Mary gordon roots of empathy biography definitions

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Mary Gordon (born 13 October 1947) is a Canadian educator, social entrepreneur, child advocate and parenting expert.

She is the founder and president of both Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy, non-profit evidence-based programs dedicated to promoting emotional literacy and empathy among children.^[1][2]

Biography

Gordon grew up in Newfoundland, but later moved to Toronto, Ontario.^[3] In her early career, she was a kindergarten teacher.

In 1981, she founded Canada's first school-based Parenting and Family Literacy centres, which have become public policy in Ontario and are being used as a model for similar programs internationally.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, she founded Roots of Empathy, a classroom-based program for children in elementary school, and in 2005 she founded Seeds of Empathy, a related program for younger children in early childhood set