She pointed to the sort of big picture view captured by The Leap Manifesto, shaped by a broad range of movement leaders, which recognized the confluence of their issues to map out common “yeses” about what a more just Canada could be.

“The shocking events that fill us with dread today can transform us, and they can transform the world for the better,” she concludes. “But first we need to picture the world that we’re fighting for. And we have to dream it up together. Right now, every alarm in our house is going off simultaneously. It’s time to listen. It’s time to leap.

Watch the full six-minute TEDGlobal>NYC, delivered on Sept. 20, 2017, below:

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