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Just as each person's stutter may be different, PWS vary in how they relate to their stutter: how much they value fluency, how they want to be perceived by others, and the kind of treatment will most help them achieve their goals.

My name is Ghalib Sumar, and I am honoured to join the Board of the Canadian Stuttering Association as Marketing and Communications Coordinator.

My name is Nav Gill, and I am honoured to join the Board of Directors of the Canadian Stuttering Association. 

My name is Ridwana, and I am joining the Board of Directors as the Social Media Coordinator.

My name is Irvin. I am a 79 year old farmer from Central Saskatchewan. I want to tell the story of my stuttering journey. I don't remember when it started but I remember stuttering since public school. I stuttered and had blocks, but I will mostly refer to them both only as stutters.

In the months of October to December in 2025, I participated in the SingWell Project. This project is a weekly singing group for people who stutter. I was happy to know my previous singing experience in the shower was acceptable.

As Catherine Moroney’s mother, I was the object of repeated requests to attend the conference this year (2025) and I finally agreed.

In September 2025, I decided to finally do something I had been thinking about for a long time – to write a song about stammering, about how I experience my own stammer.

I have always stuttered as far as I could remember my earliest memory of speaking. I could barely get past two phrases without being impeded by a speech block. I couldn’t fathom why my speech never came out smooth like everybody else’s.