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Dr. Peter Liljedahl is a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Peter has authored or coauthored numerous book, book chapters, and journal articles on topics central to the teaching and learning of mathematics, and is most known as the author of the global phenomenon Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Practics for Engaging Learning (Corwin 2020). 

Kyle Webb works as a Numeracy Learning Consultant in Regina, SK, Canada. Prior to working as a learning consultant, he taught grades 6 through 12 math, science, STEM, and worked as an educational technology teacher coach. Kyle is passionate about mathematics education, especially shaking up the status quo seen in traditional mathematics classrooms. He is a strong advocate for Thinking Classrooms and has worked closely with Peter Liljedahl in recent years diving deeper into the practices while directly supporting hundreds of classrooms and their teachers in implementing the 14 practices. Kyle spends most of his time in classrooms working with teachers and students and believes that rich, contextually based tasks and utilizing concrete and pictorial representations can propel student learning at all levels of mathematics.

Meghan Giroux is a co-author and expert facilitator, specializing in classroom culture and adapting tasks for diverse needs. 

The full schedule will be released following the acceptance of session proposals.