1. Janet N. Mort PhD - Vancouver Island University

2. Dr. CLYDE HERTZMAN Officer of the Order of Canada March 24 1953 – February 8 2013 The Champion for Vulnerable Children: He Warned Us in 2004: EDI When Vulnerable Readers Thrive... Dreams Come True.

3. Vulnerability Rates as Increasing 2000 – 23% 2009 – 28% 2011 – 31% 2013 – 33% If it’s business as usual for this year’s kindergarten children, Graduation rates will begin to drop over the next 10 years. (Clyde Hertzman paraphrased 2013) Black children in poverty in USA – up by over 3% (Census Data) When Vulnerable Readers Thrive... Dreams Come True.

4. 1989 to 2009 It was all about play or data in K/1. NO BALANCE Janet N. Mort PhD - Vancouver Island University What Does the Research Tell Us? 2009: What’s the latest most compelling research?