Curiosity and Creativity with Daily Scientific Literacy | Sunand Kannappan & Mehul Gupta | TEDxYYC

Sunand and Mehul founded their non-profit organization, Youreka, with the mission to empower students across Canada with a critical, scientific mindset. Students are encouraged to follow their curiosity and answer their own questions with cutting-edge, evidence-based methods. Through their experiences working with hundreds of students every year, Sunand and Mehul want to share the ways in which we all can be active members of our communities by learning when and how to use the scientific method in our everyday lives. Sunand and Mehul founded their non-profit organization, Youreka, with the mission to empower students across Canada with a critical, scientific mindset. Students are encouraged to follow their curiosity and answer their own questions with cutting-edge, evidence-based methods. Through their experiences working with hundreds of students every year, Sunand and Mehul want to share the ways in which we all can be active members of our communities by learning when and how to use the scientific method in our everyday lives. Sunand is a BHSc student at the University of Calgary with a major in biomedical sciences and a minor in management and society. Apart from Youreka, he is involved in oncology research, biomedical informatics and healthcare operations. He is also involved in impact investing and consulting for impact-driven non-profit organizations in Canada.
Mehul's day job is being a second-year medical student at the University of Calgary with research interests in medical genetics,neuro-oncology, as well as the interface between public policy and medical practice. Outside of the classroom, Mehul serves as the Co-Chair for Youreka Canada, a non-profit organization with a mission of improving scientific literacy through experiential learning opportunities. Currently, Youreka is active in 6 cities, providing tens of thousands of hours of education to students across Canada, helping them gain the skills and experiences to become more confident and capable citizens. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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Just wonderful !! Be blessed, dear Sunand and Mehul. Keep it up.

[@jamorack6334]

These are great ideas. Have you looked into the Freshman Research Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin?

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