“It’s not that there weren’t stun gun victims in the news before Robert Dziekanski,” says Dr. Charles Adeyanju, “but many were drug users, or from a marginalized groups such as aboriginal people. The media just didn’t portray these people in the same sympathetic light as they did Mr. Dziekanski.”

Dr. Khym Goslin says we need to change our current model of ecuation. Our current methods move children along from Kindergarten to university like an assembly line.

“There’s a common attitude that gifted children don’t need extra help in school,” says Dr. Carla Di Giorgio. “But gifted students get bored easily if their intelligence isn’t being stimulated. Gifted kids may even drop out or turn off of true learning if their needs aren’t met by school.”

 “I sat through the science presentations at last year’s Graduate Studies Day,” says Dr. Donna Giberson. “I consider myself to be pretty up on most biological topics, but even the Biology presentations flew right over my head. And these were supposed to be for a general audience.”