MTS PD Day: Dr. Maryanne Wolf (virtual) and Local Heroes working with Structured Literacy
Schedule
Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 08:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Winnipeg, MB
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Virtual Keynote with In-Person presentersThis event will be held in-person at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and will also be available online. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the best and connect with fellow educators!
Virtual KEYNOTE - Join us for an exciting MTS PD Day featuring Dr. Maryanne Wolf (virtual), a renowned scholar and advocate for literacy and education. Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, a teacher, and an advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the Director of the newly created Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Previously she was the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service and Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. She is the author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain (2007, HarperCollins), Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain (Edited; York, 2001), Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century(2016, Oxford University Press), and Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World.
At the Canadian Human Rights Museum:
We will also be joined by local heroes, Manitoba teachers who have been working tirelessly to improve instruction and outcomes for all students, especially those with LD. They will be sharing their Structured Literacy/Orton-Gilingham journey for several years collaborating and striving for excellence to support all students especially those with dyslexia. @ParkwestSD @EvergreenSD @PembinaTrailsSD
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Where is it happening?
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
