You can now check out our new profile page via www.ted.com. We encourage you to poke around other TEDx events as well.

The TEDxKids@TheHill SALON was a hit. Further updates will unveil themselves overtime. For now, you can check out CBC’s coverage here, or you can take a peek at our SALON story in photos.

These are empty crayon boxes we upcycled into 3D posters to promote TEDxKids @TheHill. Archibald came up with the clever bug pose.

TEDxKids: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Matt: A goldfish. =(

TEDxKids: What website(s) do you make a priority of checking?

Matt: Not including the my email Facebook or Google and in no particular order: www.ted.com (obviously), www.newser.com, www.cbc.ca, www.psychologytoday.com, www.grooveshark.com, and www.stumbleupon.com.

TEDxKids: What is your favourite form of procrastination?

Matt: Stumbleupon.com – Seriously, I could spend hours at a time cruising the internet and learning about cool and unusual new things. I once stumbled for an entire day!

TEDxKids: What is your favourite song?

Matt: “Depends on the mood I’m in or trying to get in. Here are a few: 1. Song for a friend – Jason Mraz, 2. Hit ‘em High – The Monstars (off the Space Jam Soundtrack), 3. Youth of a Nation – P.O.D.”

TEDxKids: Tell us about your quirkiest habit or most unusual daily ritual.

Matt: I listen to the same playlist almost every morning when I wake up.  I call it my “Wake Up” mix.

TEDxKids: Name one initiative you fancy and wish you had come up with yourself.

Matt: Shared space. I think it’s a brilliant way to work. It fosters the creativity and social networking we need to find solutions to the world’s problems. It promotes collaboration as a way of doing Good work.

You can find Mister Matt tweeting right here.

• Dean Allison, MP
• Marina Maria Mourani, MP
• Gordon O’Connor, MP
• Justin P.J. Trudeau, MP
• Paul Dewar, MP
• Lucie Pepin, Senator
• Tony Martin, MP
• Stephane Dion, MP
• Frank W. Mahovlich, Senator
• Serge Cardin, MP
• Paul J. Massicotte, Senator
• Raynell Andreychuk, Senator
• Ed Holder, MP
• James Flaherty, MP
• Tony Clement, MP
• Joyce Murray, MP
• Chris Charlton, MP
• Kirsty Duncan, MP
• Lawrence Cannon
• Borys Wrzesnewskyj, MP
• Peter Van Loan, MP
• David Christopherson, MP
• John Weston, MP
• Martha Hall Findlay, MP
• Christian Paradis, MP
• Robert Oliphant, MP
• Marcel Proulx, MP
• Stephen Woodworth, MP
• Roméo Dallaire, Senator

Meet the delightful Julia Dales.

TEDxKids: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Julia: A plastic gun off of a batman toy. (I was 5.)

TEDxKids: If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose and why?

Julia: Back to the rain forests of Costa Rica because they showed me how beautiful life is, and how important it is to protect. It is always good to be reminded of that.

TEDxKids: What’s your favourite snack?

Julia: It’s a tie between frozen peas and chocolate covered almonds.

TEDxKids: Describe your workspace.  Where do you work best?

Julia: Although I would never admit it to my mom, I work best in my bedroom but only when it is clean.

TEDxKids: What’s your second favourite passion?

Julia: Playing squash!

If you haven’t caught any of Miss Julia’s extraordinary beatboxing, you can do so here.

A handful of TEDxKids@TheHill postcards are being scattered throughout the city this week. Let’s visit the TEDx Blog to find out more about this guerrilla marketing move.

Everybody meet Jeremy Thorp. Jeremy Thorp meet everybody. Here we go:

TEDxKids: Name one initiative you fancy and wish you had come up with yourself.

Jeremy: David Eggers and Nínive Calegari’s 826 Valencia project, in San Francisco. This is a perfect example of how a simple idea can change a lot of peoples’ lives. Also, a reminder that we should sometimes look local before we look global.

(NB: Despite Eggers being a TEDPrize winner, there was no TED(x) leading in this question. Scout and guide’s honour.)

TEDxKids: What is your favourite form of procrastination?

Jeremy: I think the things we consider as procrastination can often be as valuable as the things we consider work.

I read a lot of fiction – and I find the more time I spend doing this, the more creative my output is. So I’m trying to work less, and read more.

TEDxKids: What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about?

Jeremy: I suppose I’d be fairly surprised.

After that, I imagine, I’d put my left foot in. Then I’d take my left foot out. And shake it all about.

TEDxKids: What is your favourite snack?

Jeremy: The sandwich – one of humanity’s greatest inventions. The best one I’ve had recently was in a slow food café in Amsterdam called Gartine. I’d go back, just for the sandwich!

TEDxKids: Describe your workspace.  Where do you work best?

Jeremy: I can work anywhere. These days, I work at a tiny desk, sitting on a folding chair. It’s not really the physical space that matters to me – rather the mental space.

I can be extremely productive when my brain is running on the right wavelengths – I’ve learned to take recognize and take advantage of this. Often I won’t get much of anything done for an entire week; then I’ll have a furious 6 hours of productivity when I’ll accomplish more than I would have in a full 40 hours.

To get your Jeremy groupie on, we suggest following him on twitter, and checking out his mesmerizing website (careful, it’s windy on the homepage).

Another TEDxKids@TheHill adventure took place yesterday at noon hour. To find out more and watch a video of this experiment, visit the TEDx Blog.

This photo touches on a recent TEDxKids @TheHill venture. You can find out more on the TEDx Blog.