Toronto, Ontario – May 30, 2011 – Humber students have organized an independent TEDx event – the first ever to be held at a Canadian college. The one-day event, TEDxHumberCollege, features Humber alumni, faculty, staff and students sharing innovative ideas and compelling stories based on the communications theme More than Words.
Event: TEDxHumberCollege
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Park Dr., Toronto, ON
Interview/ Photo Op: Speakers, students, Humber administration
Interviews and photo opportunities may be arranged in advance as photos/video are not allowed during the event. Photos and video can be obtained from the event organizers after the event.
Website: tedxhumbercollege.com; twitter.com/TEDxHumber
facebook.com/TEDxHumberCollege
Main agenda and list of speakers
9:00 a.m. Event opens
9:16 a.m. Talk 1 - Dr. John Steckley - Aboriginal language specialist (faculty)
9:33 a.m. Talk 2 - Margaux Smith - Fundraising Management (student)
9:50 a.m. Talk 3 - John Rose - Recruitment (staff)
11:03 a.m. Talk 4 - Brett Reynolds - English (faculty)
11:20 a.m. Talk 5 - Andrea Tavchar - Public Relations & Social Media (faculty)
12:00 p.m. Talk 6 - Brock Warner - Fundraising Management (alumni)
1:18 p.m. Talk 7 - Phillip Beesley - Architect & Sculptor (alumni)
1:35 p.m. Talk 8 - Annelisa Pederson - Executive Director, Hamilton Philharmonic (alumni)
1:52 p.m. Talk 9 - Bernie Monette – Visual Images & Communication (faculty)
2:31 p.m. Talk 10 - Priya Ramunajam - Urbanology founder & Editor (alumni)
3:45 p.m. Talk 11 - Gino Cunti - (student in the Operation: First Contact project)
4:01 p.m. Talk 12 - Rahul Singh - founder of GlobalMedic, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010 and a Canadian Top 40 under 40 (alumni)
4:15 p.m Closing Remarks (Rudy Blair 680 News/Sarah Dawson, Event Chair)
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
About TED
TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit ted.com/registration. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
To arrange interviews with speakers or organizers, please contact:
Alena Boczek
Media Relations, TEDxHumberCollege
(c) 647.522.6212
alenaboczek@gmail.com
Andrew Leopold / Kevin Gonsalves
Humber College Marketing and Communications
(o) 416.675.6622 ext. 4296 / 5778
(c) 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
