Tom Keenan

Dr. Tom Keenan is a man who is on the go, and a living testimony that it is indeed possible to be both deeply and broadly engaged, two seemingly irreconcilable things and characteristic of any renaissance man!

An award-winning Professor, futurist, researcher, science journalist, and public speaker, Tom led the Shad Valley Program for 24 years here in Calgary and focused on developing some of the brightest young minds in our city. Tom is currently a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design and the director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, an innovative Masters and PhD program that draws on the best traditions of frontier edge learning. He also writes regular columns for the Calgary Herald and the Business Edge news magazine, and appears frequently on radio and television.

Deeply interested and engaged on a number of complex fields, Tom is focused on getting deep level understandings and is particularly interested in the nature of learning and what sort of learning the world needs now. Tom is a graduate of Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree, two Masters degress, and a Doctorate in Education.

Dr. Tom Keenan at TEDxCalgary 2010