TEDx Pearson College UWC

02/03/2018

TedxPearsonCollegeUWC is live now! See all the action here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Xvt0fYbcv2g

02/03/2018

After spending ten years as a touring singer-saxophonist and songwriter, playing festivals and clubs with her band across the east coast of the US, Emily Brass made a midlife career change. At age 39, she moved back to her home city of Montreal to study broadcast journalism, while also working as a research assistant for the Concordia Science Journalism Project. During her studies, Brass completed an internship at CBC's London Bureau in the UK, helping produce and report international news. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship and officially began working for the public broadcaster in Toronto and St. John's, NL. Brass went on to spend five years as a local and national TV and radio reporter at CBC Montreal, before starting a new position last spring as the morning radio newscaster in Victoria. TedxPearsonCollegeUWC is tomorrow! Have you ordered your tickets yet? Buy them here: https://www.universe.com/events/tedxpearsoncollegeuwc-tickets-victoria-VG64NM

02/02/2018

E.J.’s work as an artist, filmmaker, scholar, athlete, and coach has taken him from his birthplace in New Brunswick, to working in the film industry in Korea, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, USA and Canada. E.J. has always enjoyed working with people. He has continuously embraced social initiatives while working in many venues such as with NHLers where he learned methods of incentive and success.At present E.J. is facing an unexpected challenge, that of vision loss. In accepting this new challenge he feels he could make a significant difference in supporting others through complexities and obstacles. Because vision is now less and less accessible to him, he engages with other processes of perception - still photography. In the digital darkroom, his vision insists upon detail; colour, saturation, framing, and composition. Art has always been present in his life—now it is a tool that allows him to share the phenomenological experience of blindness as he answers questions about what it is like for him to look, and what it is that he sees. E.J. now lives in Victoria where he is a graduate student at Royal Roads University as well as an artist and an executive coach. See his talk and many others this Saturday at TedxPearsonCollegeUWC! Buy tickets now: https://www.universe.com/events/tedxpearsoncollegeuwc-tickets-victoria-VG64NM

02/01/2018

Meet our student speakers from Pearson that will be presenting this weekend!

01/30/2018

Born in the United Kingdom, Peter Scott received a master's degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University in 1983 and went to work for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. He moved to Canada in 1999 (now holding triple citizenship) and went freelance, continuing to serve JPL but also developing a parallel career in "soft" fields of human development, getting certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and coaching. Bridging these disparate worlds positions him to envisage a delicate solution to the existential threats humanity faces arising from exponential technology progress, explored in his 2017 book, “Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race.” On February 3, learn how all of us are involved in mitigating those threats at TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC!

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01/24/2018

Joanne Peng is a student at Pearson College UWC. A professional violinist, scientist, and tinkerer, Joanne is interested in the ideas that arise from intersections of different fields.

With her multidisciplinary experience, she wants to challenge the way we approach new or unknown problems through the Toolbox Method — a way we can best make our crazy ideas and solutions a reality using our current tools.

01/16/2018

We’re counting down the days till February 3rd and the TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC ‘On the Flipside’ event - we’re so excited to share all our hard work with you! Check out these photos from our event last year for an idea for what to expect.

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01/16/2018

01/12/2018

Speaker introduction:

Tess Casher is a first year student at Pearson College UWC. Having lived in 5 different places, spanning 3 continents, she is currently living on Vancouver Island, where she continues to be exposed to various cultures and perspectives.
Being born with a speech impediment has allowed for a unique perspective to our society. Through stuttering, Tess has had the opportunity to see how we communicate in an entirely different way, which she believes is perspective that should be shared. To learn how to tackle communication barriers and understand the beauty of stuttering, attend TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC on February 3rd!

01/09/2018

The Flip Side: The reverse or unwanted concomitant


In our forward-thinking and dynamic society where we are constantly pushing for progress, we are often constrained by common societal belief.

Inspired by the mission of United World Colleges to use education as a force to unite people in the hope of a peaceful and sustainable future, TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC is a full day event that brings speakers from near and far to share their ideas that contrast with that of the conventional, in the hopes of motivating our audience to take a step away from the collective opinion.

Join us for a showcase of revolutionary ideas that are being developed on your doorstep - united through their ambition for change. Take the step to challenge your preconceived notions and stand as an individual during our exploration of the flipside to the traditional perspective.

When: February, 3rd
Where:
Pearson College UWC
650 Pearson College Dr, Victoria, BC V9C 4H7

More information:
tedx.pearsoncollege.ca

01/14/2017

TEDx Pearson College UWC has started! To watch the livestream on YouTube, follow this link: https://youtu.be/BVrn8o3qQKw

Inspired by the mission of the United World Colleges to unite for a peace and a sustainable future, TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC brings speakers from the local comm...

01/13/2017

Announcing our speakers for tomorrow's TEDxPearsonCollegeUWC. Hope you are all as excited as we are!