TEDxYYC is all about creativity, innovation, and collaboration - in our backyard.

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25 May 2023
Our #TEDxYYC 2023 theme is here! We invite you to keep “Engaging the Current”. 💡⚡️ SAVE THE DATE and join us on Saturday, September 23, 2023. You don’t want to miss it! More event details to come! Retweet, like and follow for updates! #YYCEvents #Calgary
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23 Jun 2023
💡⚡️ Bzzt, bzzt! Curious about our speakers? Introducing the proud Franco-Albertan, Chúk Odenigbo! @RoyalChukz is a passionate explorer of how the environment impacts human health and the role justice plays in how our societies function.
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23 Jun 2023
Chúk has been recognised in various publications, prestigious awards, and a record-breaking title as the 43rd Fellow at Trent University.
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23 Jun 2023
Want to know more about our speaker? Like and follow for more updates! Chúk will be sharing his message with us on Saturday, September 23 at Calgary Central Library. See you there! Until then, keep "Engaging the Current"! Bzzt, bzzt! 💡⚡
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16 Jun 2023
We know you want your #TEDxYYC experience to be a memorable one! This year, opening their doors into an architectural wonderscape for the TEDxYYC event, is the @calgarylibrary. Join us on Saturday, September 23, in "Engaging the Current"💡⚡
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18 Nov 2022
New Podcast Episode @alamyyc discusses how to build non-profits, why the demand for low-income services keep growing among senior and immigrant populations and how an online punk forum led to her first foray into community work. Listen on Apple Podcast #tedxyyc #podcast
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15 Nov 2022
New podcast episode! @IshitaSingla_ will discuss how art, dance and cultural appreciation bring us together. We asked Ishita about what it's like bringing Bollywood to Calgary and how dance is faring in the digital age. Listen 🎧 Apple Podcast #tedxyyc #podcast #artculture
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13 Aug 2022
In this episode, we talk to Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owens, co-creators of the award-winning graphic novel series Pass Me By, a romantic coming-of-age story about understanding queer identity, memory and what happens to the stories you never tell. Listen on Apple Podcast
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13 Aug 2022
In this episode, we talk to Heesoo Cho, co-founder and managing director of @SabiMind, a clinic using ketamine, a psychedelic substance, to treat both mental health and physical issues. Listen on Apple Podcast #ideasworthsharing #entrepreneur #Calgary #YYC #TEDx #TEDxYYC
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15 Jul 2022
In this episode, we talk to Sharon Stevens, a multi award-winning media artist, activist, and founder of the Equinox Vigil. 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcast: ow.ly/OLF150JWZsg #ideasworthsharing #entrepreneur #Calgary #YYC #TEDx #TEDxYYC #listen #Journalism
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1 Jul 2022
Episode 4: Beni Johnson shares what it takes to keep a community hub going for more than a decade, which resources are essential for building community events, and who you should be listening to in the local hip hop scene. #ideasworthsharing #tedxyyc
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25 Jun 2022
We are ready to transform, are you? The last two years have set our stage for action. The moment is here, and the time is now – to be TRANSFORMATIVE! See you all soon at cSPACE King Edward for TEDx YYC 2022 - Transformative.
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24 Jun 2022
One more day until event day! 📣 If you find yourself with some free time or if you are looking for something to do during the Networking Session be sure to check out our Lobby Activations. For more information: tedxyyc.ca/transformative #TEDxYYCTransformative
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23 Jun 2022
We have entered into the final countdown to our event day! If you are not sure what will be happening on the day of the event, here is a great event overview. 🎟️ ow.ly/OBr550JFUGc #TEDxYYCTransformative
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21 Jun 2022
Have you bought your ticket yet? Not sure which ticket type you is best suited for you? Let us #transformtedxyyc together on June 25! Purchase your ticket: ow.ly/5opu50JCJsF #TEDxYYCTransformative #TEDxYYC2022
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17 Jun 2022
Performer Announcement 🎵 Yolanda Sargeant is the Queen of Lo-Fi Soul. A genre that she and her producer Comrade (Evgeniy) pioneered after not being able to find an appropriate label that fits their eclectic style. 🎟️ ow.ly/8bak50JAegc #TEDxYYCTransformative
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16 Jun 2022
Venue announcement! Our committee has decided to move our event to one venue: cSPACE King Edward. We're so excited to know that our audience wants to be together as one, to transform together as an intimate collective. For information: tedxyyc.ca
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14 Jun 2022
You won't want to miss Zaire Ink and Sujeev Chohan performing during out #TEDxYYCTransformative event on June 25th! 🎟️ Purchase tickets: ow.ly/9GII50JxpEm #TEDxYYC2022 #YYCNow #CalgaryBuzz #TEDTalk #TEDx #TEDTalks #YYCEvents #YYCBuzz #Calgary #YYCEvents #TEDxEvent
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9 Jun 2022
Speaker Announcement!! 📢 Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer is a poet. She currently serves as the national Parliamentary Library Poet Laureate; and an elder/knowledge keeper at the University of Saskatchewan and others. 🎟️ tedxyyc.ca/transforamtive #TEDxYYCTransformative
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9 Jun 2022
Host Announcement!! 📢 Shelley Youngblut connects the world’s best authors with the world’s best audiences as the CEO & Creative Ringleader of Wordfest. 🎟️ tedxyyc.ca/transformative/ #TEDxYYCTransformative
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