Happy 2026 to you all…wishing you everything you wish for yourselves!
We can hardly believe that our documentary WHO KNEW Dyslexia is a Way of Thinking premiered almost a year ago!
Since then private screenings have taken place in BC, Alberta, Ontario, in the UK, in San Francisco and it was accepted at the 11th Women in Film Festival in Los Angeles! We are delighted for our Director Kelly Conlin, and she is eagerly awaiting news from more film festivals around the world. This year we anticipate it being on general release…and we are then able to send it to teacher training colleges and university departments across Canada.
For Family Literacy Week - January 24th - January 31st, 2026 we will be hosting daily free online screenings of our documentary. Please join us! You can read more and RSVP HERE.
We are still taking bookings for private screenings. Contact Sue Hall at info@thewds.org for details. The general release is expected in 2026 on TELUS TV, Channel 9, Stream+ all made possible with the support of TELUS STORYHIVE Editions and supporters like you!
We were beyond honoured and grateful that Ronald D. Davis and his wife, Alice, watched WHO KNEW recently. It meant a great deal to us to know that he felt the documentary got our message across… he is the reason we exist.
To read more about upcoming private viewings visit our page HERE.
“Each ripple starts with one drop. The drop could be big, or it could be small but the ripple spreads and causes change. This is what happened in a tiny village in Leicestershire in the UK. The effect of watching WHO KNEW completely shifted the understanding of those in the audience; moved some to tears, inspired others. The change is that they all now know dyslexia is a way of thinking and all know that dyslexics are learning able.” Tessa H
We are happy to hear that it has been described as a gentle way of planting a seed that everyone is ABLE to learn. Here is the trailer:
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to know the full story of how the documentary came about
Kelly Conlin is still awaiting news that it has been accepted for some film festivals. She feels a wider audience needs to know this information. We are hoping it reaches teacher training colleges via an educational distributor.
to continue donating to our program sponsorships, and
to sign a petition which will ask for Davis program and Davis Learning Strategies for K-3 and Davis Learning Strategies for Early Years to be part of our education system.
Even before our Premiere, we learned that Jamie Oliver is also making a documentary for Channel 4 about his experience of dyslexia. Sue was able to watch it and obviously it is really well made; he is an excellent campaigner, and showcases the ‘before’ so well, but knowing what we know.… it lacks the ‘after’, the solutions.
We sent WHO KNEW to him… Axel (in the photo with JO) visited his office in London… no further developments... yet!
As a unique national charity, we have the advantage of understanding why so-called learning disabilities arise. Confident in this knowledge we advocate very different, evidence-based programs designed to ensure every individual has the opportunity of fulfilling their potential. https://www.thewds.org/what-we-do
Our Mission
"To be an organization which offers a coordinated and central approach in addressing the needs of the dyslexic individual, their families and their community, while ensuring a safe place for accelerated learning, healing, education, social interaction and support of individual growth and development."
Our Vision
Our VISION is that any individual, child or adult, who has the 'gift' of dyslexia, will have the opportunity of reaching their full potential. To achieve that:
WE HAVE FOUR OBJECTIVES
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Thanks to our sponsors, from 2003 to September, 2025, we have provided $120,143.00 to 13 facilitators for 83 clients across Canada
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