Mary gordon roots of empathy biography sample

Mary Gordon is an award-winning social entrepreneur, educator, best-selling author, parenting expert, and child advocate who has created an international children’s charity, Roots of Empathy (ROE). 

Ms. Gordon has consulted with and/or presented to the UN, the WHO, UNICEF, The Nelson Mandela Children’s Foundation, and to governments. She is a regular keynote speaker at conferences and has several TEDx talks. She has been honoured with the Governor General of Canada Award for innovation, is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, and Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is also the recipient of honorary doctorates in Canada and Europe. Ms. Gordon has also been an Ashoka Fellow since , and sits on the executive board of the Ashoka global organization. 

Ms. Gordon is considered a serial social entrepreneur. In she created Canada’s first and largest school-based Parenting Centres which have been used as best practice models internationally. In , based on her belief that the absence of empathy underscored violence of all kinds, she set out to break this cycle by developing empathy in children. As a result, she created the ROE program and shortly after her organizat

Roots of Empathy &#; Mary Gordon

Roots of Empathy is a program that tries to teach schoolchildren empathy. Empathy is a crucially important quality: it can help overcome the problem of the &#;ethical fade&#;. And it seems obvious that empathic people are probably just nicer people.

Roots of Empathy works through regular class visits from a newborn baby and parent. Over the year of the Roots of Empathy program, the schoolchildren are able to see the baby grow and develop, and experience first-hand the bond between parent and baby. It seems to be quite successful in instilling worthwhile values, even in children that are hard to reach any other way. This books describes the program and tells its story.

The book says, &#;There is no unimportant day in a child&#;s life; every moment, every conversation, every activity is important.&#; (p. ) This is what the schoolchildren discover as they encounter the newborn. But it also applies to the children themselves: they begin to see that their interactions with each other are no less important.

Children also learn during the program how important the parent&#;s attitude to the baby is. &#;his parents &#; are his first and most power

In Conversation with Mary Gordon, Roots of Empathy

When educator Mary Gordon founded Roots of Empathy in , some were doubtful. Championing the power of empathy and its ability to transform children &#; and, in effect, the world &#; Gordon’s views were seen as laudable for sure. But practical? Debatable. At the heart of the program are classroom visits by an infant and their parent. By observing the loving relationship between the two over a course of time, the theory is children become more attuned to their thoughts and feelings and those of others. Empathy is the powerful result.

Skeptics take note: fifteen years later Gordon’s organization is thriving. Today, the social entrepreneur is also a bestselling author and her Roots of Empathy program is reaching more than , children worldwide. In Canada, the award-winning program is delivered in English and French and is found in every province, covering urban, rural, Aboriginal and remote communities. Roots of Empathy also reaches children in the US, the Isle of Man, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.

SEE Change was fortunate to have caught up with Gordon recently to chat about how she took an i

Mary Gordon: The Roots of Empathy
Empathy is second nature: Mary Gordon's organization aims to tackle the bullying problem by increasing
empathy and reducing aggressiveness in school-aged children. She joins Steve Paikin

 

Culture of Empathy Builder: Mary Gordon

 

Roots and Seeds of Empathy
Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon is the Founder, President and the inspiration behind Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy. Mary is recognized internationally as an award-winning social entrepreneur, educator, author, child advocate and parenting expert who has created programs informed by the power of empathy. In Mary outlined the initial curriculum of Roots of Empathy and began piloting the program in Toronto. In she established the national and international organization Roots of Empathy,

Mary is author of Roots of Empathy: Changing the World, Child by Child.  She says, "When I talk to city officials,  I speak of the fact that there is fluoride in our water supply to prevent tooth decay.  I tell them we need empathy in the water supply to prevent social decay ."


 

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