Theme: Exploring the New Ideas and Opportunities Post-Pandemic

COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a significant impact on societal functioning and views, and it has pushed limits in all areas, including social interaction, medicine, and philosophies. Post-pandemic life will be challenging in several ways but will present opportunities to discover new ways of thinking and understanding. TEDxCanadoreCollege explores the post-pandemic world and how, as a society, we can build new ideas, processes, and thoughts from emerging evidence and applied research.

G-Wing Theatre, College Drive Campus, Canadore College
100 College Drive
North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8K9
Canada

Dr. Naveed Aziz

Chief Executive Officer, CGen

Dr. Naveed Aziz serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CGEn, Canada’s national platform for genome sequencing & analysis. Dr. Aziz leadership has enabled CGEn to fuel Canadian research and innovation, playing a key role in the advancement of technological developments within the field of genomics. He is passionate about the development of powerful and efficient solutions for big data generation, storage and deposition to “open-science” databases, enabling high-speed data exchange at national and international scale. His previous roles include serving as the Director of Technology programs at Genome Canada, Head of Genomics at University of York, UK and as Research Fellow at the Noble Research Institute, USA. His experiences of working in various capacities within the field of Genomic over the past 20 years has led him to strongly believe in the notion of convergence – especially when it originates from divergent fields.

Mr. Joseph Pitawanakwat

Founder, Creators Garden

An Ojibway from Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Territory on Manitoulin Island, Ontario; Founder & Director of Creators Garden, a 365 days-a-year, indigenous outdoor-education based business that focuses on plant identification, sustainable harvesting, and teaching every one of their linguistic, historical, cultural, edible, ecological and medicinal significance through experience where his information has reached 40 countries and is translated in over 25 different languages.

Mr. Rocco Rossi

President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC)

A successful entrepreneur and business executive, champion fundraiser, and dedicated public servant, Rocco Rossi joined the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) in 2018 as President and CEO. Before joining the OCC, Rossi most recently served as President and CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada, where he helped advance the research, advocacy, education and awareness of the most common cancer in men. A dedicated adventurer, Rocco has walked the legendary Camino de Santiago several times, cycled the 1900 km length of Yonge Street from Rainy River to Toronto, kayaked the 500 km from Toronto to Ottawa, and climbed Everest Base Camp.