A University of Victoria doctoral student is investigating how Twitter and Instagram are changing how much teenagers care.
Rebeccah Nelems has been awarded $180,000 to study empathy in Canadian youth as they use social media to connect not only with local friends, but peers around the world.
She says the possibility teens are becoming less empathetic makes it important to examine what problems are cropping up, as well as potential solutions.
High school students are taking ownership of the mental health of the teenagers in their building. About 2,000 ninth grade students hear presentations each year on positive mental health and suicide prevention, thanks to the effor…
Stanford University’s Jane Shaw is a kind of empathy activist.“How do you make the leap,” she said a few days ago, “to understand the experience of another person is really what empathy’s about.Shaw, Stanford’s …
Ask anyone who identifies as trans and they’ll tell you don’t have to “study” anything; all that’s necessary is understanding and empathy-building. Doing so is very easy, even in classes below Grade 6, since Red: A Crayon’s Story gives brilliant, nonpr…
After careful deliberation, 14 winners have been chosen from 628 entries as innovative models with strong potential to scale. Together, along with every entrant from the competition, we hope to create a world guided by empathy and collaboration, one le…
