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Empathy : turning compassion into action / David Johnston with Brian Hanington.
A how-to manual for a world craving kindness, 'Empathy' offers proof of the inherent goodness of people, and shows how exercising the instinct for kindness creates societies that are both smart and caring. Through poignant stories and crisp observations, David Johnston, Canada's 28th Governor General, contends that Everyone has power over some things that other people dont. When they learn ways to turn that power into action, they change the future dramatically. Johnston lives in Ottawa, ON.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771049064 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: Hardcover edition.
- Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, 2023.
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| Subject: | Empathy. Social action. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 152.41 Joh | 31681010306223 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Canada's 28th Governor General, DAVID JOHNSTON is chair of the Rideau Hall Foundation, and advisor at Deloitte and at Fairfax Financial Holdings. A graduate of Harvard, Cambridge, and Queen's universities, he was president of the University of Waterloo, principal of McGill University, and dean of Law at Western University. He is the author or co-author of more than thirty books and holds honorary doctorates from thirty-six universities. His most recent book, TRUST, was a national bestseller. A Companion of the Order of Canada, he was born in Sudbury, Ontario, raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and now lives with his wife, Sharon Johnston, near Ottawa.
