I have just finished working on a Blog to inform those of my friends on iPEACE who don't already know, that Vancouver, BC, Canada (my province) will be hosting "PEACE SUMMIT 2009: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue," September 26 - 29th. Here is a short piece from the Blog which describes some of my personal feelings about the things we can do to promote and achieve Peace.
Let me know your feelings on children learning about current events in the world DAILY, from their first classroom to their last. Teaching children to get along with each other and make friends should go part of the way to eliminating bullying. So give me some feedback, people! *smile* --Christie (BTW,Come check out the rest of the Blog on my Profile when you're done here! :)
VANCOUVER — The Dalai Lama will headline a “spiritual dream team” of Nobel Peace Prize laureates and international activists at a peace summit this September in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Victor Chan: "Education is a key component of the Peace Summit.".
University of B.C. associate professor Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, who works closely with B.C. educators, will be part of a panel with the Dalai Lama and Clyde Hertzman discussing the paths to fostering social and emotional well-being in children.
“We’ll be highlighting some of the work that is being done in B.C. that is unique to the world, such as mindfulness education,” Schonert-Reichl said.
“Mindfulness education is about helping kids learn strategies to really be aware of what they are thinking and feeling in the moment, appreciating the now, and really being attentive in relationships,” she said.
“In B.C., we’re the only place in the world where the promotion of social responsibility is one of the four performance standards of education,” Schonert-Reichl said. “It’s about practising democratic rights and responsibilities, contributing to classroom and community, promoting diversity and human rights, fostering empathy, compassion and altruism.”
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