TEDxToronto 2015 | Thresholds

Natalie Panek | Rocket Scientist & Advocate for Women in Technology

“Dream big and dare to achieve the impossible.”You can catch Natalie’s TEDx presentation October 22nd at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Check out her official TEDxToronto Teaser clip:

Mark Henick | Mental Health Advocate | TEDxToronto 2013
Mark’s ‘Why we choose suicide’ was the highest viewed talk from the 2013 event – currently with over 1.4 million YouTube views. Diagnosed with depression and an anxiety disorder following his first suicide attempt in the eighth grade, it was not long before Mark discovered the profound opportunity for advocacy through recovery. His moving talk shares his incredible journey.
“I know that there’s a hope somewhere deep inside you. I felt it too. Keep that hope alive. We need you. We need you to be leaders in this conversation, whether we are ready to have it or not. And trust me, if you’re anything like me it’s this conversation that’s going to keep you alive every single day as though you’ve got just one more day.”
–Mark Henick
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young | Pioneer in Neuroplasticity | TEDxToronto 2012
Her talk ‘The Woman Who Changed Her Brain’ has over 485,000 YouTube views so far. It covers the personal and the universal. The personal is Barbara’s journey of discovery driven by her hunt for a solution to her own debilitating learning disorders leading to the integration of two lines of neuroscience research. The universal is that we all have a brain, and by furthering our knowledge of how our brain shapes us through mediating our understanding of the world we can gain insight into our functioning and that of others.
Dave Meslin | Community Catalyst| TEDxToronto 2010
Dave’s “Redefining Apathy” talk has gained over 32,000 YouTube views. Local politics — schools, zoning, council elections — hit us where we live. So why don’t more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.
Other notable TEDxToronto presentations including Trey Anthony‘s “Coming Out of Your Box“, Bruce Poon Tip‘s “Beyond the Triple Bottom Line“, Sol Guy‘s “How To Be Powerful“, Gavin Sheppard‘s “Creative Education“, Darrell Bricker‘s “The big shift – understanding the new Canadian“, Matthew Good‘s “Balancing mental health and genius“, Gabrielle Scrimshaw‘s “A brighter future through indigenous prosperity“, Dr. Brian Goldman‘s “Redefining the Practice of Medicine“, David Miller‘s “Redefining Citizenship“, Heather Jarvis and Sonya JF Barnett’s “The Spread of Infected Language” and Dr Joseph Cafazzo‘s Patient, Heal Thyself“.