South Western Alberta Teachers' Convention Association
Feb 23 - 24, 2023
The 2023 convention is in person.
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2023 South Western Alberta Teachers' Convention (SWATCA)
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KEYNOTE AND FEATURED SPEAKERS 2023
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dan Grassick, ATA Professional Development Staff Officer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 1-800-232-7208
Tweeting about this year's SWATCA? Add us@swatca and use the tag#sabca2023.
All attendees are reminded that SWATCA is a closed convention open to ATA members only. Persons wishing to attend SWATCA who are not currently ATA members are required to contact the ATA to arrange membership.
Question: Are teacher assistants/educational assistants/spouses of teachers/children of teachers eligible to attend teachers’ conventions?
Answer: No. Conventions are closed events designed for ATA members who hold the highest level of membership available to them and for a few invited guests. Central office and school administrators do not have the authority to direct teacher assistants or educational assistants to attend teachers’ conventions. (taken from the ATA website)
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KEYNOTE AND FEATURED SPEAKERS 2023
MORGEX KEYNOTE
Shari Graydon
BIO NOTES
Shari Graydon is an award-winning author, speaker and advocate. Since creating Informed Opinions in 2010, she has trained and motivated thousands of women to share their insights from the podium and through print, online and broadcast commentary.
Previously she wrote a weekly newspaper column, produced a TV series and performed regular commentary for CBC radio and TV. She also taught communications at two BC universities, served as press secretary to a provincial premier, and as president of two national women’s organizations.
Shari has been recognized with Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons’ Case, a Woman of Influence award and a spot on Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women list. Her best-selling media literacy books for youth include Made You Look - How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know (Children's Literature Roundtables award winner) and In Your Face - The Culture of Media and You (Norma Fleck award for non-fiction).
Drew Dudley
15 years helping individuals and organizations
increase their leadership capacity
Drew’s Wall Street Journal bestselling book This is Day One: A Practical Guide to Leadership That Matters shares the insights he has learned through close to 20 years in the field of leadership development. It traces the development of the Day One Leadership Process from his time running the leadership development program at the University of Toronto through his decade traveling the world increasing the leadership capacity of some of the world’s most dynamic organizations.
Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe
Expert on Resiliency and Workplace Wellness
Described as one of the most sought-after, engaging, thought-provoking, and truly transformative international speakers and scholars in her field, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a multi-award-winning psychology and education instructor who specializes in resiliency, navigating stress and change, and personal wellness. Her keynotes provide practical strategies, grounded in global research and case studies, that help foster resiliency within ourselves and others.
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