• Jose Figueroa added to TEDxVancouver 2011 Speaker List

    TEDxVancouver is excited to announce that recently noted refugee and immigration activist Jose Figueroa will be added to this year’s program. Figueroa, who has been in Canada since 1997, was once a youth member of the University Student Union that was supportive of the FMLN political wing in El Salvador, which has recently been categorized [...]


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  • Introducing the Host of TEDxVancouver 2011 Lisa Jonhson

      Lisa Johnson is a reporter for CBC News Vancouver, specializing in science and environment stories. Her television work was recently nominated for regional and national investigative journalism awards. She used to be a biologist, or at least a biologist-in-training, which means she’s pipetted DNA, watched fish mating dances, and counted kelp in the dark at low [...]


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What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. Our event is called TEDxVancouver, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.