91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant for a limited number of available seats. Applications are due Friday, Oct. 22 and can be found online at the website.

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to the concept of "ideas worth spreading". Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago to bring together the worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at . Past TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Richard Branson,听Isabel Allende and Gordon Brown, among many other luminaries.

In the spirit of "ideas worth spreading", TED has created TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At TEDx91亚色U, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including at 91亚色, are self-organized.

TEDx91亚色U will explore the theme of "Ctrl-Alt-Delete", the ubiquitous computer command also called the 鈥渢hree-finger salute鈥�.聽 Speakers and participants will be asked to 鈥漴eboot鈥澛爐heir way of thinking as the event aims to explore how starting over is often the best way to discover something new. Dynamic presentations will be made by academic, business, political and community leaders, all connected to 91亚色, who have each hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete in their own way to create change and make the world a better place. TEDx91亚色U is supported by 91亚色 Alumni, Student Community & Leadership Development, the Division of the Vice-President Research & Innovation and Glendon College.

TEDx91亚色U speakers announced so far include:

(left) is a business success story as former president of HMV Music and, later, BMG Music. In 1999, he became president of Strategic Business Units of MP3.com and helped lead the company through one of the largest initial public offerings聽in Internet history.聽After leaving MP3.com, had a 鈥渓ife-altering experience鈥� while taking care of his mother, who passed away from breast cancer in 2002, and he became a key leader in the Canadian nonprofit sector. He is currently the president and CEO of , and recently served as the Board Chair of Covenant House. As a 91亚色 alumnus, Alofs聽won the 2007 Redefine the Possible Bryden Award.

91亚色 alumnus (right) is a music programmer, pop culture critic, author, broadcaster and journalist. He is also Canada鈥檚 foremost expert on hip hop culture. His latest book is聽, published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi. As a print journalist, Higgins is a Canadian National Magazine Award recipient, and his articles have appeared in print and online mediums in the United States (Vibe, the聽Source,听Urb, amazon.com) and Canada (Saturday Night, Now Magazine,听Toronto Star,听Quill & Quire and many others). Higgins has hosted his own TV show, and has appeared on numerous Canadian television programs. His fourth book聽Fatherhood 4.0: iDad Applications Across Cultures spots trends across a newer generation of media-savvy, hip hoppy, multi-culti, Digital Dads influenced by everything from George Lopez and Bill Cosby to the Osbournes and Barack Obama.

(right) is an artist, designer and researcher specializing in augmented reality (AR). Hailed as being among the top 10 forces currently shaping the AR industry, has been working with AR since 2005, exploring the creative possibilities and theoretical implications for this exciting emerging technology. Recently, Papagiannis鈥� interactive artworks were . She is presently completing her聽doctorate in communication and culture at 91亚色 and is a senior research associate at the in 91亚色's Department of Film in the聽Faculty of Fine Arts. Prior to her graduate studies,听Papagiannis was a member of the聽Bruce Mau Design studio, where she was project lead on Massive Change: The Future of Global Design.

(left) is one of Canada鈥檚 most respected scholars and commentators on issues of corporate law, securities law, corporate governance, and corporate and white-collar crime. Appointed to 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997 at the age of 25, and a 2005 recipient of Canada鈥檚 Top 40 under 40 award, Puri is a prolific scholar who was appointed as one of two research directors of the Canadian Ministry of Finance鈥檚 Expert Panel on Securities Regulation, which is seeking input on the best way to develop and implement a model Common Securities Act for Canada. Most recently, .

With more speakers to be announced, buzz about the Nov. 6 event is growing on campus. Student volunteer groups are also promoting the event through 鈥渟alon鈥� events that discuss innovative ideas and view TEDTalks videos. Applications to be an audience participant and more information can be found online at . Follow TEDx91亚色U聽at and on Facebook at .

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The immediate issues are the impacts of this trend. For one, the politicization of corporate governance has become a preoccupation for boards, arguably at the expense of other significant issues. Another is the fact that the process is now fuelled by a thriving cottage industry that has evolved around shareholder voting. This raises concerns about the separation of voting from investment decision-making, the delegation of the former to proxy advisory firms and the manner in which that process may serve to exacerbate short termism in corporate decision-making (measuring performance in, at best, annual cycles).

Somewhere along the line (in our rush to pile on new corporate governance standards) purpose and process have become divorced. The irony is that, even as we impose ever-increasing accountability requirements, public distrust in the efficacy of the system continues to escalate.

Waitzer's complete article is available on the .

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Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Poonam Puri has received a Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship for 2010-2011.

The prestigious award, periodically presented by 91亚色聽to recognized scholars at the University to complete ongoing outstanding and innovative research, will allow her to devote the coming year to completing Financial Markets in Crisis: ABCP, the Made in Canada Solution and the Future of Canadian Capital Markets.

Right: Poonam Puri

"Professor Puri is greatly admired for her teaching and scholarship as well as the interesting reform and advisory work she has done for securities commissions, self-regulatory organizations, governments and bilateral agencies," said Osgoode Interim Dean Jinyan Li. "This fellowship recognizes her knowledge and expertise and will provide her with the time to complete her latest book."

Puri is among Canada鈥檚 most respected researchers on corporate law, securities law, corporate governance, and corporate and white-collar crime.聽Appointed to 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997, she has co-authored or edited three books and written numerous articles and reports.聽Her rigorous research is firmly grounded in the real-time of policy-making, rendering her expertise widely requested by Canadian and international governments and regulators, including Industry Canada, the Ontario Securities Commission, the聽Senate of Canada, the Wise Persons鈥� Committee on Securities Regulation and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group.

鈥淧rofessor Puri鈥檚 timely proposal addresses the recent global financial upheaval and the asset-backed commercial paper crisis. It promises to provide insight about both global and Canadian banking practices,鈥� said David Dewitt, 91亚色's associate vice-president research (social sciences & humanities), and chair of the Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship selection committee. 鈥淗er book will make a valuable contribution to existing literature on Canadian financial markets. The selection committee was impressed by her proposal鈥檚 interdisciplinarity, innovative thinking, clarity and logic.鈥�

The fellowship, named in honour of the late聽Walter L. Gordon, former chancellor of 91亚色, provides researchers with the opportunity to complete works or projects that require a significant amount of time by relieving them of teaching and other University responsibilities.

"The selection committee was also impressed by the quality of each of the applicants and the significant research ideas brought forward," said Dewitt. 鈥淓very one of them deserved funding. The applicant pool鈥檚 strength speaks to 91亚色鈥檚 expanding research culture and the important recognition the fellowship provides to support that leading-edge research."

By Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.

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