Dr. Robbin Gibb is based out of the University of Lethbridge’s Department of Neuroscience. She is an associate professor and the first PhD graduate from the university’s Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience.
Dr. Jane Hewes is a longtime advocate of children’s rights and high quality, community-based early learning programs. She has worked as a play specialist, consultant, and presently, is chair of the Early Learning and Child Care program at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta.
Dr. Sharon Friesen is a founding partner and president of Galileo Educational Network, at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta. She is also the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education.
Dr. John D. Bransford holds the Shauna C. Larson Endowed Chair in Learning Sciences at the University of Washington College of Education. He is also founding director of The LIFE (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments) Centre, which develops and tests principles about the social foundations of human learning from infancy to adulthood.
Dr. Ann L. Brown spent most of her career researching how children learn, and imparting strategies to increase learning. Based on her personal background – she was dyslexic and didn’t learn to read until the age of 13 – Dr. Brown had a special interest in understanding learning disabilities.
Nancy Carlsson-Paige is an early childhood education professor and founder of Lesley University’s Center for Peaceable Schools, in Cambridge, MA. She has written and spoken extensively about the impact of violence, especially in the media, on children’s lives and social development.
Dr. Rodney R. Cocking is considered one of the first scholars to seriously consider digital media’s impact on children’s learning.
Dr. Adele Diamond is a leading expert in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. She holds a Research Chair position at the University of British Columbia, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
