Theme: What We Don't Know

Thinkers, Scholars, Academics, Activists, Philosophers, Visionaries. TEDxMILTON 2017 explores the
theme, “What We Don’t Know”. We explore those hidden elements that lead to amazing achievments.
The stories, will facilitate dialogue, open up new realms of thought and continue to spread ideas in the community.

Milton Centre for the Arts
1010 Main Street East
Milton, Ontario, L9T 6H7
Canada

Alex Delorey

Canadian Space Agency Candidate

Alex DeLorey undertook a grand journey to be a finalist to be in the most recent Astronaut Recruitment Campaign with the Canadian Space Agencey. He is an accomplished professional engineer and project manager and has worked on projects across the globe. His has been inside nuclear reactor vaults, performed life-saving rescues and in his spare time learned to fly, scuba dive and skydive. He continues his work in the nuclear field, managing projects as part of a major program to refurbish six CANDU® nuclear reactors on the Bruce Peninsula and is constantly working towards what may come tomorrow.

Daniele Cybulskie

Medievel History

Danièle has been researching and writing about the Middle Ages for over a decade. A featured writer at Medievalists.net, Danièle has also been published in three international magazines. She worked as the subject matter expert for OntarioLearn's "The Middle Ages and the Modern World: Facts and Fiction", currently being ordered at nine Ontario colleges, and her book, The Five-Minute Medievalist, debuted at #1 on Amazon's Canadian charts (Western European History and Medieval History). Her writing has reached over half a million readers, and counting. Having left six years of college teaching behind, Danièle now divides her time between giving workshops on the Middle Ages, writing articles for web and print publications, and working on her second book. When she is not reading or writing, she can be found drinking tea, practicing archery, or sometimes building a backyard trebuchet. You can find out more about Danièle’s work at www.danielecybulskie.com.

Katherine Brent

Youth Sciences

Katie participated in youth science fairs for six years, and was a finalist at the Canada Wide Science Fair for four of those years, where she medalled each time. In January 2015, she was one of three Canadians to be invited to represent the country at the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra, Australia. In the past seven years, Katie has been privileged to have won over sixty-five awards in the fields of science and engineering, most of which were presented for her projects in the field of health-oriented computer engineering devices. Currently, Katie is pursuing studies in engineering at McMaster University.

Satinder Brar

Registered Psychotherapist

Satinder is a Registered Psychotherapist with over 15 years experience working with individuals and couples to improve their functioning lives. She empowers her clients to improve their emotional well-being, enhance their ability to engage in healthy interpersonal relationships and provides them with the necessary tools to live their best lives. She has worked in a variety of settings including government, corporate and private practice. Satinder has appeared on television and written for local magazines. She is fiercely committed to raising mental health awareness and decreasing the stigmas.

Shae Invidiata

Raising Awareness to Human Trafficking in Canada

Shae, a highly successful real estate agent with the Invidiata team, in 2010, Shea founded Free-them, an initative dedicated to raising awareness to abolish human trafficking in Canada. Free-them is a Stakeholder to three federal bills that have amended the Criminal Code of Canada and also to the Federal Government’s NaNonal AcNon Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. Invidiata has appeared on national and local media channels, including The Globe and Mail, CBC, CBC Radio, CTV, The Toronto Star, GlobalTV, CityNews, CP24 News. Invidiata was a nominee for Canadian Women’s Fashion Magazine Chatelaine as a Top 20 Finalist for “Canada’s Women of the Year 2011; recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012; National Freedom Award in October 2012 and most recently, Shae was recognized as a “Woman of Honour” at the 2016 Honouring Heroes event presented by “The Joy Smith Foundation”.

Stacy-Ann Buchanan

Actress/Model/Documentary Producer of "The Blind Stigma"

Stacy-Ann Buchanan is a professionally trained theatre and film Actor. In 2012 she produced The Mystic Effect-a show that embodies music, poetry, dance, fashion and film. In 2013, she created her own production company— Stacy-Ann Buchanan Productions. In 2014 she received the Entrepreneur Award at the Int'l Women Achievement Awards. She established the Stacy-Ann Buchanan Scholarship—awarded to students pursuing art related studies. In 2014, Stacey-Ann directed and produced her first award winning documentary—The Blind Stigma, which discusses mental health within the black community. Her achievements in the community led her to being selected as one of 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada in 2015, awarded the Young Fem Leader award in the same year and listed as the 150 Black Women Making Canada Better. Stacey-Ann, a motivational leader and mental health advocate, shares her personal journey while inspiring others to turn their Pain into Power and to Make their Passion their Paycheck