We are pleased to invite all GCABC members to the upcoming 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) with Keynote Lecturer Dr. Lannie Kanevsky, SFU
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Location: Choice School for the Gifted and Exceptional (20451 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC)
Time: 8:30AM-1:00PM
Cost: $35.00 (will include GCABC membership for 2019-2021)
Please note: This GCABC event is for paying GCABC members only. We are currently reworking our membership application process and ask you to check back in a while. We will share in social media when the event is open for registrations.
This Saturday morning meeting at Choice School in Richmond will offer:
- An update on GCABC activities through our Annual General Meeting,
- Opportunity to vote in new GCABC Board Directors,
- A lecture by Featured Speaker Dr. Lannie Kanevsky, an international giftedness expert from SFU
- News about the Funding review by the Ministry of Education
- Ample opportunity to network with other parents with gifted children
A detailed schedule is currently being worked out and will be shared as soon as possible.
Featured Lecture by Dr. Lannie Kanevsky
The Featured Speaker at the GCABC Annual General Meeting is Dr. Lannie Kanevsky, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, BC.
Dr. Kanevsky’s research interests focus on the nature and nurture of the potentials of highly able learners, how we can better understand them, and optimize the development of their abilities.
Dr. Lannie Kanevsky was the recent opening Keynote Speaker at the World Conference of the World Congress for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC). Understanding and advocating for student voices in their learning has been a consistent feature of Dr. Kanevsky’s research and the materials she has developed to help learners and educators co-construct, personalize, and differentiate learning experiences. Many of the materials can be found in the Tool Kit for High End Differentiation and on her website, Possibilities for Learning.
Abstract: Behaving Brilliantly at Home and in School
At any age, gifted children’s behaviours provide a window on their talent and potentials. This lecture will explore 13 specific feelings and behaviours you might have noticed at home that indicate when your child is and is not engaged in appropriately challenging learning experiences. They can help you understand their learning and boredom in ways that will help you communicate with all who are involved in developing their potential in inclusive and special class settings.
Check back later for registration!
