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COMPLETE THE CATCA 2025 SURVEY TO IMPROVE FUTURE CONVENTION

CLOSURE REMARKS FROM CATCA 2025!

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE CONVENTION AND FOR CATCA 2026 WILL HAPPEN ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 20, 2026 AT RDP.

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The ‘Not So Happily Ever After’ Storytelling Workshop
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
100 College Blvd, Red Deer, AB T4N 5H5
This workshop takes attendees on a magical journey through the origins of classic fairy tales, showing how storytelling principles as told through the lens of centuries old tales can inform modern writing techniques. Before two Grimm brothers compiled a collection of 'happily ever after' fairy tales, there existed the 'not so happy ever after' fairy tales. This interactive session is designed to empower teachers to inspire students through purely silly fun with a dark twist and a singular writing lesson: all stories must teach a lesson.
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Andrew Buckley

Author/Speaker/Creator
Today, he’s a traditional and self-published novelist of rather silly, yet enjoyable speculative fiction for all ages, a comic book writer, screenwriter, podcaster, creator, and speaker. For over 20 years, he’s worked in the dreaded world of marketing as a content creator, copywriter... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
RDP Room 1503
  Language Arts (TQS 3), Division 4 (Gr 10-12), Division 3 (Gr 7-9) |   Drama & Dance (TQS 3), Division 4 (Gr 10-12), Division 3 (Gr 7-9) |   English Additional Language [EAL/ESL](TQS/LQS 4), Division 4 (Gr 10-12), Division 3 (Gr 7-9)
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