Professor Gail Gillon

Professor Gail Gillon is an international leader in children’s speech, language and early literacy development. She is Co-Lead Developer of the Better Start Literacy Approach and is also the founding Director of the University of Canterbury Child Well-Being Research Institute. Professor Gillon was Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Canterbury between 2007 and 2018 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, the American Speech-Language and Therapy Association, and the New Zealand Speech Language Therapy Association.