Theme: Civitas

CIVITAS
Noun: citizenship, especially as imparting shared responsibility, a common purpose, and sense of community.

TEDxKelowna introduces its first TEDxKelownaWomen event.

On November 30, TEDxKelowna will showcase ideas that highlight the shared experiences that women – daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, grandmothers— take in society.

Innovation Centre Theatre
460 Doyle Ave
Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 0A2
Canada

Alana Berg

Naturopath

Dr. Alana Berg, ND is an author, speaker, mother, Naturopathic Physician, and self-described healing facilitator. She has been practicing full-time as a Naturopathic Doctor since graduating in 2005 from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. Since graduation, she has continually embarked on the journey of developing and honing her professional skills. Other expertise has been gained directly from working with other doctors and practitioners from the United States, across Western Canada, Mexico and Spain, in order to fully dive into the healing arts.

Jennifer MacGregor

Senior Executive

Jennifer MacGregor is a collaborative and innovative leader who drives focus, accountability, and change across organizations to achieve growth targets and operational excellence. Jennifer is Vice President of International and Managing Director at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. In her international leadership role, Jennifer is responsible for Strategic Sales, International Market Segment Management, and International Sales Operations. As the Managing Director of Americas (Non-US), Jennifer leads the Sales, Development, Client Management, Operations, and Professional Services teams across Canada and Central & South America. As an innovative transformation leader, Jennifer drives focus and change across hospital, regional, and jurisdictional health organizations. Before Healthcare IT Consulting and Software implementation, Jennifer began her career as a Research Associate in a Medical Genetics lab, pursuing a passion of human genomics discovery.

Miranda Hart

Scientist

Miranda Hart is an associate professor in Biology at UBC Okanagan. Her research looks at the effects of humans on soil biology. So much of the Earth’s soils have been devastated by human land use – her work aims to understand what has been lost, and what that means for the world’s ecosystems. And to humanity. Of growing concern is the use of commercial microbes – in everything from fertilizer to sourdough. While these products may seem innocuous – the potential effects of these invasive species is far from benign. Currently, there is little regulation and no legislation concerning the release of microbes into the environment. However, Hart’s research suggests that they may bring about dramatic changes in ecosystems. Hart has received several national and international fellowships to pursue her research internationally, and maintains a large research program locally and abroad.

Tamara McLellan

Co-Executive Director

Tamara is a yoga + meditation teacher, a mom to a toddler. and the co executive director of a charity that works to empower girls and women through education called Her International. Over the past few years, she's discovered a path to freedom that doesn't take anything except coming home wherever you are.

Tina Walczak

Designer

Tina Walczakis the Chief Design Officer at Hiilite, and The Vice President of Kelowna Women in Business. Tina beautifully combines her passion for design with keen business focus. Creating innovative and detailed work that pushes boundaries, Tina is committed to producing strong brands for clients that accurately captures their overall business strategy. Her credentials speak for themselves, but Tina craves challenge and never lets herself get too comfortable.Tina admires people and invests in those who are willing to take risks to see their businesses and design careers grow. At Hiilite, Tina drives the creative team in bringing high quality design and inspiration to businesses of all sizes. Her hope is that Hiilite will be the launch pad for the success of both our clients and our team.