Nurturing Compassion &
Educating the Heart

September 8, 2006

Orpheum

Nurturing Compassion

The Dalai Lama will share the Orpheum stage in the morning with a small select group of high school students from the Lower Mainland. He will listen to the students' personal stories of acts of compassion and courage and answer questions from them.

The panelists include:

• Angela Tsui (Student Moderator)
• Anjali Appadurai (Student MC)
• Stephen Boles (Student MC)
• Bennett Cheung, Jany Gao, Irene Hong, Vinny Locsin, Kit (Christopher) Sauder, Lucy Wang (Student Participants)

The morning will begin with a First Nations Blessing from Mary Charles. Marc Kielburger, Chief Executive Director of Free the Children, the world's largest network of children helping children through education, will provide closing thoughts.

In advance of the event, students involved in the Nurturing Compassion Dialogue have prepared a Reflection Journal, available for viewing as a PDF document.

See Speakers / Participants for biographies of participants.

Educating the Heart

In the afternoon, the Dalai Lama will engage in dialogue with leading educators, researchers and policy makers on the themes of cultivating compassion and educating the heart.

Moderated by award-winning Maria LeRose, the panelists include:

• Mary Gordon, OC, founder of the Roots of Empathy program which has shown tangible results in lowering levels of aggression and bullying in participating schools across Canada
• Dr. Tim Shriver, CEO and Chairman of the Special Olympics
• Dr. Bill Damon, Professor of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, author of The Youth Charter and internationally recognized author in the areas of moral and character education
• Dr. Martin Brokenleg, whose work has been influential in reclaiming youth at risk in both Canada and the United States
• Dr. Mark Greenberg, Director of the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development at Penn State which aims to promote the well-being of children and youth and to reduce the prevalence of high risk behaviors and poor outcomes for children, families and communities
• Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership and a member of the World Health Organization
• Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl, researcher and author in the areas of moral development and social education

See Speakers / Participants for biographies of participants.