Roots of Empathy Founder/President Mary Gordon chronicles the creation of her award-winning classroom program. Mary shares her vision of a society of compassionate and caring children who will pass on their legacy of empathy to their own children. "Gordon describes a program to foster empathy that she started in Toronto nearly 10 years ago...We hear a good deal about emotional intelligence. Gordon's brilliant idea is one of the first to show how it might be learned. Her program is closely in tune with how we Canadian think of ourselves. It's a bold and wonderful idea." - Keith Oatley Globe & Mail, The Globe 100, November 25, 2006 From the cover... "This brilliant program belongs in every classroom in every school in every country of the world, forever. There's no better way to teach empathy -- the essential human trait." - Raffi Cavoukian singer, author, ecology advocate "This is a remarkable book. In clear and lively language, Mary Gordon introduces us to the wisdom of babies and shows us how they can teach us - and our children - what it is to be human. Over a lifetime, I have learned that the human capacities for empathy and respect must be fostered from earliest childhood to reduce violence in the world and build a truly civil society." - The Honourable Landon Pearson Advisor on Children's Rights to the Minister of Foreign Affairs "This book displays the extraordinary value of the Roots of Empathy program, probably the best program of its kind