12 Days of Compassion

Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue will host a citywide conversation on compassion with world-renowned author Karen Armstrong for the 12-day period March 19–30, 2012.

SFU will present Armstrong with the prestigious Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue. The visit also will mark the launch of the Greater Vancouver Compassion Network, part of an international movement to build compassionate communities, inspired in part by Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion.

ABOUT KAREN ARMSTRONG

Karen Armstrong is one of the most provocative thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world. In 2008, she was awarded the TED Prize in support of her call for the creation of a “Charter for Compassion", a document now endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Other accomplishments include addressing the United Nations General Assembly and participating in the World Economic Forum.

For more information about Karen Armstrong, please see her official biography.