Our 6th TEDx event!
Speakers
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Alex Drysdale
Founder of Crik Nutrition, Alex is passionate about the impact our health choices have on animal welfare and the environment. Crik was named one of the World's 20 Hottest Startups by CNBC and listed in the Top 10 companies to Watch by Food in Canada Magazine.Alexandra Hasenpflug
Alexandra Hasenpflug is one of the four percent of the population affected by synesthesia - where two (or more) senses are joined in the brain so they are experienced simultaneously. Alexandra sees sound. Through art she has been able to share what a song 'looks' like.Cheryl Ferguson
Cheryl Ferguson understands motivation and what drives students to excel. She has over 200 students in her band program and over 200 students who are on the waitlist to get into her band program. During her 20 years as a teacher, Cheryl has taught music at every level including K-6 classroom and junior high band programs.Daniel Blair
Daniel Blair is the CEO of Bit Space Development, working to bring new technologies like 3D printing, virtual reality and single board computing into classrooms.Dwight MacAulay
Dwight MacAulay has been Chief of Protocol for the Government of Manitoba since 1998 and has served as presiding officer for Canadian Citizenship Courts. In 2010, Her Majesty The Queen awarded Dwight the position of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, the highest possible rank attainable in Canada in the Royal Victorian Order.Earl Gardiner
Earl Gardiner is the Founder and CEO of RANA Respiratory Care Group, a company focused on community based respiratory care services for clients suffering from Asthma and Sleep Disorders.Israel Idonije
Born in Nigeria, raised in Canada, Israel Idonije is a retired NFL star, co-founder of Ask The Doctor, who started Athlitacomics and The Bureau Chicago. His foundation, the Isreal Idonije Foundation has helped over 8000 youth in Chicago, Winnipeg, Manitoba and West Africa.Janet Schmidt
Janet Schmidt has been working in the field of conflict resolution and mediation since 1986. She developed a nine-month Peace Building and Conflict Transformation program in a pan-African leadership-training institution in Kitwe, Zambia.Laszlo Pinter
Laszlo Pinter is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University in Budapest and a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada.Madison Thomas
Madison Thomas is a filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba's North-End. In 2011 she became the first Aboriginal person to be accepted into Prague Film School's summer program. She partners with inner city organizations and teaches film to youth in hopes that future filmmakers among them will become motivated the same way she did.Matt Cohen
Advertising enthusiast Matt Cohen has spent the past decade working as a senior copywriter and marketing strategist. In his free time, he has been researching the fading wall ads of Winnipeg's historic Exchange District.Stephen Dubienski
Stephen Dubienski is a sport management and psychology professional who uses biofeedback to help athletes suffering from the aftereffects of concussions.Organizing team
