TEDxRyersonU is committed to spreading ideas about technology, entertainment and design from the best dreamers, thinkers and doers at Ryerson University. We borrow from the TED ideology by devoting ourselves to ideas worth spreading. Our goal is to enable innovation, empower creativity and to help push boundaries across our campus, by means of various disciplines.

We aim to connect the campus and bring all the creative minds of the Ryerson community together and spread their ideas to the world. Since its inception in 2010, TEDxRyersonU has delivered four highly successful events, “Inspiring Your Future” (2010), “Think Forward” (2011), “ACT” (2012), and “361 Degrees: A New Angle” (2013). Going into its’ fifth year, TEDxRyersonU promises to attract a dynamic audience who will represent many facets of Ryerson’s community.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of events that are designed to help communities, organizations and individuals stimulate dialogue and spark connection through TED-like experiences at the local level. These self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x – independently organized TED event. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. Started in 1984 as a conference where technology, entertainment and design converged, TED today shares ideas from a broad spectrum and brings about the world’s most fascinating minds to bring about ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world.

Along with two annual conferences – the TED conference and TEDGlobal – TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TEDx programs, and the annual TED prize.