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• 04.19.16 Yahoo! Finance Toy that teaches people how to fail holds powerful potential for corporate world

• 03.17.16 Financial Post How five socially driven, women-led firms got some Radical Generosity

• 02.17.16 Yonge Street Toronto "Empathy Toy" finds its way to universities and colleges worldwide

• 12.06.15 Winnipeg Sun Empathy toys “the new textbooks”

• 11.07.15 Forbes The 2015 Gift Guide for Raising Your Family's EQ

• 09.01.15 Toronto Public Library 5 Highlights from Maker Festival 2015

• 06.09.15 The Star Phoenix Putting together the pieces of a new product

• 06.08.15 National Post A test of patience: Toy company on verge of big breakthrough after three long years

• 06.01.15 SEE Change Magazine Finding Empathy Through Play with Twenty-One Toys

• 01.26.15 Multiplicity Twenty One Toys Wins the 2015 Multiplicity Power Up Sales Challenge

• 12.18.14 MaRS The gift guide for early adopters

• 12.16.14 BuzzFeed 17 Christmas Gifts To Make Your Kids Smarter

• 12.10.14 SIIA Education Technology Pioneers Announced as Winners of SIIA Innovation Incubator Program

• 12.10.14 International Council of Societies of Industrial Design Empathy Toy: Tackling Problems with Fun

• 12.09.14 Fast Company The Best Kids' Design Of 2014

• 12.03.14 Be a Social Entrepreneur Twenty-First Century Child Play: Twenty One Toys

• 11.28.14 Inside Toronto University student Ilana Ben-Ari’s thesis project turns into successful toy – and company

• 11.25.14 Quartz Toys that help kids become global leaders

• 11.21.14 The Guardian Entrepreneurship: A global perspective

• 11.10.14 Bitmaker Labs Lessons in Empathy and UX Design with Twenty One Toys

• 10.21.14 Justifica Tu Respuesta The Empathy Toy, el juguete para fomentar la empatía entre tus alumnos

• 10.15.14 Design Indaba A toy that teaches empathy

• 10.09.14 Centre for Social Innovation The Empathy Toy – At the Toronto Catholic District School Boards & in TIME Magazine!

• 09.11.14 TIME Magazine Disruptive Technology Is Changing How Kids Learn

• 09.03.14 MindShare Learning Top Ten Deep Learning Tools for Teachers

• 09.03.14 MaRS Top 10 deep learning tools for teachers

• 08.27.14 TechChange Reflections on the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship: Cross-Cultural Dialogue & Social Entrepreneurship at Cambridge University

• 08.26.14 tvo | The Agenda More Than Child's Play

• 07.31.14 Futurpreneur High Five – Twenty One Toys

• 07.31.14 The Toy Book Twenty One Toys and Spin Master Ltd. Send Empathy Toys to Israel and Gaza

• 07.24.14 OCAD U Empathy Toys shipped to Israel and Gaza

• 07.02.14 Centre for Social Innovation Congrats to CSI member Ilana Ben Ari, 2014 Ariane de Rothschild Fellow

• 07.02.14 The Last Magazine Twenty One Toys

• 06.27.14 Centre for Social Innovation 2014 American Express Ashoka Changemakers Emerging Innovators Announced

• 05.23.14 OCAD U Aspiring entrepreneurs compete in the Imagination Catalyst Pitch Competition

• 05.21.14 Ashoka 2014 American Express Ashoka Changemakers Emerging Innovators Announced

• 05.06.14 Toy News Diary of an Inventor: Ilana Ben-Ari and Twenty One Toys

• 04.23.14 Centre for Social Innovation Announcing the recipients of the Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund

• 04.15.14 Now Digital Network Ilana Ben-Ari of Twenty One Toys: Design Meets Empathy

• 04.07.14 LinkedIn The 8 Most Innovative Classroom Resources for 2014

• 04.01.14 Heidi Siwak Creative Solutions are No Accident

• 02.05.14 Creative Mornings School is a poorly designed game

• 01.22.14 The Compass Point What can’t textbooks teach?

• 12.30.13 Betakit Taking play a little more seriously

• 12.24.13 Porvir Brinquedos que proporcionam mais do que diversão

• 12.23.13 Fast Company Can These Toys Teach Kids Empathy?

• 12.23.13 Toy World Toy company races to the finish line on Kickstarter

• 12.19.13 Games for Educators Playing with Empathy

• 12.19.13 Ashoka Creating an Empathy Toy

• 12.12.13 Centre for Social Innovation A Toy for Empathy – available for Pre-Order on Kickstarter!

• 12.09.13 The Huffington Post What If Toys Are the New Textbooks?

• 11.28.13 Kickstarter A toy for empathy: unlocking creativity at all ages

• 11.20.13 680 News Interview: Toy company puts the fun back in learning

• 11.01.13 MaRS Education Changemakers: Learning to learn differently

• 10.10.13 Centre for Social Innovation What if classrooms were coworking spaces?

• 10.10.13 Centre for Social Innovation Innovators show that learning doesn’t have to be by the book

• 09.23.13 Centre for Social Innovation Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund makes first round of funding!

• 05.20.13 The Amaryllis Unexpected Lessons in Communication and Empathy

• 04.13.13 Futurpreneur Social innovation: doing good, smart

• 03.12.13 TEDx Youth Montreal Playing on Purpose

• 02.27.13 Ontario Centres of Excellence Top 10 finalists chosen in OCE’s Social Enterprise Student Competition

• 01.29.13 youth making a difference Educator Workshop on Toys as Tools for Empathy, Collaboration and Innovation

• 11.18.12 The Catholic Register Toys for the classroom foster communication skills

• 11.05.12 Futurpreneur Futurpreneur Canada Social Purpose Business: Twenty One Toys Video

• 10.28.12 Montreal Gazette Twenty One Toys is no child’s play

• 04.26.12 Raising the Village Learning to Play

• 08.04.11 Startup Sauna Twenty One Toys

• 03.26.11 TEDxConcordia Ilana Ben-Ari: Toys as Tools for Communication