Canadian Kindness Leaders

Canadian Kindness Leaders (CKL) gives children and youth the tools to conceive and create projects that promote kindness in their schools and communities. CKL is a WITS program that supports Canadian schools and students in spreading kindness by providing training, activities & resources. This program can be used by students in grades 5 to 10.

Our Goals

CKL aims to support schools and students in building concrete actions and projects that:

Focus on kindness

Connect with being Canadian

Are inclusive & accepting of diversity

Feature community
involvement

Like the WITS Primary program and the WITS LEADS program, CKL can be easily implemented into your school’s curriculum. CKL books may include a combination of themed novels and resource books. Each CKL novel has a lesson plan developed and reviewed to meet curriculum-based learning objectives and foster in-depth exploration.

“The students thoroughly enjoyed the project and felt ownership of the initiative. It is amazing how simple it can be to show kindness, and how spreading a little kindness can have such a significant impact on others”

Brandon BaileyPrincipal, St. Mary’s School, Okotoks, AB

“The Canadian Kindness Leadership Project reminded us (young and old) of the importance kindness plays in our everyday lives.”

Carol NoonanGrade 4 Teacher/Vice-Principal, St. Ignatious School, Winnipeg Manitoba

“It was fun to see the students develop and carry through a project to completion that benefitted our local community. Our students learned a lot from their kindness project and excitement could be felt in our school as to possible future projects.”

Mellissa RyanVice-Principal, École John Stubbs Memorial School, Victoria BC

“Kindness means being helpful, putting a smile on someone’s face, and lending a hand.”

Youth Advisory Council member, 2020

Enriched Module

Schools may purchase an Enriched CKL module for implementation through the school year that will include the following:

10 books including kindness themed novels and resource books (1 per each month of the school year)
Lesson plans for all novels (5)
Design Thinking Resource Manual with information and links to activities to support kindness project development
CKL pencils (30)
School featured on the dedicated CKL website canadiankindnessleaders.ca
(Click Here)
Welcome letter with step-by-step instructions

Basic Module

Alternatively, a Basic CKL module for a single classroom or small group of students for a shorter implementation period includes the following:

5 resource books
Design Thinking Resource Manual with information and links to activities to support kindness project development
CKL pencils (30)
School featured on the dedicated CKL website canadiankindnessleaders.ca
(Click Here)
Welcome letter with step-by-step instructions

Additional support materials including LEADS classroom modules and supplemental reminder gifts such as CKL pencils are available for purchase through the WITS store.