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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
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This year’s TEDxGuelphU conference will feature a diverse lineup of speakers from U of G and the community who are focused on this year’s theme: “Intended to Innovate.”
The Guelph event this year will take place at the Linamar Innovation Centre (Frank Hasenfratz Centre for Excellence in Manufacturing) on March 14, between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and will feature the following speakers:
- Prof. Deanna Behnke-Cook, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who will be speaking about Antifragility and the Culture of 'Safetyism' and how that has impacted the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
- Prof. Melissa Perreault, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, who will discuss sex and gender differences in mental health research.
- Prof. Jibran Khokhar, Department of Biomedical Sciences, who will be discussing the effects of vaping on youth.
- Dr. Anne-Marie Zadjlik, a family physician, regional HIV specialist and the founder of Bracelet of Hope, which was created to end the AIDS pandemic in Lesotho.
- Prof. Robyne Hanley-DaFoe, a psychology instructor and faculty advisor in the School of Education at Trent University who will explore the concept of resiliency from a broad worldview.
- U of G student Matt McCoy, the co-founder of Canadian Barbecue Boys, a barbecue cleaning business that recently appeared on Dragon’s Den. McCoy will discuss the value of starting a business while in university for personal and professional development.
- Agostino Zucco, the vice president of the Linamar Innovation Hub, which is focused on developing new technologies such as carbon fibre hydrogen storage and medical equipment.
TEDx is a non-profit program of self-organized events that bring people together to hear and share “ideas worth spreading” in a TEDTalk-like experience. The event is limited to an audience of 100 people to allow for activities and discussions after each presentation.
TEDxGuelphU is organized entirely by student volunteers and has been an annual event at U of G since 2010.
Media are invited to attend but are asked to register, at [email protected]
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