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AABC is a voluntary, non-profit organization which welcomes as a member
anyone interested in the education and support of bright/gifted
and talented children. |
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Our mission is to advance education by informing,
advocating and supporting the education, social development, legal
rights and general well-being of bright/gifted and talented children in
Alberta. |
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This will be accomplished in collaboration with
our partners in the education community. To do this is to benefit
education in Alberta genarally as the parts make up the whole. |
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We fulfill these objectives by:
- maintaining the AABC
library materials for Albertans interested
in learning more about of bright children;
- establishing parent support groups;
- participating with educators and governmental bodies in
lectures, conferences, policy-making and research.
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AABC has an elected provincial executive which publishes the AABC newsletter, coordinates discussions with the provincial
government and participates in the organization of the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Gifted Education, among other activities. |
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The AABC bylaws provide for several membership categories: individual,
local chapter, network group and independent Alberta
association. Member groups respond primarily to local priorities
through activities such as meeting with local school boards,
providing adult education programs and children's activities, and
appointing delegates to attend provincial executive meetings and
the annual general meeting of AABC. Each member group negotiates
its unique agreement with AABC by communicating in writing with
the provincial Membership Secretary. |
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The first Association for Bright Children in Canada began in
Toronto, Ontario in 1974 as a non-profit advocacy group of
educators and parents. In 1979, a group called Parents for the
Education of the Gifted was organized in Calgary, Alberta in
support of an identification and programming initiative of the
Calgary Board of Education. Six months later, an Edmonton
advocacy group formed a chapter of the Ontario ABC in response to
dissatisfaction with the provisions for gifted children in the
schools. Many similar chapters subsequently started up throughout
Alberta and in 1983, AABC was incorporated as a provincial
umbrella group. Today there are about 40 local chapters of Ontario
ABC. Similar organizations exist in most provinces. |
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In Alberta, in addition to the provincial executive, AABC
chapters are active in Calgary and Edmonton and network groups
operate in Cold Lake, Drumheller, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, and St. Albert. |
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