning and learning in thekindergarten classroom. Heather will also share how todesign invitations for learning around thesemathematical picture books. A variety of inviting,engaging materials will be highlighted to help educatorscreate opportunities for students to engage inmathematical behaviours. You will leave the session witha comprehensive book list of the math-related picturebooks Heather uses in her classroom. To connect withHeather, visit her on Twitter: @HeatherRyanTDSB

InTenDeD FOR: JK/SK

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Heather Ryan has been an educatorboth at a private school and with the Toronto DistrictSchool Board for 13 years. Although she has taught in theprimary and junior divisions, she has found her passionteaching kindergarten. Her main areas of interest include

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the early years, culturally responsive practice, andmeeting the needs of English Language Learners. Mostrecently, she has co-presented a teacher inquiry to theMinistry of Education focused on the importance ofhome language inclusion in the classroom. Heather hasbeen a presenter at Reading for the Love of It, variousTDSB workshops and for OISE and York University AQparticipants. She has also worked as a mentor teacher,hosting a demonstration classroom focused on effectivefull-day kindergarten practice. Heather currently teacheskindergarten at Cornell Junior Public School.

shari schwartz & Helen TomassiniThursday & Friday

How to fall in love with teaching reading in K-1Thurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Pine East & West (max. 70)

DesCRIPTIOn: Learning to read is an exciting andrewarding experience for young learners. Whatinstructional strategies have observant teachers used tobring these enthusiastic children to achieve such success?Come and view video clips of teaching in action, discussdata supporting this teaching, assess for planning and goback to school on Monday ready to implement some newideas for your own “lovely” days ahead!

InTenDeD FOR: K-1

sPeaKeR PROFILes: Shari Schwartz has been a teacherwith the Toronto District School board for 22 years. Shehas taught Kindergarten (including Full-DayKindergarten) for ave years and grade 1 for ave years.Shari is a trained Reading Recovery TeacherLeader/Teacher who has spent a total of nine years inthese positions. She is currently teaching ReadingRecovery and providing Literacy Support forKindergarten and Grade 1 students. Shari has co-presented at Reading for the Love of It on GuidedReading and has presented at the Reading Recoveryconference on Portfolio Assessment in Kindergarten. Shehas co-authored numerous leveled texts for the Porcupineseries, Curriculum Plus and acted as a co-author andconsultant for Ginn Publishing. Shari was awarded theAnnual Reading Award for Leadership in the aeld ofLiteracy in 2015 by the East York–Scarborough Readingassociation of the International Reading Association.

For over 25 years, Helen Tomassini has taughtKindergarten-Grade 8 with the majority of her yearsspent in KG, 1, 2. Her last six years with the TorontoDistrict School Board were spent as a Literacy Coach forKG-8. With her training as a Reading Recovery TeacherLeader/Teacher she came to understand how critical it isto teach the reading and writing process to younglearners for future growth as readers and writers. Helenhas co-presented at Reading for the Love of It on avariety of topics: Guided Reading, Oral LanguageDevelopment in Kindergarten, Teaching ComprehensionStrategies in Grade 2-3 (French) and Inquiry in Grade 1.She has co-authored numerous leveled texts for the

Porcupine series, Curriculum Plus and acted as a co-author and consultant for Ginn Publishing. She has alsoco-authored a resource for Kindergarten teachersentitled: A Practical Guide for Starting off Right: A Blueprintfor Kindergarten Teachers. Helen was awarded the AnnualReading Award for Leadership in the aeld of Literacy in2002 by the East York–Scarborough Reading associationof the International Reading Association.


Find the magic to empower young learners aswriters in K-1Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Maple East & West (max. 90)

DesCRIPTIOn: Learning to write is a complex processrequiring many new skills: letter formation, letter/soundrelationships, writing conventions and, hardest of all,getting ideas for writing (just think back to high school).Come and discover how using a variety of instructionalstrategies, such as morning message and shared writing,can keep your teaching of writing fresh and engaging.Help your students and authentic reasons to write andwatch them grow! Look at writing samples, view a videoof young learners in action, learn to assess for planningand best of all…bring your newly-charged magic wandto school on Monday!

InTenDeD FOR: K-1

Jennifer serravalloThursday & Friday

Reading strategies: Goal-Directed IndependentReadingThurs.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)

DesCRIPTIOn: As students work toward reading goals,they can beneat from strategy instruction that helps tounpack and break down the invisible, automatic workof reading into series of actionable steps. In this session,you’ll learn about the importance of focusing yourdifferentiated instruction on individual goals based onformative assessment information. Then, you’ll learn howto craft your own strategies and prompts tosupport readers’ ongoing practice. Jen will also explainhow to know when to teach which strategies to whom,how strategies align to levels of text complexity, and howto tier practice of strategies over time tosupport readers toward skilled practice.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Jennifer Serravallo was a teacher inTitle I Schools in NYC, and later a Senior Staff Developerat the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project atColumbia University. She is now a consultant and speakerwho helps urban, suburban, and rural schools implementexceptional literacy instruction. She is the author ofnumerous books on the teaching of reading and writingincluding the New York Times bestseller, The Reading

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Strategies Book, the two-time award-winning IndependentReading Assessment series, and the new Writing Strategiesbook. Check out her blog at www.jenniferserravallo.comand tweet her @jserravallo.


Bringing Reading and writing strategies toLife: Conferring with Individuals and GroupsThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Civic Ballroom (max. 430)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Grand Centre (max. 600)

DesCRIPTIOn: Consider the power of matching methodsto purposes. Serravallo will discuss a variety of methodsto support readers and writers during independent workincluding: compliment conferences,coaching conferences, research-decide-teachconferences, and small group strategy lessons. Thisworkshop will be alled with video examplesand opportunities for participants to practice.


Marsha Forchuk skrypuchThursday & Friday

The young RefugeeThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Kent (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is fascinated bycoming to Canada stories, about the people who mustgive up everything that is dear to them and travel to anew country where they’re subjected tomisunderstanding and cultural adjustment. To her, thesemigrants are heroic. Her stories feature such refugees asTuyet, an 8 year old Vietnamese orphan and poliosurvivor who is airlifted to Canada after the fall of Saigon,and Tuan, a 6 year old boy who escapes from Ho ChiMinh City with his sisters and mother in a rickety boat,and Ali, who escapes religious persecution in Turkey 100years ago and ends up in a Canadian internment camp asan “enemy alien”.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch did notlearn to read until she was nine and she writes the booksshe wishes she could have read as a child. Her award-winning books include Last Airlift (Pajama Press), a RedCedar Information Book Award winner and OLA RedMaple Honour Book. Its sequel, One Step at a Time(Pajama Press) won the OLA Silver Birch Non-FictionAward. Her novel Making Bombs for Hitler (Scholastic) won

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the OLA Silver Birch Fiction Award and the ManitobaYoung Readers’ Choice Award. Her YA novel Dance of theBanished (Pajama) is a Junior Library Guild Selection for2015 and winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award forHistorical Fiction.


war From a Child’s eyesFri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Huron (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: The child survivors of war and genocideoften use silence as a coping mechanism, but if we don’thear their stories, how can we learn and how can weensure that these injustices aren’t repeated? Over theyears, many of those survivors have shared theirexperiences with Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and trustedher to tell the stories they and too painful to writethemselves. Her scrupulously researched stories rangefrom child survivors of both World Wars, refugees of theVietnam War and survivors of the Armenian Genocideand the Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine).


Heidi Jardine stoddartThursday & Friday

The art of Picture BooksThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Linden (max. 60)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Cedar (max. 65)

DesCRIPTIOn: Inspired by the intermingling of art andlanguage in picture books, this session will begin with anoverview of the illustration process, followed by asampling of favourite picture books and ways these artfulresources can be used to inspire art and writing inelementary classrooms.

InTenDeD FOR: K-6

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Heidi Jardine Stoddart was anelementary teacher with the Waterloo Region DistrictSchool Board for ten years before returning to her nativeNew Brunswick to work in the Anglophone South SchoolDistrict. In her role as Elementary Visual Arts Mentor,Heidi has worked in elementary schools and withclassroom teachers to support their teaching of visual art,and most recently, is a Literacy Lead at the K-2 level. Heidihas served on the NB Department of Education & EarlyChildhood Development’s Curriculum Development andAdvisory Committee for elementary visual arts, since2001 has been a course instructor in Visual Arts Educationat the University of New Brunswick, received the Dr.Marilyn Trenholme Counsel Early Childhood LiteracyAward from the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick, andwas recognized as the 2013 New Brunswick AffiliateVisual Arts Educator, presented by the Canadian Societyfor Education through Art (CSEA). An author andillustrator, Heidi’s latest picture book, Sea Glass Summer,was released in May 2016.

Pam strongThursday & Friday

Picture Books: a Place to start or ContinueLGBTQ Conversations in the elementaryClassroomThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Huron (max. 50)Fri.: 9:00 am – 10:15 am • Linden (max. 60)

DesCRIPTIOn: Are you looking for supports andresources to begin Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, orQuestioning (LGBTQ) conversations and learning in yourclassroom? Are you ready to expand your equity practiceand embed your LGBTQ inclusive planning in moremeaningful and fulsome ways? From beginner toexperienced, this interactive workshop will empower youwith language, resources, understanding and even somehumor, to infuse your classroom with conversation,learning and spaces that rebect, include and celebrateLGBTQ people, families and their realities. Join us as weexplore pages of picture books that share stories ofdiverse families, sexualities, gender and love. FromKindergarten to grade 8 and beyond, these storiesprovide a bridge to safe, supportive and engaging spacesfor conversation, where students can make meaningfulconnections to themselves and others as they buildessential human literacy skills. They will ask and answersome big questions, and challenge the ways the worldteaches about identity, difference and inclusion.Participants will receive a full list of picture books thatinclude book guides, with suggested lesson plans.

InTenDeD FOR: K-8

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Pam Strong is a resource teacher, forclimate for learning and working in the Peel DistrictSchool Board. She is passionate about embedding socialjustice and human realities into meaningful K-8instructional practices to build essential human literacyskills. A speciac area of life experience and passion lies infostering awareness and inclusion of LGBTQ people andfamilies into classroom curriculum, culture, teaching andlearning. To continue and build upon her own learning,and that of her peers, Pam facilitates opportunities foreducators to unpack LGBTQ realities as they rebect, use,plan, integrate, monitor and prioritize equity in theirteaching, learning and professional developmentpractice. Pam believes in empowering teachers to leadcourageous conversations in the classroom that value allintersections of identity. She uses a variety of texts,picture books, and media, to disrupt the single story inclassrooms of all ages, and as a bridge to safe, supportiveand engaging space for conversation, where students canmake meaningful connections to themselves and others.This work is rebected in the various initiatives Pam hasparticipated in both personally and professionally.

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Larry swartzThursday & Friday

Have I got a book for you!… and you!… andyou!… and you!Thurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Simcoe Dufferin (max.100)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Dominion South (max. 180)

DesCRIPTIOn: This session will highlight recentpublications of children’s literature, with a focus on identityand belonging, to address a range of interests and needswith students. Larry will also demonstrate practicalstrategies for responding to picture books and novelsthrough talk, writing and drama. Handout provided.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Larry Swartz has been an educatorfor almost four decades working as a classroom teacher,consultant, author and university instructor. Larry’s worksis centred on using children’s literature to promoteresponse and to build community. Each year Larry hasbeen a RFTLOI presenter and is passionate about sharinghis favourite books and strategies that promote activejoyful learning. He is the author of several publicationsincluding Dramathemes, 4th edition, Creating CaringClassrooms and “This is a great book!”. Website:larryswartz.ca

Margaret TrudeauThursday

Changing My MindThurs.: 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm • Dominion Ballroom (max.400)

DesCRIPTIOn: Canadians fell in love with Pierre ElliottTrudeau’s beautiful bride when he brought her to theworld stage as the youngest First Lady in the history ofthe country. Yet, as time went by, Margaret wasunprepared for public life, and plagued by mood swings.After three sons with Pierre, the marriage ended. Shethen remarried and had two more children. But the tragicloss of her son, Michel, in a skiing accident and thepassing of Pierre Trudeau a few years later, were toomuch to bear, and she became severely ill.

Today, Margaret has rebuilt her life once again. Now, shebrings her formidable life story to the stage in her questto help others, sharing her message of resilience with thegoal of helping to inspire others and to erase the stigmasurrounding mental health issues.


sPeaKeR PROFILe: Margaret Trudeau is a Canadian icon,celebrated both for her role in the public eye and as arespected mental-health issues advocate. From becominga prime minister’s wife at a young age, to the loss of bothher son and her former husband, to living with bi-polardisorder, Margaret tirelessly shares her personal stories to

Visit our booth!• Enter a draw to win one of

two gift baskets!• See our print and digital

resources for math, inquiry, ELL, literacy, and science.

• Free samples!• See our speakers: • Maria Walther

(The Ramped-Up Read Aloud & Guiding Readers Toward Independence).

• Joe and Aisha Restoule General (Indigenous Stories: Perspective Matters).

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remind others of the importance of nurturing the body,mind, and spirit.

Margaret is the author of four books, including herbestselling title, Changing My Mind, which charts her life’sups and downs, and her latest title, The Time of Your Life,which offers women an inspirational and practicalapproach to creating a healthy, happy, secure andsatisfying future. Margaret sits on the Executive AdvisoryBoard of the UBC Mental Health Institute as a communityadvocate, and she is the Honorary President of WaterAid,a charitable Canadian non-governmental agency that isdedicated to helping poor communities in developingcountries build sustainable water-supply and sanitationservices. She is also the proud mother of Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau.

Jeanette VoadenThursday & Friday

Creating Books using Google slidesThurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Huron (max. 50)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Cedar (max. 65)

DesCRIPTIOn: Come and see how Jeanette createdbooks using Google slides. She will “share” herpresentation so you can follow the step-by-step processwhenever you are ready to begin your own creations. Theprinted books follow the characteristics of leveled textsand were written in more than one language – thanks toa student/parent book club! The books were then printedand added to the school’s home reading program andwere a bonus for Jeanette’s guided reading groups.However, the real gains were in the relationships thatdeveloped. Come and learn how “CreatingBooks/Changing Lives” worked for Jeanette, and walkaway with a Google template and ideas that you can useat any level!

InTenDeD FOR: Junior (ELL)

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Jeanette Voaden has been anelementary teacher with the Waterloo Region DistrictSchool Board for 24 years. She has been ajunior/intermediate classroom teacher and is currently anESL teacher. Jeanette is passionate about creating unitywhile celebrating diversity. Creating books has been agreat way for her to bring together everything sheenjoys!

Maria waltherThursday & Friday

The Ramped-up Read aloud: sparkingComprehension and Fueling writersThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Dominion North (max.230)Fri.: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm • Dominion North (max. 230)

DesCRIPTIOn: Harness the power of the interactive readaloud! In this session, Maria will share a wealth of kid-

appealing picture books coupled with tips for meaningfulcollaborative conversations that will spark high-levelcomprehension and joyful writing experiences.

InTenDeD FOR: K-2

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Maria Walther, who earned adoctorate in elementary education from Northern IllinoisUniversity, has taught grade one since 1986. Along withteaching young learners, Maria inspires otherprofessionals by sharing her knowledge throughcustomized professional development experiences. Theideas she shares rebect her continued commitment toteaching, researching, writing, and collaborating with hercolleagues. Maria was honoured as Illinois ReadingEducator of the Year, earned the ICARE for Reading Awardfor fostering the love of reading in children, and namedThe Outstanding Literacy Alumni by Department ofLiteracy Education at Northern Illinois University. She hasco-authored ave professional books and the Next StepGuided Reading Assessment with Scholastic. Learn moreabout her books at mariawalther.com and follow her onTwitter @mariapwalther.


Guiding Readers toward Independence:It’s as easy as 1-2-3Thurs.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Birchwood (max. 220)Fri.: 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm • Dominion North (max. 230)

DesCRIPTIOn: Join Maria as she shares the three stepsto an effective guided reading lesson. Learn how to focusbefore, during, and after-reading prompts and teachingpoints to lead students toward independence. Discoverclassroom-tested ideas for launching and managingindependent literacy centres.

InTenDeD FOR: K-2

Brian weishar, Dianne Fenner, &Kim slomkaThursday & Friday

Building Resilience in adolescent ReadersThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Kenora (max. 50)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Linden (max. 60)

DesCRIPTIOn: Some adolescents struggle as readers,and some of their teachers in Grades 7 to 12 don’t knowexactly what to do. This workshop will share andingsfrom a research project and explore ways to supportstudents to build their reading strategies as well as theirresilience as learners.


sPeaKeR PROFILes: Dianne Fenner, former Program Co-ordinator of English and Literacy at Toronto DistrictSchool Board, is the author of many English/Literacyresources and texts for grades 7 to 12. She was ProvincialLead in the development of the Ontario SecondarySchool Literacy Course (OSSLC), and is presently working

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in collaboration with the Ministry of Education as amember of the Adolescent Resilient Reader project team.

Kim Slomka is currently working in collaboration with ateam from the Ministry of Education examining ResilientReaders. Kim has also worked as an Education Officer inthe Ministry of Education and as a Special EducationConsultant in Halton Catholic DSB.

Brian Weishar is currently a Provincial Literacy Leadsupporting Adolescent Literacy Learning with the OntarioMinistry of Education. In this role, he works with literacyleaders in school boards to support adolescent literacylearning and develops resources for Literacy onwww.edugains.ca.

Fern westernoffThursday & Friday

Communication Disorders and the emergentBilingual student: Key IndicatorsThurs.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Spruce (max. 45)Fri.: 10:45 am – 12:00 noon • Wentworth (max. 50)

DesCRIPTIOn: Educators often wonder if their studentslearning English as an additional language might also

present with a communication disorder. When is the righttime to be concerned? When should students be referredfor speech-language pathology services? This workshopwill:• Differentiate between speech disorders (articulation,

buency, voice) and language disorders (comprehensionand expression);

• Describe key observations of communication whichsuggest the presence of a disorder;

• Provide guidelines suggesting the need to involve theschool speech-language pathologist.

InTenDeD FOR: K-3 (ELL)

sPeaKeR PROFILe: Fern Westernoff is a speech-languagepathologist with over 30 years of experience at theToronto District School Board. She served on theImmigrant Assessment Team, and co-instructed in theKindergarten Early Language Intervention (KELI) Program,where she was also a co-program leader supporting thedevelopment of the program. Fern has presented widelyin Canada, the U.S. and Israel regarding cultural andlinguistic diversity and communication disorders. Withmany publications to her name, her most recent work isthe Home Oral Language Activities (HOLA) Program,designed to help parents use the home language tosupport the academic progress of their young children.

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Booth # Publisher1005 @studentasim710 A Different Booklist200 Alpha-Mania Adventures306 Amnesty International Book Club115 Annick Press1101 Another Story Bookshop113 Bacon & Hughes1006 Bound 2 Learn1105 Canadian Children’s Book Centre (The)313 Canadian Manda Group310 Crabtree Publishing Company106 Curriculum Plus Publishing702 DC Canada Education Publishing1102 Decoding Dyslexia Ontario & ONBIDA104 Department of Canadian Heritage312 Dundurn704 Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore722 GoodMinds.com311 Groundwood Books318 HarperCollins Canada431 High Interest Publishing- HIP Books307 Inhabit Education1100 James Lorimer & Company1010 Learning A-Z425 Learning Tree Educational Store308 Let's Talk Science117 Literary Press Group107 Louise Kool & Galt Ltd.1001 Mabel's Fables Bookstore201 Marathon Learning Materials Ltd.316 McGraw-Hill Education202 MosaicWorks.ca1014 MS Society of Canada - Read-A-Thon317 Nelson Education Ltd.712 Ooka Island1009 Orca Book Publishers718 Owlkids Books1104 Oxford University Press Canada111 Pajama Press Inc.1200 Pearson Canada110 Pembroke Publishers116 & 119 Penguin Random House Canada427 Perma-Bound Canada314 Plan International Canada309 Portage & Main Press100 REEL CANADA210 & 211 Rubicon Publishing Inc.215 Saunders Book Company204 Scholastic Book Clubs205 Scholastic Book Fairs206 & 207 Scholastic Education1201 Second Story Press315 Simon & Schuster Canada102 Sonsuh Educational Supplies Inc.1203 Spectrum Educational Supplies101 Stratford Festival219 Tinlids Inc.700 Tiny Woman Wordshop220 University of Toronto Press / Pippin708 Wave Learning Solutions214 Wintergreen Learning Materials103 YouAreSpecial.com114 Young People's Theatre

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east york-scarborough Reading association

Board of Directors 2016-2017

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICTSCHOOL BOARDMike FranconeMarisa LiscioTeresa PaoliBrenda Stewart

TORONTODISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDLiz BlakeMarguerite CampbellLise HawkinsVangie KalanderopoulosKathy Lazarovits

This is the slate of Directors presented toserve you in the 2016-2017 year. Any othernominations will be taken from the floor atthe Annual General Meeting. Nominatedindividuals must be members of theAssociation, must agree to serve, andmust be present at the AGM.

Reading Council Executive andCommitteeMembers,2016-2017

PRESIDENTMarguerite Campbell

FIRSTVICE PRESIDENT ANDCONFERENCE PROGRAMME CHAIRMarisa Liscio

Committee MembersJoan BarrettDenise CanningJill EasonMike FranconeLise HawkinsVangie KalanderopoulosKathy LazarovitsNora LovgrenJosé MolinaTeresa PaoliTanya Reilly-PrimaylonStephanie ShoreBrenda StewartBrian SvenningsenMargaret TalbotRebecca Toombs

SECONDVICE PRESIDENT ANDCOMMUNICATIONS CHAIRDenise Canning

Committee MembersLiz BlakeKathy LazarovitsKelly ManningJane MilliganJosé MolinaTanya Reilly-PrimaylonNatasha Serba

THIRDVICE PRESIDENT ANDOUTREACH CHAIRLiz Blake

Committee MembersJoan BarrettValerie CollinsJill EasonNora LovgrenTanya Reilly-PrimaylonNatasha SerbaStephanie ShoreBrenda StewartMargaret TalbotDoris Wukasch

TREASURERMike Francone

AssistantJane Milligan

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATORErica Townson

PERSONNEL CHAIRSPresident – Marguerite CampbellTreasurer – Mike Francone

Committee MembersPast President – Kathy LazarovitsVice President – Marisa Liscio

RECORDING SECRETARYKelly ManningMargaret Talbot

CORRESPONDING SECRETARYJane Milligan

BY-LAWAND PROCEDURE CHAIRTeresa Paoli

AWARDS CHAIRKathy Lazarovits

The committees are comprised of membersfrom the TCDSB and TDSB.

Next year’s conference will be held in downtown Toronto at the SheratonCentre, February 22nd and February 23rd, 2018. Registration informationwill be mailed to all Ontario schools. Delegates who attend in 2017 will receiveinformation directly. Registration on our website readingfortheloveofit.comwill begin September, 2017. Plan to register early since space is limited.

Visit us online and see what people are sayingabout Reading for the love of it.

East York-Scarborough Reading Association1315 Lawrence Ave. East, Unit 309Toronto, Ontario M3A 3R3Tel: 416-444-7473 Fax: 416-444-9282E-mail: [email protected]: www.readingfortheloveofit.com

The East York-Scarborough Reading Association Inc.does not assume responsibility for interpretation ofinformation submitted by presenters nor materialsavailable for sale by exhibitors.

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programme 2017 (pdf format)

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