TEDxYouth

We all probably know that modern day slavery still exists, but probably not to this degree. Watch Lisa Kristine talk about her experience in Ghana and her take of modern day slavery.

Photos that bear witness to modern slavery Photographer Lisa Kristine travels the world documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images -- miners in the Congo, bricklayers in Nepal -- that illuminate the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved worldwide.

“Sexual harassment is not about s*x, it’s about power.” How can women take that power back? Watch Gretchen Carlson talk about how we can end s*xual harassment at work.

How we can end s*xual harassment at work When Gretchen Carlson spoke out about her experience of workplace s*xual harassment, it inspired women everywhere to take their power back and tell the world what happened to them. In a remarkable, fierce talk, she tells her story -- and identifies three specific things we can all do to create safer...

The 21st century is the era for “fake news”, but could it be a good thing? Watch Steven Rosenbaum talk about Fighting Fake News.

TED Talk: Fighting Fake News My journey to explore fake news starts on a sidewalk in Russia. The year is 1983. And I’ve been drinking ― vodka. Quite a bit by this point in the evenin...

No one should die just because they don’t have access to a doctor, and Raj Panjabi desires to find a solution for this. Watch to find out more!

No one should die because they live too far from a doctor Illness is universal -- but access to care is not. Physician Raj Panjabi has a bold vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Prize, Panjabi is building the Community Health Academy, a global platform that aims to modernize how community health workers learn vital skills...

Don’t run from rejection! Jia Jiang gives an inspiring and humourous talk about rejection and his experiment he calls “100 days of rejection”.

What I learned from 100 days of rejection Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the proce...

A throwback to the TEDxYouth@CIS event in 2011! Watch Aaron Zweig’s talk about living “life in a shoe”.

TEDxYouth@CIS - Aaron Zweig - Life in a Shoe

A truly moving talk about the flaws in the jail system, and how many cases there are where the poor are put at such a disadvantage. Click the link to watch Salil Dudani talk about how jails extort the poor.

How jails extort the poor Why do we jail people for being poor? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their debt to the court, sometimes for things as minor as unpaid parking tickets. Salil Dudani shares stories from indivi...

Who here is all for feminism? Listen to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talk about why we should all be feminists.

We should all be feminists We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much ... to be successful, but not too successful, or they'll threaten men, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic talk that started a worldwide conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and plan for…

Obviously the health of our environment is extremely important, and with pollution from vehicles and factories et cetera, our ocean is being affected too. Watch Triona Mcgrath talk about how pollution is changing the ocean’s chemistry.

How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this process, known as ocean acidification, and in this talk she takes us for a dive into an oceanographer's world. Learn more...

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This year’s TEDxYouth@CIS event will be happening on December 2nd, so start nominating speakers right now! You can nominate yourself, or your friends if you think they have an inspiring story to share. Just go to the link in the poster below or scan the QR code to nominate someone!

What better way to start off the school year than with an inspiring TED talk? Click the link below to watch Wendy Troxel talk about sleep loss and why school should start later for teens, because there’s no doubt we all agree!

Why school should start later for teens Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones -- it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sl...

TEDx Youth @ CIS is beginning in one hour! Pop by if you want to be inspired by some amazing speakers and passionate talks; there will also be plenty of art on display, and delicious snacks and refreshments for FREE!