Newsletter April 2025
Dear Wonderful People… Spring is truly here, lovely warm days, the warmth is extending to our documentary WHO KNEW which is taking on a life of its own! Davis Facilitators and Board Directors, Paddy Carson in Edmonton and Nadine Schumont in Kitchener, ON, are organising their own private viewings in Edmonton (May 13) and Kitchener (May 10). It is still not on general release. Sue was invited to small group of ladies who had requested a private screening and were a fabulous audience. Thanks to one of their suggestions we are now creating WHO KNEW’s own webpage, with
the full story of how it came about
the trailer our Director Kelly Conlin has created to submit to Film Festivals
how to continue donating to our program sponsorships, and
a petition you can sign which will ask that the Davis Learning Strategies for Early Years and K-3 be part of our education system
How amazing is that? Visit our page HERE….
We have a trailer!! Enjoy this snippet of WHO KNEW: Dyslexia is a way of thinking
This Summer our film will be viewed in film festivals all over Canada with a general release this fall on TELUS Optik TV, channel 9, Stream+ and STORYHIVE's YouTube channel. If you would like to organize a private viewing for your organization, community or school please contact Sue Blyth Hall at info@thewds.org.
One of our cast, Manda Aufochs Gillespie has asked us to attach information about her incredibly successul high school, Cortes Island Academy on Cortes Island, BC. The registration deadline is close, so please read asap.
Many of our clients and enquiries ask us if we know of schools that would be ideal for children with dyslexia. Truthfully, the only ones we know of at the moment who are using Davis methods in full, are in India and New Zealand (read more here). However, our current podcast series: Chasing Ideal Education is resulting in an update to our WDS Resource section and we will be adding to a list ‘What to look for in a school for dyslexics’.
On May 1, in our Come to the Dyslexia Table Live Chat, Sharon Roberts, Laura O’Neill and Jess Vandecar will have an informal discussion about home schooling and the many options available. If you have an option or options to offer, please email us at info@thewds.org or just register to attend the Live Chat. It will be edited and broadcast in our podcast series. RSVP Here……
Claire Ashmore, Davis Facilitator in New Zealand, created this wonderful reel celebrating the rich imagination of Dyslexic individuals. Enjoy!
I hope you will forgive the relatively short newsletter this month, it is a reminder that we are all volunteers, who have never ventured into the film world before, and we are just dipping our toes into this very exciting, inspiring, often seemingly deep but very warm WHO KNEW water!
Have a wonderful Easter weekend, Sue, Laura, Maureen, Julie, Paddy, Sharon, Nadine, Tristan, Del, Gisa
Come to the Dyslexic Table Live Chat
May 1st, 2025 - 4:30PM Pacific
Join us for a look into Chasing Ideal Education: Series 7 - Episode #4 - Homeschooling
Join us! To RSVP visit our page HERE
Calendar:
May 1: Come to the Dyslexic Table … Homeschooling
May 1: Sue and Julie are excited to present to the Capilano University ECE Faculty !
May 28: Gisa and Sue will be presenting to Big Sisters and Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, Langley and the Fraser Valley
June 1: Come to the Dyslexic Table… France, Japan and maybe Italy !
October 8: Sue has been invited to be a Keynote Speaker (her first Keynote!) at the Family Literacy Conference in Edmonton.
October 23: Sue and Julie will be at a Panel Discussion at the Child Care Resource & Referral Consultant – West Shore Sooke Family Resource Society
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