From the Roots of Empathy Website
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Roots of Empathy has been called Canada’s olive branch to the world.
Roots of Empathy is a powerful idea whose time has come. An evidence-based charitable organization, its mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. Its [...]
Continue Reading →Most national governments have ratified the various international agreements that recognize the importance and vulnerability of children. Most recognize that special attention most go towards developing an effective educational system to tackle the complexity involved in human development. However, for most national governments, often the benefits of early childhood education (ECE) is not viewed from [...]
Continue Reading →From www.viewchange.org website:
“Problems arise when people simply do not understand one another. At the community school in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam—named in both Hebrew and Arabic—children learn both languages at a very young age, thus cultivating a spirit of communication and mutual understanding. The village is a true rarity, as Jews [...] Continue Reading →The United Nations University for Peace is offering an exciting new course called, Technology and Peace. The course is being taught by AshokaPeace’s Nick Martin. The course will teach how technology is currently shaping the peace-building and conflict management process. It will also explore the potential that technology has for peace.
Here [...] Continue Reading →University of Victoria, Human and Social Development —from the University of Victoria Website—-
The Challenge Our globally interconnected world today faces enormous challenges in addressing issues of poverty, violence, climate change and exclusion. Such issues demand practical solutions based on perspectives of participatory development and accountable governance. Addressing these challenges requires [...] Continue Reading →Email me
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