GL Roberts CVI to host Durham Region’s first ever TEDxOshawaED

Posted On Friday November 15, 2019

GL Roberts CVI and the Durham District School Board are excited and proud to host the first ever TEDxOshawaED. The event will bring the educational community in Oshawa and the Durham Region together in their newly renovated lecture theatre. Throughout the day the speakers will connect with the audience and they will discuss prevalent issues in equity and 
marginalization, exploring how these might intersect technology and projecting the future of education.
 

TEDxOshawaED promises to be a fun, engaging and educational event for educators, students and community partners, who will hear from six dynamic speakers. The speakers are: Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Dr. Nouman Ashraf; Influencer, Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur, and Life Coach Tabia Charles-Collins; Crisis Intervention Counselor, Social Service Worker Karly Church; Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Leeno Karumanchery; Facilitator and Teacher Christopher Warren; and Educational Equity Issues Consultant Dr. Nicole West-Burns. For more information about the speakers visit the TEDxOshawaED website https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/32964

This event is by invitation only, passes are $100/each, but FREE for accredited media to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

Intersections of Equity, Technology, and the Future of Education

Event:                   TEDxOshawaED

Date:                     November 21, 2019

Time:                    9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Location:             GL Roberts CVI, 399 Chaleur Ave, Oshawa, ON L1J 1G5

Audience:           100 DDSB staff, students and community partners

Preferred
Media Time:  9:30 am – 2:30 pm

Arrangements can be made in advance or on-site for interviews and/or photo opportunities.

The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is responsible for public education in the rural settings of Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog Townships and the urban settings of Ajax, Whitby, Pickering and Oshawa. The DDSB employs 6,900 teaching and educational services staff. With 133 elementary and secondary schools and learning centres, the DDSB accommodates more than 70,000 regular day students and thousands more who take advantage of a wide variety of continuing education and adult credit courses. More information can be found on the DDSB’s website at www.ddsb.ca. Like us onFacebook and follow us on Twitter @DurhamDSB, Instagram @durhamschoolsand YouTube at DurhamDSB.