First Annual General Conference

Thursday May 2^nd, 2002 - PHOTOS,MORE PHOTOS
From 12:00 noon	Registration	Alta Vista Salon
4:00 – 6:00	Poster set-up	Gallery, Victoria North
7:00 – 10:00	Welcome Reception - PHOTOS Bus departs Marriott lobby at 6:30 and 7:05 for Museum Bus departs Museum at 9:45 and 10:30 for Marriott	Museum of Civilization

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Friday May 3^rd, 2002 - PHOTOS,MORE PHOTOS

8:30 – 9:00	Opening Session Dr. Don Jamieson, Scientific Director & C.E.O. Welcome Address (invited speaker) Dr. Marc Renaud, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada	Victoria North
9:00 – 10:30	Statistics Canada’s Program Related to Literacy Scott Murray, Director General Institutions and Social Statistics Statistics Canada Session Chair: Eileen Wood, Theme Leader	Victoria North
10:30 – 12:00	Poster Session – Group 1 , PHOTOS	Gallery
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch - PHOTOS Lunch Presentation Jean-Claude Gavrel, Director Networks of Centres of Excellence Session Chair: Dr. Don Jamieson	Victoria South
1:00 – 2:30	Panel on Ethics Dr. R. Saginur, Chair, Ottawa Health Research Ethics Board, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Dr. J. Fryer, Associate Dean, Research & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Dr. D. Palframan, Chair, Research Ethics Review Committee, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Ms. Hanan Abdel-Akher, Tri-Council Secretariat on Research Ethics Session Chair: Andree Durieux-Smith, Theme Leader	Victoria North
2:30 – 3:00	Coffee Break Administrative Centre Booth open
3:00 – 4:30	Theme Breakout Sessions Theme I: Biological factors underlying the development of language and literacy skills Theme II: Sensory processes and environment Theme III: Language Theme IV: Literacy Theme V: Social, economic and program influences; families, schools and communities	Dalhousie Dalhousie Rideau Victoria North Capital Carleton
4:30 – 7:00	Poster Session – Group 2 , PHOTOS	Gallery
7:00 – 9:00	Dinner	Victoria North
8:30-10:00	Student Network Meeting Nicole Conrad, McMaster University Tracy Dow, University of Alberta Martha Anne Roberts, University of Waterloo Christine Tsang, McMaster University Guest Speakers: Dr. Don Jamieson, Scientific Director Dr. Kathleen Bloom, Chair of Highly Qualified Personnel Committee Mr. Dan Sinai, Managing Director	Dalhousie

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Saturday May 4^th, 2002 - PHOTOS, MORE PHOTOS

8:30 – 10:00

The Distinction Between Proximal and

Distal Causes of Developmental Dyslexia

Dr. Max Coltheart, Scientific Director

Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science

Session Chair: Ray Klein, Theme Leader

Victoria North

10:00 – 10:30

Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Introduction

HQP Committee:

Dr. Kathleen Bloom (Chair), University of Waterloo

Dr. Melanie Campbell, University of Alberta

Dr. Pierre Cormier, Université de Moncton
Dr. Esther Geva, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Victoria North

10:30 – 12:00

Poster Session – Group 3 , PHOTOS

Victoria North

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

Victoria South

1:00 – 2:30

Theme Discussions

Theme I:

Robert Harrison, The Hospital for Sick Children

Theme II:

Andree Durieux-Smith, University of Ottawa

Prudence Allen, The University of Western Ontario

Theme III:

Terrance Nearey, University of Alberta

Susan Rvachew, McGill University

Theme IV:

Linda Phillips, University of Alberta

Raymond Klein, Dalhousie University

Theme V:

Eileen Wood, Wilfrid Laurier University

Teena Willoughby, Brock University

Victoria North

2:30 – 3:00

Coffee Break

Administrative Centre Booth open

3:00 – 4:30

Town Hall Session

Representatives from:

Administrative Centre – Dan Sinai

Board of Directors – Don Jamieson

Highly Qualified Personnel Committee

Research Management Committee

Student Network – Martha Roberts

Victoria North

4:30 – 5:00

Closing Session

Dr. Don Jamieson, Scientific Director & C.E.O.

Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network

Victoria North

5:00 – 6:00

Take down of poster displays

Gallery,Victoria North