Kindness is a universally held value

Posted by Peter Roaf on Apr 09, 2019
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There have been constant and considerable changes in our society which have effected the teaching, learning and practice of Kindness. The Kindness Foundation of Canada asks whether we have lost our manners and our social conscience or just lost our accountability. "If we are not actively teaching and learning about kindness," asks the Foundation, "what is the point of all the rest of the teaching and learning?”
Changes in our society
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What is Kindness? Here are some comments by children.
 
Mike McEwan, left, is thanked by President Kerry-Lynne
Findlay and fellow educator Guillermo Bustos
-- photo Mel Baly
Mike McEwan, President of the Kindness Foundation of Canada, recently retired from the Vancouver School Board after 40 years as an educator, more recently as Principal at Edith Cavell and David Lloyd George Elementary Schools.
 
Programs of the Kindness Foundation of Canada:
 
Kindness Counts @ School: Compassion, Courage, Generosity, Gratitude, Inclusion, Integrity, Respect, Self-Awareness, Optimism
 
Scholarships:
Kindness Foundation of Canada - Nadine Marshall Scholarship.
Kindness Foundation of Canada – Della Paul Memorial Scholarship
Point Grey High School
Lord Byng High School