FRIDAY

Friday workshops (9:00am – 4:30pm):

Paula Kluth‘s ‘Joyful Learning: Active and collaborative strategies to differentiate instruction in inclusive classrooms’ (ROOM 6)

– Paula Kluth Inclusion Rules Website

– Joyful Learning Slides (PDF)

 

Lisa Drennan’s ‘Inclusive recreation: Creating a culture of welcoming, participating, and belonging’ (BALLROOM)

– Lisa Drennan Merge Consulting Website

– MERGE Introduction Slides 2025 (PDF)

President’s Reception – 7:00pm – 10:00pm (BALLROOM)

Saturday

Opening Plenary – 9:00am-10:00am (BALLROOM)

Youth for Inclusion – 9:00am-4:30pm (ROOM 5)

Saturday morning sessions – 10:30am – 12:00pm

Dwelling in possibility: The values, beliefs, & habits of inclusive schools (ROOM 6)

– Dwelling in Possibility Slides (PDF)

–Inclusion Inventory (PDF)

–Presume Complexity (PDF)

The power of relationships (BALLROOM C)

-No handouts

The advocacy landscape: Trends, challenges, and opportunities (BALLROOM D)

–Election Priorities (PDF)

–Toolkit – Inclusion Alberta (PDF)

Using FMS to create employment (ROOM 7)

-No handouts

Saturday afternoon sessions – 1:30:pm – 3:00pm

Belonging through inclusive recreation: Creating pathways to friendship (BALLROOM D)

– Lisa Drennan Merge Consulting Website

– MERGE Introduction Slides 2025 (PDF)

Belonging in Alberta: Pursing inclusion as a newcomer (ROOM 7)

–City of Edmonton Newcomer Resources (PDF)

-City of Calgary Newcomers Resources (PDF)

Culturally based learning for Indigenous youth with disabilities (ROOM 6)

-No handouts

Vision of Home (BALLROOM C)

-No handouts

Closing Plenary – 3:15pm – 4:30pm (BALLROOM C)

Family Dance Celebration – 7:00pm – 11:00pm (BALLROOM)