Registration is OPEN! Please confirm your attendance though https://autismresourcefair2019.eventbrite.ca

What is happening on the day

Keynote Presentation by Lucas Gates
Shelley Moore: Inclusive Education - What does it mean in today's classroom?
The May Day Youth Choir
Community Panel: Various Community Service Providers who offer Inclusive programming
Resource and Information Booths
Marketplace

This event is FREE, but registration is required.
*Childcare is not available*
**Continuing education certificates will NOT be available this year.**

Schedule of the Day:
8:30 – 9:00 Networking and Registration (marketplace, booths open)
9:00– 9:30 Welcome and Mayday Youth Choir
9:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker Lucas Gates
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Shelley Moore – Inclusive Education
12:00 - 12:15 Refreshment Break
12:15 – 1:15 – Community Panel
1:15 – 2:00 – booths open

MayDay Club Youth Choir:
The Mayday Club Youth Choir for Neurodiversity is a professional
children’s choir that was started in 2016 by Nicole Provost, a UBC student diagnosed with
Asperger’s Syndrome, as a means to combat the stigmas and isolation that individuals who are
‘different’ often encounter.

Keynote by Lucas Gates “My Journey on the Spectrum”
Lucas Gates is a young adult living on the spectrum and living it to the fullest. Lucas is 27-years old
as well as a third-generation Vancouverite is proud of how far our community has become a more
accepting place for all. Lucas works at both the Pacific Autism Family Network and Canucks Sports Camp;
Entertainment as a Representative and as a Retail Sales Associate, respectfully.
Lucas is proud to be on the spectrum, because he wouldn't be here making a difference for many.

Shelley Moore Inclusive Education: What does it mean in today’s classrooms?
Originally from Edmonton, and now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Shelley Moore is a highly
sought-after teacher, researcher, speaker and storyteller and has worked with school districts
and community organizations throughout both Canada and the United States. Shelley's
presentations are constructed based on contexts of schools and communities and integrate theory
and effective practices of inclusion, special education, curriculum and teacher professional
development. Her first book entitled, “One Without the Other” was released in July 2016 to
follow up her TEDx talk. Shelley completed an undergraduate degree in Special Education at the
University of Alberta, her masters at Simon Fraser University, and is currently a PhD candidate at
the University of British Columbia.

Catering by Storey’s Café
https://www.storeyscafe.org/

Market Place and Information Provider Participants to date:
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ACT - https://www.actcommunity.ca/ 

Advantage Speech - www.advantageslp.com

Alongside You - https://www.alongsideyou.ca/ 

Autism Information Services - www.autisminfo.gov.bc.ca

Autism Support Network - www.autismsupportbc.ca

Arbour Consulting - www.arbourconsulting.com

Autism Society of BC

BC Speech - Jill Topp - www.bcspeech.ca

Canucks Autism Network - www.canucksautism.ca

CLBC - www.communitylivingbc.ca

Family Centred Practice Group - www.fcpg.ca

Family Support Institute - https://familysupportbc.com/ 

Girls Club - www.inGIRLSCLUB.com 

Kwantley Polytechnic University - www.kpu.ca

Little Buddies Therapy - www.littlebuddiespeds.ca

Odin Books - www.odinbooks.com

Orbital Learning - https://orbitallearning.com/ 

Pacific Autism Family Network - www.pacificautismfamily.com

Pivot Point - www.pivotpoint.ca

PosABilities - www.laurelbc.ca

Richmond Autism Parent Support - www.rapsupport.org

Richmond Centre for Disability - http://www.rcdrichmond.org/ 

Richmond Society of Community Living - www.rscl.org

Richmond Therapeutic Riding - www.richmondtherapeuticriding.com

Richmond School District

Sirota's Alchymy - www.sirotasalchymy.com

UBC Splash Kids - www.ubcsplashkids.ca

Usborne Books - www.usborneonline.ca/wendylovesbooks 

Vancouver Coastal Health - www.vch.ca

VCC - https://www.vcc.ca/