TEDxMcGill

TEDxMcGill
Dr. Jacques Balayla speaking at TEDxMcGill 2017 under the theme of “Giving Voice”
Status Active
Genre General conference
Venue McCord Museum
Location(s) Montreal
Country Canada
Attendance 100
Organized by Student volunteers
Filing status Non-profit
Website

http://www.tedxmcgill.org

TEDxMcGill is an independently organised single-day TED conference in Montreal started in 2009 by students from McGill University, after which the event is named.[1][2][3]

History

The event was started by five students from the McGill University. Four TEDxMcGill conferences have been held uptill now. The first conference gathered 16 speakers from different backgrounds (students, professors, analysts, musicians, and Andy Nulman, the co-founder of the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival) to initiate discussions on the theme of "Talks for Tomorrow". Fifteen speakers and more than 600 people, including the McGill student body but also Montreal at large, met during the second conference themed "Relentless Curiosity" in 2010.[4] The 2011 event was held on November 13 at Bain Mathieu.[5] under the theme of Redefining Reality.[6] The 2016 conference was held on March 19, 2016 following the theme Paradigm Shift. The most recent TEDxMcGill conference (2017) was held at the McCord Museum in Montreal, under the theme of Giving Voice[7].

See also

References

  1. ↑ The McGill Tribune
  2. ↑ TEDx overview
  3. ↑ McGill Reporter
  4. ↑ NextMontréal
  5. ↑ Bain Mathieu official website (primary source)
  6. ↑ TEDxMcGill official website (primary source)
  7. ↑ "TEDxMcGill event gave voice to students and activists alike". McGill Tribune.
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