Dr. Burgner Kahrs Talks at TEDxToronto – Renew

Watch CRL’s very own Dr. Jessica Burgner Kahrs’ inspiring TED Talk on breaking boundaries and reaching your true potential!

This year’s TEDxToronto was hosted at the Royal Ontario Museum and featured an impressive series of speakers

On May 18th, Dr. Jessica Burgner Kahrs delivered her talk on her path to developing Continuum Robots and overcoming the many barriers she faced as a woman in redefining her field.

Dr. Burgner Kahrs sharing her talk

She was cheered on by her family as well as colleagues, graduate students and lab members whose support has helped bring her vision of Continuum Robots to life.

CRL Graduate Students and Lab Members

The live-stream of her talk is linked [here], along with two more inspiring talks by Tanya Hayles, founder of Black Moms Connection and Javiet Ealom, refugee advocate and author of “Escape from Manus Prison”.