TEDxStanleyPark

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Amy Color

  Amy Color is an intimacy therapy coach, international trainer and clinical supervisor. Her unique techniques repair and deepen intimacy and connection. She gives couples tools that foster physical intimacy. Amy believes that most relationships break down due to lack of physical intimacy and will offer her audience simple workarounds.

• Andrea Menard

  Andrea Menard is an acclaimed Métis singer, actress and speaker who dissolves cultural and gender boundaries by promoting unity among all humans.

• Angela Brown

  Angela Brown – ab@angelabrown.co - specializes in play and spontaneity. She is an arts educator, improviser, singer, dancer and theatre expert. Angela is The Ta Daa Lady - a Charlie Chaplin like character who sings, dances and clowns her way out of all kinds of crazy antics. She is owner and operator of The Nylon Zoo - a family based, celebratory event with a variety of inflatable sculptures for storytelling along with a wide variety of costumes for parades and dances. She explores environmentally sensitive themes bringing enchantment and awareness around issues like zero waste and endangered species.

• Camille Mehta

  Artist, teacher, poet and mother of four.

• Claire Snyman

  Claire Snyman is an author, blogger and advocate for patient and health care collaboration.

• Dominic Rubino

  Father, husband and businessman

• Farzana Jaffer Jeraj

  Farzana is a Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Coach & Hypnotherapist (1997-present), Meditator, Laugh-Snorter, Nerd, Dancer, Quotaholic, Ex-Model, & Professional Ass-Kicker. Her mission is helping each person realize their True Self so they achieve results. She is regarded as the best-kept secret of Pro Athletes (in the NHL, NFL, CFL, FIFA, PGA), A-List Actors & Executives. eaFarzana@gmail.com

• Jenny Zou

  Zou is an 11 year-old student who loves to draw.

• Karen McGregor

  International speaker and trainer, and founder of the Speaker Success Formula.

• Lyle Povah

  Lyle is a musician and international leader in the music and health field. Through drumming/voice/movement, he guides people to find their own unique sense of rhythm. Lyle is a drum circle facilitator and keynote speaker, as well as a yoga teacher. His company Drumming and Health specializes in team building events that inspire and motivate organizations to move their business to the next level. Contact Lyle at lyle@drummingandhealth.com

• Melanie Levenberg

  Melanie Levenberg, M.Ed. is a Physical Education teacher who helps people discover health and happiness through her innovative physical literacy programs and presentations. A dynamic speaker, Melanie delivers energizing workshops and active keynotes that inspire audiences across the globe to get moving and foster more positivity and playfulness in their professional and personal lives. Melanie can be reached at www.melanielevenberg.com

• Mohammed Alsaleh

  Syrian Canadian Advocate who has worked for 3 years in the Canadian refugee resettlement sector and is the Refugee Sponsorship Trainer for British Columbia.

• Roger Wong

  Dr. Roger Wong - drwong.geri@ubc.ca - is a world-renowned advocate and educator for advancing senior care and well-being. He is a geriatrics doctor, clinical professor, Executive Associate Dean, and the 13th President of Canadian Geriatrics Society. As an international keynote speaker, Dr. Wong has been invited to speak in London, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Seoul, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Melbourne, Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong.

• Sarah Morgan

  Sarah Morgan is an entrepreneur with an Industrial Design Masters Degree in Lighting. She is the CEO of Nano-Lit Technologies, a next generation Quantum Dot lighting company.

• Theresa Sabo

  Theresa Sabo is co-chair of Patients for Patient Safety Canada and a WHO Patient Safety Champion.

• Victoria Welsby

  Body image activist, confidence expert and Adjunct Professor.

• Zamina Mithani

  Zamina Mithani is a global health and management student and the president of the Interfaith Collaboration for Kindness Foundation. She is passionate about diversity and organizing events to unite youth of different backgrounds.