Seeing Beyond the Horizon” Canadian Vision Teachers’ Conference

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Event Date: May. 3, 2018 to May. 5, 2018

Sunny-springtime Nisku, AB
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Canada

Please join us in sunny-springtime Nisku, AB, May 3rd through 5th  2018, for our upcoming Canadian Vision Teachers’ Conference. Come network, learn together and celebrate the privilege of working with students with a visual impairment and their families!

Get more information at our website:  https://sites.google.com/site/2018cvtc/

  • Conference Registration: earlybird discount ends on February 28!
  • Hotel reservation – Special $99 Room Rate! (see Venue section of the website)
  • Program Schedule is up! An array of exciting concurrent presentations from fellow professionals in the field…

Pre-conference Sessions on May 2nd!

  • Matt Tietjen, MEd – What’s the Complexity Framework? (working with students with CVI)
  • Peter Tucic and Michel Pepin (Humanware) – BrailleNote Touch: the hands-on experience
  • David Wilkinson (HIMS) – Up Close and Personal with BrailleSense Polaris

Keynote Speakers!

  • Dr. Kevin Stewart of York Region District School Board in Ontario
  • Diane Brauner, creator of Paths to Literacy (www.pathstoliteracy.org)
  • Molly Burke Motivational Speaker, YouTuber and Spokesperson … who happens to be blind
  • Banquet Speaker : Lowell & Julie Taylor, formerly from The Amazing Race Canada