Theme: The Art of Possibility

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, 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. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Ashbury College
362 Mariposa Ave
Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 0T3
Canada

Andrew Padmos

Physician & CEO

Born in Windsor, raised in Mississauga, Trinity College '69, BA in Poli Sci & Ec. McMaster '72 MD, McMaster U Postgrad: Internal Medicine & Hematology '77 FRCPC, 2006 FACP, 2016, FRCP Academic clinical practice: Calgary, Riyadh, Kingston, Halifax, Ottawa, Brampton Leadership: PAIRO, KFSH&RC, KRCC, CCNS, CDHA, RCPSC, CIHEA, TMU Married, 3 children, 7 grandchildren

Didier Peries

Teacher & Author

Didier Périès est originaire de Toulouse, dans le sud-ouest de la France. Détenteur notamment d’une maîtrise en français langue seconde et étrangère de l’Université de Rouen et d’une maîtrise de littérature comparée de l’Université Toulouse-I-Capitole, il a enseigné en France pendant huit ans avant de s’établir au Canada, en 2005, avec son épouse et ses deux filles. Après avoir enseigné pendant encore huit ans dans des écoles secondaires publiques de l’Outaouais, il enseigne depuis 2013 le français et la littérature au Collège Ashbury, à Ottawa, dans le cadre du Baccalauréat International. Didier Périès a publié aux éditions David une trilogie de romans, « Mystères à Natagamau » et écrit également comme éditorialiste francophone dans le Bulletin. À Ashbury, il entraine l'équipe de tennis compétitive et a crée il y a 5 ans le club francophile des Curieux, la Semaine internationale de la francophonie et plus récemment le journal étudiant Le Clash.

Faye Ying

Founder & Executive Director

Passionate about people engagement and social innovation, Faye has worked in Canada's Parliament, at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in the venture capital industry, and for the United Nations. Her diverse international and domestic work experience has taught her the importance of global understanding and local engagement, which led her to create GLOCAL, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to digital civic engagement and youth engagement in Canada. Faye received her B.A. from UBC and an M.A. from Harvard University. She is a proud mother who is constantly juggling the responsibilities of family, work and community services.

Moe Garahan

Executive Director at Just Food

Moe Garahan has been working on food and farming issues in Ottawa since 1995. Focused on community development and community economic development approaches, she has facilitated the establishment of many ongoing community and regional food initiatives in Ottawa, while supporting provincial and national food initiatives. Since 2004, she has been the Executive Director of Just Food, working with teams to integrate food access and food localism within the mixed urban and rural settings of the Ottawa region.

Nabeel Sherif

Teacher and Technology & Strategy Advisor

Nabeel Sherif has spent his career working in product development and innovation, business planning, and change management for the ICT sector. Over the past 20 years, Nabeel has launched dozens of new ICT products and services for companies around the world, ranging from metropolitan Wi-Fi and Enterprise & Industrial networks to fully automated Cloud IT infrastructure. He has spent his career in tech conceptualizing, developing, marketing, and evangelizing computing and communications products for a variety of ICT providers and global electronics manufacturers. For the past decade, his focus has been on developing and creating the next generation of services and products in hosting, cloud computing, data center services, and application networks. Nabeel is also a Curriculum Lead and Instructor at the University of Toronto, where he created the Cloud Computing Education Certificate program. He holds a BSc (Hon) from the University of Ottawa and an MBA from Queen’s University.

Noémie Pound

Student

Bio to come

William Marsden

Student

William Marsden was born in Ottawa and has lived there his entire life. He lives with his parents, and his lovable, but bratty dog Charlie. He has been skiing for as long as he can remember, and is a member of a local ski racing team. He has recently taken up running, and enjoys running with his parents. He is an avid reader, and enjoys reading fantasy novels, and more recently, reading about finance. He channels his creativity through playing the piano and drawing. He is an aspiring public speaker, and hopes to have more opportunities to hone his public speaking skills in the future.