Francis Arevalo – Slam Poetry! – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Francis Arevalo taking the TEDxTerryTalks stage, and providing the opening and the closing with some fittingly stirring, kinetic, and (frankly) awesome slam poetry. http://francisarevalo.tumblr.com November 5th,…
Read articleJustin McElroy – Media & Their Communities: An Evolution in the 21st Century – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Justin McElroy discusses media through the lens of the Ubyssey, the University of British Columbia’s campus newspaper. Justin McElroy has been Coordinating Editor of The Ubyssey,…
Read articlePaige Zhang – HIV: The Story Behind the Stigma – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Paige Zhang talks about HIV and stigma. Although HIV has only been around for 30 years, this stigma is heavily prominent and important to address and…
Read articleRatib Islam – Alternative Medicine: Challenging the Language of Insulation – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Ratib Islam provides a measured look at the rhetoric of alternative medicines, and explores its lack of distinction between evidence based and non evidence based claims.…
Read articleRichard Kemick – Appraising Canada’s Future: Creating Value from Our Past – TEDxTerryTalks 2011
Richard Kemick delivers a scathing and very very funny diatribe as he laments the disparity between the “have” and “have not” University Faculties. “Richard Kemick is…
Read articleLaura Bain – Living with Bipolar Type II – TEDxTerryTalks 2011
Laura Bain speaks about living with Bipolar Type II Disorder, the trials and tribulations, but also how it informs her vibrant character and wonderful sense of…
Read articleNOTES ON THE CLIMATE FIGHT (VIDEO) BILL McKIBBEN, NOVEMBER 16, 2011
In partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, The Alma Mater Society, The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the UBC Sustainability Initiative, and the…
Read articleShow us your Sustainable Gingerbread Houses! #sustainablegingerbreadhouse
A few years back, our blogger Dave Semeniuk asked folks to think a little bit differently when it came to the time honoured tradition of making…
Read articleRegistration and speaker details for TEDxTerryTalks (Nov 5th).
“Imagine UBC’s most fascinating and engaging students coming together for a day, giving ‘the talk of their lives,’ sharing their ideas and discussing their visions for…
Read articleRebecca Gu – Conservation Challenges in Development.
Name: Rebecca Gu Talk Title: “Conservation Challenges in Development.” Notes: Sauder School of Business; Topic: Environmentalism was a movement that was largely born out of the…
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