TEDx SelkirkEd
Theresa Southam BA, MA

LESSONS LEARNED

Background

In 2013, Selkirk College obtained a
license to create a TEDx event on the
future of education. We went on to
create Dancing in the Storm, a TEDx
event focused on resilience in students
struggling with mental health and
then another in 2015, Crossing Cultural
Borders, where students and instructors
discussed the internationalization
of education. The TEDx events are
organized by The Learning Region, a
local collaboration between the college,
four school districts, literacy groups and
the public libraries.

START WITH
AN IDEA
WORTH
SHARING

INVITE AN
ALTERNATE
ANGLE
-ARTISTS
-ENGINEERS

TEDx SelkirkEd 2013 Web Ad

THE PROCESS
IS PART OF
THE PRODUCT

BE PREPARED
TO PROMOTE
ONLINE
VIEWING

DANCING IN
THE STORM
YOUTH EXPLORE THEIR RESILIENCE

TEDx SelkirkEd 2014 Web Ad

Crossing
Cultural
Borders:
SHARING CULTURE
LINKING STORIES
CREATING VISION

2014-15 Learning Region Poster
Distributed to Schools and College Campuses

Learning
Region
EVENTS FREE AND PUBLIC
SEPT 24
NOV 16 & 17
MAKING A PLACE FOR
EVERYONE...

TEDXYOUTHDAYS
– BUILDING RESILIENCE

SILVER KING CAMPUS

SHAMBHALA MUSIC AND
PERFORMANCE CENTRE,
TENTH STREET CAMPUS

High school and college
students, parents and teachers
are invited to a workshop to
explore myths and realities
about the role of gender in
career choice. Poet and writer
Kate Braid will be featured in
this workshop. In the following
months students interested in
the topic will be encouraged to
participate in a sharing circle.

TEDxYouthDay is a series of TEDx
events that happen all around
the world in late November,
around Universal Children’s
Day. The events are designed
to empower and inspire young
people. At Selkirk we will be
broadcasting some of the
international talks and having
high school and college students
in the region give talks on the
topic of “resilience”.

FEB 20

FEB TBA

CREATIVITY FORUM –
WHERE’S THE IDEA IN
SCIENCE AND BUSINESS?

SCHOOL FOR THE SECOND
HALF OF LIFE

THE PIT, CASTLEGAR CAMPUS

For the past two years the
Teaching and Learning Institute
has collaborated with Student
Services to organize a panel
of professional artists who
speak to Arts students about
creativity blocks. In the second
year the panel was followed
by a well-attended open
space on student health and
wellness. This year the forum
will be held on the Castlegar
Campus. Engineers, scientists
and business owners will
discuss their creative processes,
e.g., design concepts, theory
building and entrepreneurship.

MIR CENTRE FOR PEACE

This program targets participants
over 50 who are interested in
exploring new career options
in health care, education, and
nonprofit work. Participants will
meet inspirational community
members who are in the midst of
a career shift in the second half
of their lives, take online tests to
match their personality profiles
and interests with types of jobs,
think about the contribution
they want to make to society
and discuss their ideas with their
peers. Coaches from Selkirk will
help participants think through
their ideas and offer new ideas
and resources.

2013–14 BOOK SELECTIONS

Books are available in the Selkirk Library, Bookstore, Regional Libraries and School Libraries.
For more information, contact tsoutham@selkirk.ca, lfehr@sd8.bc.ca or phone 250-505-1342.

Contact
Theresa Southam
Coordinator
Teaching and Learning Institute
tsoutham@selkirk.ca
250-505-1342

TEACHING
& LEARNING
INSTITUTE