TEDxIB@YorkSchool 2012 – "Taking on the World"

The TEDxIB@York conference this year included a digital display of art works created by international students.  The event itself, which is modeled after the world-renowned TED conference, was founded two years ago by The York School.  The Visual Arts component highlighted the works of IB Diploma students, who were invited from around the world, to [...]

Thank you to all of you who came out to TEDxIB@York and made it another fantastic day of ideas worth sharing. By all accounts it was another successful TEDx. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did putting it on.

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Great news! DJ Mattice will be spinning the tracks at our TEDxIBYork after party! Check out his myspace page!  

Check out today’s article in the Toronto Star about the new ban on the sale and consumption of shark fin. This is big news for Rob Stewart, one of our TEDxIBYork speakers this year! Photo take from Colin McConnell/TORONTO STAR

When I first heard about Ms.Moraes’ lifework I was immediately curious about how she combined music and engineering to help children who have severe disabilities. Stephanie Moraes has played the piano from the age of six, and has pursued her passion of music throughout her life. During college she went for engineering but she still [...]

Julie Hartley is an artist who “runs on inspiration”. She writes short stories, plays, and poetry, she has taught drama, and, in addition to all that, she runs Centauri Summer Arts Camp, a camp in the Niagara Region of Ontario that offers training in many different arts disciplines (including film, acting, music, stage combat, photography, [...]

Have an idea you are passionate about? Now is your chance to take the stage at TEDxIB@York. How to win: Tell us your idea in text OR video. This year’s theme is “Passion, Purpose and Perspective.” The contestant with the best submission (more than one may be chosen) will join 12 of Canada’s most exciting [...]

Mike Jutan is a 29-year old Research and Development Engineer at Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects division of Lucasfilm. Beyond his job, Mike has quite a lot of passions. In fact, he “probably [has] a new passion every week”. He loves photography, playing his guitar and saxophone, travelling around the world, and blogging [...]