Theme: Innovative Youth, Innovative Ideas

8 Youth, 8 Powerful Ideas, 2 Hours, Infinite Change.

On October 14, 2020 at the Innovation Centre on Doyle Avenue, we'll be hosting our 3rd annual TEDxYouth event in the Kelowna. Come listen to the youth of the Okanagan with ideas worth sharing! Note: we may only be streaming this event depending on the current Health & Safety regulations in the province.

Learn more at https://www.tedxyouthdoyleave.com/.

The Innovation Centre
460 Doyle Avenue
Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 2A2
Canada

Alyssa Sundstrom

Youth

Alyssa is an energetic and easy going person. She likes meeting new people and travelling. Alyssa loves to sing, dance and play trumpet. She has always been a fan of country music. Alyssa always enjoy spending time with friends and finding different ways to make people around her smile. When Alyssa is older she wants to be a nurse and find new ways to help others make an impact in someone’s life!

Ashley Ciardullo

Youth

Ashley is a grade nine student at Rutland Senior Secondary school. She is very passionate about opening up new opportunities for youth. She helped implement Operation Take Two at her school. Come watch her talk to find out more.

Avery Chalmers

Youth

Avery's passions are basketball and volleyball. In the winter, she is out on the slopes skiing and snowboarding. During the summertime, you can find her out on the lake water skiing and paddle boarding. She is bilingual in french and english and is looking forward to furthering her education in both languages. She also loves travelling and spending time with her family and friends.

Karah Hopgood

Youth

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Olivia Orlewicz

Youth

Olivia's passions are horseback riding, writing creative stories, drawing, archery, and sharing her beliefs and opinions on animal rights and agriculture. She loves listening to music and editing videos. Olivia's favourite music artist is Billie Eilish. She loves watching movies and her favourites are (almost) all the Star Wars movies. Olivia achieved her junior black belt in Kung Fu in December of 2018. Her favorite subject in school is English because she enjoys reading and writing. Olivia became vegan when she was 10 because she realized that she loves animals too much to eat them. She is very energetic and outgoing but can sometimes get nervous when meeting new people.

Paul Steigenberger

Youth

Paul goes to Oyama Traditional school and his favorite subject is math. In his free time, he likes to read, play board games, dance, and be outdoors. Every Saturday, he volunteers at the Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary. Paul's responsibilities are cleaning the cages, feeding the animals, and taking care of the sick ones. Sometimes he fosters sick guinea pigs at his house. The owner of the farm continues to teach Paul a lot about the animals, animal care and their natural habitats. She was the one who inspired Paul to become vegan, because she told him how the animals are being treated in factory farms and slaughterhouses. Since then, Paul has been more aware of the horrific situations for farm animals. He wants to help raise awareness about the origin of animals products.