TEDxPioneerValley - Ginetta Candelario - Teaching and Learning (In)Justice
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Ginetta Candelario, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American & Latina/o at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, describes her talk this way: "Over half a century ago, U.S. Sociologist C. Wright Mills coined the term "sociological imagination" to capture a core precept of Sociology: that the life of an individual is both the prod... Read more
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- -: TEDxPioneerValley - Ginetta Candelario - Teaching and Learning (In)Justice
February 24, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Ginetta Candelario, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American & Latina/o at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, describes her talk this way: "Over half a century ago, U.S. Sociologist C. Wright Mills coined the term "sociological imagination" to capture a core precept of Sociolog...
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- -: TEDxRyersonU 2011 - Josh Louie - Make Change a Reality
February 21, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Ryerson University student Josh Louie talks about the personal hardships that he went through growing up, the changes he made to better his own life, and how everyone can make similar changes to realize their hidden potential.
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Ethan Nguyen - On taking chances
January 23, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Mentor one young person this year and you set them on a journey that will ultimately lead them to an opportunity to change other lives. Dissuaded by a high school guidance counselor from applying to top schools, Ethan Nguyen found encouragement from a supportive local librarian and landed at Vass...
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- -: TEDxRyersonU - Sheldon Levy - Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A New Direction for Universities
January 18, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Sheldon Levy, President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, speaks about the cultures of innovation and how Canada and its universities need to stop "innovation renting". In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events...
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- -: TEDxYouth@Victoria - Shawn Slavin - Perspective: What's Effortless is Amazing
January 15, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Shawn talks about how and why we have a construed perspective of the accomplishments in our lives. Using the experience he gained while organizing a large social media event, Shawn will share his perspective and discuss the basis of why we view the successes of others as being extraordinary, whil...
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- -: TEDxRyersonU - Dr. Ivan Joseph -- The Skill of Self Confidence
January 13, 2012 (over 1 year ago)As the Athletic Director and head coach of the Varsity Women's Soccer team at Ryerson University, Dr. Joseph is often asked what skills he is searching for as a recruiter: is it speed? Strength? Agility? In Dr. Joseph's TEDx Talk, he explores self confidence and how it is not just the most impo...
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- -: TEDxRyersonU - Dr. Alan Shepard - Think Different: Why Universities Need to Change
January 10, 2012 (over 1 year ago)The university as an institution has existed for 1,000 years but contemporary pressures are demanding that they change. Dr. Alan Shepard will give examples of how universities ought to transform and touch upon ways Ryerson University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is thinking different. In the s...
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- -: Justin Bieber Answers a Question About Selena!
January 4, 2012 (over 1 year ago)After his incredible performance at Whitney Elementary, Justin Bieber fielded some hard-hitting questions from his young audience! Take a look.
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- -: University of Florida College Democrats and Orlando Organizing Fellows Support President Obama
November 9, 2011 (over 1 year ago)You should be with us in 2012, join now: http://my.barackobama.com/ofaflpotusvid President Obama was in Orlando for an event with supporters where he again challenged Congress to step up and make sure everyone gets a fair shake. Young people are a huge part of Obama for America. In Florida, Col...
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- -: Making College More Affordable
December 10, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit Duncan Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida to discuss the steps the administration has taken to make college more affordable and the need for Colleges to keep costs lower so the next generation of Americans can outco...
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