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We are so proud of our our documentary WHO KNEW Dyslexia is a Way of Thinking which is on the film festival circuit winning laurels as it informs and inspires.
The latest news is that Kelly Conlin, our Director went to see its screening at the 13th Pasadena International Film Festival, on April 13 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 Movie Theatre in North Hollywood, Los Angeles! We were nominated for an award so she stayed for the Gala Dinner. She really deserves all the accolades coming her way!
She won best Director for an Inspirational Film at the Silver Screen Film Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, best Female Director at the Indianapolis Film Festival, best short documentary film in all categories at the New York International Women Festival, we were accepted at the 11th Women in Film Festival in Los Angeles, November 2025, a semi-finalist at the Paris Women Cine Fest.
At the same time private screenings have taken place in BC, Alberta, Ontario, in the UK and in San Francisco. There have been many screenings in the Davis Pacific region, in Australia and New Zealand thanks to Jan Stead, Nikki Palamountain, Rachel Barwell and Claire Ashmore… we hear there are more in the pipeline and Africa is the next continent for its travels! A huge thank you to everyone who is helping this message to spread around the world!
We will let you all know when it is on general release…and we are then able to send it to teacher training colleges and university departments across Canada.
Private Online Screenings! Join our waitlist for future screenings!
We are still taking bookings for private screenings. Contact Sue Hall at info@thewds.org for details. The general release is expected in 2026 on TELUS TV, Channel 9, Stream+ all made possible with the support of TELUS STORYHIVE Editions and supporters like you!
We were beyond honoured and grateful that Ronald D. Davis and his wife, Alice, watched WHO KNEW recently. It meant a great deal to us to know that he felt the documentary got our message across… he is the reason we exist.
To read more about upcoming private viewings visit our page HERE.
“Each ripple starts with one drop. The drop could be big, or it could be small but the ripple spreads and causes change. This is what happened in a tiny village in Leicestershire in the UK. The effect of watching WHO KNEW completely shifted the understanding of those in the audience; moved some to tears, inspired others. The change is that they all now know dyslexia is a way of thinking and all know that dyslexics are learning able.” Tessa H
We are happy to hear that it has been described as a gentle way of planting a seed that everyone is ABLE to learn. Here is the trailer:
TOGETHER WE KEEP GOING !
Our documentary is designed to increase awareness that individuals with dyslexia are certainly not learning disabled, they simply learn differently from the way they are taught.
We continue to take donations to further the film’s journey. We have to be ready for the ripples we make. Any donation over $25.00 will receive a tax receipt.
We thought you might like
to know the full story of how the documentary came about
to continue donating to our program sponsorships, and
to sign a petition which will ask for Davis program and Davis Learning Strategies for K-3 and Davis Learning Strategies for Early Years to be part of our education system.
Even before our Premiere, we learned that Jamie Oliver had made a documentary for Channel 4 about his experience of dyslexia. Sue was able to watch it and obviously it is really well made; he is an excellent campaigner, and showcases the ‘before’ so well, but knowing what we know.… it lacks the ‘after’, the solutions.
We sent WHO KNEW to him… Axel (in the photo with Jamie) visited his office in London… no further developments... yet!
As a unique national charity, we have the advantage of understanding why so-called learning disabilities arise. Confident in this knowledge we advocate very different, evidence-based programs designed to ensure every individual has the opportunity of fulfilling their potential. https://www.thewds.org/what-we-do
Our Mission
"To be an organization which offers a coordinated and central approach in addressing the needs of the dyslexic individual, their families and their community, while ensuring a safe place for accelerated learning, healing, education, social interaction and support of individual growth and development."
Our Vision
Our VISION is that any individual, child or adult, who has the 'gift' of dyslexia, will have the opportunity of reaching their full potential. To achieve that:
WE HAVE FOUR OBJECTIVES
Thank You
Thanks to our sponsors, from 2003 to April, 2026, we have provided $124,643.00 to 13 facilitators for 86 clients across Canada
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