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TEDxToronto 2020/21 is a series of evening events! Come join us for our thoughtfully curated digital experiences featuring critical ideas and powerful speakers - all from the comfort of your home. Let’s explore Uncharted together!
PART 4 | SHIFTING OUR COURSE
Professor of Law & Strategic Management
An expert on the legal and regulatory systems that govern AI and other complex global technologies, Gillian is the Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at UofT.
Gillian’s research focuses on how we can design innovative legal and regulatory systems for AI and other complex global technologies. She is the Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at the University of Toronto, a faculty affiliate at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and a senior policy advisor at OpenAI.
Mohawk Language Learner and Teacher
Ryan is working to revitalize Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language) through instructing students at an adult immersion school, and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.
Ryan is working to revitalize Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language). He is an instructor and curriculum developer at Onkwawén:na Kentyóhkwa, an immersion school for adults, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Centre for Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto.
Filmmaker & Photographer
Through his craft, Jason captures the vulnerability of our ecosystems and the people who live within them, illuminating the strength and fragility of our planet.
Through his craft, Jason captures the vulnerability of our ecosystems and the people who live within them, illuminating the strength and fragility of our planet. His work has been featured by National Geographic, Outdoor Magazine, and by brands including Patagonia, and Arc’teryx.
PART 3 | EXPLORING NEW TERRITORY
Actor & Comedian
A two-time Canadian Screen Award winner, Paul plays Appa on the hit TV show “Kim’s Convenience”.
Paul is best known for his role as Appa in Kim’s Convenience. A two-time Canadian Screen Award winner, and self-professed nerd, Paul is a collector of movies, all things Star Wars, and an avid replica prop builder and cosplayer.
Researcher & Health Equity Champion
The Vice-President of the Black Health Alliance, Lydia-Joi is passionate about bringing awareness to issues of health inequity and promoting personalized patient care.
As a Research Associate for #theActionProject at UHN, and Vice-President of the Black Health Alliance, Lydia-Joi improves our health care system by bringing awareness to issues of health inequity and promoting personalized patient care.
Clean Energy Innovator
The director of a $57M research program, Phil’s mission is to help Canada achieve net-zero GHG emissions through developing new decarbonization technologies.
Phil is on a mission to make Canada a leader in decarbonization technology. He leads a $57M research program with the goal of helping Canada achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, using renewable fuels from air and water.
Co-founder, GotCare
Chenny is changing how home health care is delivered, creating a more equitable system by leveraging technology and design thinking.
Chenny is changing how home health care is delivered. As an experienced designer and technologist, Chenny’s mission is to create a more equitable health care system by reducing the cost of care delivery, and enabling greater empathy and control over care decisions.
TEDxToronto is Canada’s largest TEDx event, a platform for exceptional ideas, and a catalyst for profound change since 2009.
TEDx is a global community that believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. Our chapter is called TEDxToronto, where x = independently organized. Individual TEDx events like ours are organized by our entirely volunteer-led community, with the goal of sparking deep discussion and intimate connection.