The Smoky River Express in Alberta discusses Roots of Empathy programs in their community:
Empathy – the ability to relate to how someone else is feeling-is at the core of our humanity.
The absence of empathy underlies abuse, bullying, and marginalization in all forms.
The development of this trait in children is at the center of the Roots of Empathy Program being offered in the 2016-2017 school year at Ecole Routhier in Falher as well at the Providence School in McLennan.