TEDx Vancouver 2026 Speaker Bio
Robb Nash

Robb Nash
Mental Health & Resilience Advocate, Musician, Founder of the Robb Nash Project
What has this tattooed rocker done to warrant your attention, and why has he been a keynote speaker for a Psychiatric Association of Canada conference and performed and spoken at maximum-security prisons?
Found with no pulse by the first responder. He resuscitated him, and while unconscious, they rebuilt his skull with Titanium. When he awoke and began rehabilitation, he frankly did not want to be alive. "My identity was lost, and that brought me to a very dark place for the next two-and-a-half years."
He was able to deal with that darkness by channeling it into music. After having two Top ten hits, Robb walked away from the industry. He has spent the last ten years sharing his story to thousands of students across the country, changing lives, giving them purpose, erasing the stigma, and making it okay to be vulnerable and ask for help. All the while working on music and making the best songs of his career. Robb has hundreds of names and signatures tattooed on his arms, taken from over 900 suicide notes he's received from kids who experienced his show in person or from YouTube clips — and some of them have his lyrics tattooed on them. It's a mutual relationship of acceptance and go forth and conquer.
"This is War" is his second album since leaving the music business. There might not be a more pronounced album full of anger, hope and concern this year.
Recently featured in CBC legend Peter Mansbridge's book called "Extraordinary Canadians." Robb has won multiple awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal from the Governor-General of Canada in 2019. "When it comes to people struggling with addiction and suicide, I truly believe we are losing some of the most gifted people. We try to help them channel those thoughts rather than shut them off," Robb says, adding that he had a team of psychologists follow one of his tours for months to measure its effectiveness and now are one of his biggest supporters.








