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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ONTARIO ABC
The Association for Bright Children began in Toronto in 1974 with a few people who believed that bright and gifted children needed an advocacy group. The original members were both educators and parents who shared concerns, information, ideas and disappointments. PROVINCIAL PRESIDENTS 1974-1978 Sandra Shiner, Ph.D., Toronto 1978-1981 Linda Tu, Ph.D., North York 1981-1984 Hilda Carmichael, Kingston 1984-1986 Barbara Anglin, Ottawa 1986-1990 Margaret Walker, Toronto 1990-1992 Margaret Carter, Guelph 1992-1996 Margaret Tofflemire, Waterloo 1996-2000 Joanne Lee, Mississauga 2000-2002 Michelle Worley, Scarborough 2002-2004 Carol Ann Sloat, Brantford 2004-2006 Elizabeth Buckingham, Ottawa 2006-2008 Christine Thammavongsa, London 2008- Dennis Ensing, London (acting) IMPORTANT DATES IN ABC HISTORY 1977- A constitution was adopted and ABC was incorporated 1976-1980 ABC co-sponsored with the Ministry of Education, four conferences on Gifted Education. 1980 ABC was incorporated as a registered charity 1981 A revised constitution was drafted and ratified at the 1982 AGM 1985 Ontario ABC established a permanent mailing address and phone number in Toronto. 1990 By-Laws revised and ratified by AGM to reflect the move to Central Membership 1990 By-Laws revised and ratified by AGM to adopt style names for ABC: "Association for Bright Children"; and "Société pour enfants doués et Sourdoués" 1990 ABC Advisory Committee established 1991 ABC Policy Document "Parents As Partners" published 2004 ABC Policy Document "Parents As Partners" updated and revised 2006-2008 ABC expanded its annual conferences to include an additional full day of programming geared to educator professional development featuring James Delisle, PhD, Karen Rogers, PhD and Susan Winebrenner respectively 2006 ABC Resource Guide on IEP's published 2008 ABC Resource Guide Revised and Translated 2008 By-laws revised and ratified by AGM to implement trial of free membership model 2009 ABC appointed its first part-time Executive Director, Claire Collins, Mississauga SOME PAST ABC FAMILY CONFERENCES, LOCATIONS AND THEMES 1986 Ottawa Creative Learning 1987 Scarborough Exploring New Horizons 1988 Waterloo Learning and Growing Together 1989 Halton Our Children, Ourselves 1990 Ottawa Roots and Wings 1991 North York Heart.Head.Hands 1992 Scarborough Building the Future 1993 Cambridge What If? 1994 Kingston Reach for the Stars 2004 London Alan Edmunds, PhD on Meeting the Needs of Exceptionally Gifted Children 2005 Toronto Joanne Foster, PhD on Being Smart About Gifted Children 2006 Toronto Jame Delisle PhD on addressing the Social Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners 2007 Toronto Karen Rogers, PhD on Re-forming Gifted Education 2008 Toronto Susan Winebrenner on Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Learners LETTERS PATENT Action for Bright Children was registered as a non-profit corporation in the Province of Ontario in 1977. The constitution states that Action for Bright Children is also known as, and activities are carried on under, the name Association for Bright Children and Société pour enfants doués et sourdoués. This incorporation embraces the activities of the Provincial organization and its accreditted chapters. REGISTRATION AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ABC was registered with Revenue Canada on September 1, 1980 and assigned Number 0597252-21-13
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