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Ashoka Canada is thrilled to name Rose Avenue Public School and The Mabin School as the first Changemaker Schools in Canada. The Ashoka Changemaker Schools designation recognizes schools that do an outstanding job of cultivating empathy, teamwork, leadership and problem solving in kids. Changemaker...

Robert Ashcraft of Arizona State University's Lodestar Center shares one of the best lessons in empathy he received as a teen, learned at the foot of a hospital bed. Part 20 of our series on Empathy 101 (view the rest below)

Social and emotional learning, student leadership, and social change are at the heart of Prospect Sierra School. The steps of listening and observing empathetically, defining a problem, coming up with ideas for solutions, building those solutions, and testing those solutions are engrained through...

“What do children need? They need to know, ‘I am lovable, I am safe, I can trust other people to meet my needs.” – Amelia Franck Meyer, Ashoka Fellow, founder of Anu Family Services Children’s wellbeing sits at the intersection of physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Through our research on...

What if educators could raise children with a clearer vision about change from the start? This inspired Khalsa Montessori School from its inception in 1976 and continues to drive their mission today. Khalsa Montessori School works at building a beautiful environment to encourage a sense of...

Danica comes from a family of entrepreneurs with Scottish ancestry in the unceded Coast Salish Territory of Victoria, BC. At Ashoka Canada, she leads the search and selection of visionary social change leaders into the global community of Ashoka Fellows. In addition, she co-leads the development and...

We are proud to present a collection of stories about the amazing changemaking social entrepreneurs that Ashoka Switzerland supports!