Theme: BOOMERANG - WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

TEDxBrentwoodCollegeSchool is an event designed for the Grade 12 class of the school as they start their leadership year. It is meant to create discussion and fire imaginations as this cohort leaves the confines of our oceanfront campus and head into post-secondary and real-world experiences.

2735 Mount Baker Road
Mill Bay, British Columbia, V0R 2P1
Canada

Amelia Hadfield

Amelia is a Grade 12 student of Brentwood College School. Having grown up on Vancouver island, I am at my happiest when surrounded by a beautiful ocean and warm people. I am in my final year at Brentwood College school, with interests in pursuing post-secondary opportunities in economics and/or law. Apart from reading, cooking, and windsurfing, most of my free time is spent pursuing a passion in debate and public speaking. In the future I hope to channel my interests in social issues into work as a lawyer with a focus in Aboriginal Law.

Dr. Erica Harris

Dr Erica Harris is the passionate founder of RiseToday.com, serving to support, inspire and empower those navigating the hardships of adversity. With her vast experience facing relentless trials and tribulations, she stands today as a well-versed, highly seasoned survivor. Dr. Erica serves as a powerful mind-set coach, culturing principles of resilience, resolve, positivity and fortitude. Dr. Erica captivates audiences, both as an inspirational speaker and as a #1 best selling author. She is a proud board director for Zili Women’s Health and is a fierce advocate for organ donation campaigns, Canadian Blood Services and for the One Match Stem Cell and Marrow Network. Dr. Erica is passionately spearheading new initiatives to improve care for families of sick, young parents. Further, she volunteers for the West Coast Kids Cancer Foundation and for the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. Dr. Erica is an honoured member of the Worldwide Association of Female Professionals.

Karla Ferster

Karla Ferster is a possibility thinker and active dreamer who found her voice through the development of Frog Friendly Coffee. Committed to living her values out loud to offer a Humane bean 4 Human beings. Frog on!

Ken Wylie

Ken is an IFMGA mountain guide, educator and author. His skill set ranges between climbing the hardest frozen waterfalls in the Canadian Rockies to developing and delivering adventure programs to help the military veterans and homeless in his community. He has been on faculty at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal University and Thompson Rivers University in adventure-based academic programs. Ken is the author of “Buried” 2014, which is about his path navigating through a tragic mountain event which taught him profound lessons about courage.

Mahir Arora

Mahir Arora is an Indian-American from California. He attends Brentwood College School where he is in grade 11. In his free time, he enjoys playing squash and hiking.

Milo Shandel

Milo Shandel is a proud member of Brentwood’s graduating class of 1987. He is a multiple award nominated actor and director. As an actor, his career started in Toronto at the Stratford Festival, and in musicals such as Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. However, these days he is known world-wide as the hapless Principal Tater on the YTV/DISNEY XD hit family sitcom MR. YOUNG, and from his roles in Bong Jo-Hoon's OKJA (NETFLIX), TRAVELERS (NETFLIX/SHOWCASE) WHEN CALLS THE HEART (HALLMARK), and many, many others. Milo's directing career started on shows such as YTV and NETFLIX's SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, and YTV's THE STANLEY DYNAMIC. He also directed the short film, HIPSTER BRUNCH (CBC COMEDY, FUNNY OR DIE) which was programmed into several film festivals. Currently, Milo and his writing partner, Christine Oddy, have a family comedy/music series in development with NETFLIX. Milo also has been teaching and coaching Vancouver actors for almost 10 years, and is currently working with the acting department at Vancouver Film School.

Oladimeji Olatunbosun

Born in Houston, Texas but raised in Nigeria, Canada, and Saudi Arabia, Oladimeji "Didi" Olatunbosun is a self-proclaimed nomad. She loves FaceTiming her parents at inconvenient times and jokingly telling her brother he's adopted. She's an avid volleyball and rugby player, as well as a member of a singing group called Almost A Cappella. She currently lives in Saudi Arabia, but has been a boarding student at Brentwood College School for the past three years.