ABA Blog: Brian Iwata in Manitoba, Canada

2011-09-29

Brian Iwata in Manitoba, Canada

I would not miss this if I had to travel across Canada. But luckily I don't have to. Brian Iwata spent a day with the staff of the St.Amant Applied Behaviour Analysis Program, in Winnipeg, wowing everyone with his demeanor and fluency and the brilliance we all knew described his mark on applied behavior analysis. Today students of the University of Manitoba had the opportunity to hear a him as the Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitor and tomorrow there is a petit comite workshop for student researchers, also at the University of Manitoba. And finally on Saturday, Dr. Iwata is the Invited Keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Conference of the Association for Manitoba Behaviour Analysis. We continue with our commitment to disseminate behavior analysis.

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