

By Mary Gordon, Founder/President, Roots of Empathy It’s an incredible time for children to see us coming together to care, share, and be mindful of…
One of the benefits of our program is that the teacher doesn’t teach it. That may sound weird. But we consider it a gift to…
By Cheryl Jackson I arrive at my Grade Four Roots of Empathy classroom a few minutes early and wait in the hallway for the door…
Our Roots of Empathy students fall in love with their baby teacher. And every year, toward the end of the program, we ask them to…
We can’t get enough of Romario. Romario is a Grade 7 student in Toronto. He came with his teacher and classmates to our 2019 Research…
Often there are times in Roots of Empathy when a student hangs back, and doesn’t want to participate fully. We’re fine with that – we…