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Does shared experience breed empathy? In her research, professor Rachel Ruttan reveals that despite intuition suggesting that it does, it is not the case and leaders are often less compassionate to those going through similar circumstances.
At its core, COVID-19 is a humanitarian crisis. Everybody has experienced this pandemic in our unique ways––we might be in different boats, but we are all in the same storm. Hearing each other’s stories and lived experiences is paramount to kindling empathy and treating those around us with kindness and compassion.
Rajiv Surendra will share the story of how he went from Mean Girls' Kevin G., to respected chalk artist, to a recently published author.
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Dr. John Vervaeke shows how modern science has broken our understanding of the mind into multiple incompatible fragments, from anthropology, to biology, and sociology, and more.
Ryan North is the author of the long-running Dinosaur Comics (qwantz.com), the acclaimed Adventure Time comic series (kaboom-studios.com), and the record-breaking To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure (hamletbook.com) a choose-your-own-path re-imagining of Hamlet.
Is our appetite for fast fashion a problem? Join Avneet Ghotra as she sheds light on the environmental debt of the fashion industry and offers a novel solution through her company, ALT TEX.
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Since its founding in 2005, YouTube has grown from a site for sharing home videos to a platform where content creators can publish highly-produced videos for millions of fans and get rich in the process.
Salma Hindy, award-winning Toronto-based engineer-turned-stand-up comedian, explores how people-pleasing has a larger impact in our lives than we think, and how you can learn from it.
Lesli Bisgould is Canada's first animal rights lawyer. For ten years, she acted for individuals and organizations in a variety of animal-related cases in the only practice of its kind in the country.
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About TEDx, x = independently organized event
TEDx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx brings the spirit of TED to local communities around the globe through TEDx events.
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About TEDxUofT
TEDxUofT is a fully student-run youth organization at the University of Toronto - our mission is to inspire and innovate within the university community, uncovering new ideas and to share the latest research in their local areas that spark conversations in their communities.