Theme: Passion

The theme for TEDxMaplesMetSchool is Passion. Passion, described by Merriam Webster as “Intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction.” What drives you? What makes you so excited that you cannot keep still? Or maybe you don’t know what it is yet.

Subthemes are:

Relevance: How does your passion related to you, your community, your city, and your country? How does it connect to the people around you?

Rigour: What work did it take to get you here? What work would you have to do to get you where you want to be?

Relationships: Who have you worked with on when you worked on your passion or when you were still looking for it? Who has been a great influence in shaping you and your passion?

Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre
711 Jefferson Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2P 0P7
Canada

Diogo Iwasaki

Polymath

TBA

Luana Moar

Youth Activist

My name is Luana Moar, Nimi Gazziziawaab nindizhinikaaz, Migizi nindodem, I am a grade 12 student attending the Seven Oaks Met School. I am a Sundancer, pipe carrier, and hold knowledge of Anishinaabe traditions. I have passions on land preservation, cultural restoration, indigenous based solutions, human rights, mental health, history, youth, community collaboration, and participating in good-hearted work. I am driven to push perspectives so that we can together realize our interconnected aspirations. Influencing belonging, love, and health to continue developing comfortable and safe environments.

Marley Pauls

Student

Marley Pauls is a grade twelve student at West Kildonan Collegiate. She is going on to pursue biology and a degree in science at the University of Manitoba. She enjoys the arts, as well as nature and travelling. Marley also enjoys her English classes, as well as extra curricular choirs and drama productions. Marley has found her passion in the world of plants, after a presentation in her biology class earlier this year and she hopes to continue her exploration in the world of plant communication.

Nikolaus Rechert

Student

I am a twelfth-grade High School student from Collège Garden City Collegiate with a passion for Science, Technology, and Engineering. Within my school, I help enrich other students in STEM, leading various Science and Technology clubs such as Gophertronics, an internationally competing robotics team; and GopherSpace, an established high-altitude balloon club. I plan to study engineering at the University of Manitoba in the future.

Osani Balkaran

Youth Mentor

One of the most beautiful things about Osani is he is always willing to help his family and his community. If someone asks him to lend a hand to help out in a project he is always there. His passion is music that will create a positive space for people, his goal in music is for people to be able to know through his words that you are not alone. Osani has been a consistent member of Studio 393 as a participant, volunteer and a mentor. Studio 393 is a youth-led arts studio which is an initiative of the Graffiti Art Programming Inc. Osani has created his own home recording studio, saving money from service industry jobs in order to buy sound equipment.

Phoebe Padrina

Performer

Phoebe Padrina is a student at Garden City Collegiate

Rhianna Cohen

Student

Rhianna graduated from the SOMS in June of 2018, and is currently studying music at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music. She aspires to become a music educator working within the Big Picture Learning network.

Vanessa Navarro

Student

I’m Vanessa Navarro, a grade 11 student from the Maples Met School. I’ve been competitively figure skating and dancing since a was 4 years old. I was able to compete at the 2018 Manitoba Winter Games in figure skating to represent Winnipeg last year and as for dance I’ve mainly trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, but have more recently been training at Marquis Dance Academy. I’ve always had a passion for health and fitness all my life, but my overall goal is to spread awareness about public health problems such as obesity and diabetes, and to promote physical activity.