From Davos to the Classroom: Canadian Educator Translates Mark Carney’s Historic Speech into a Children’s Guide on Standing Up to Bullies

Active outreach is underway to international conglomerates and government agencies to sponsor the distribution of Carney the Beaver as a tool for civic literacy in classrooms. Corporate partners and trade delegates seeking unique Canadian cultural materials particularly for the upcoming Pacific trade summits are invited to contact the publisher for expedited proposals.

Winnipeg, Canada – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 24, 2026

But the Beaver knew the “pleasant fiction” was over. It was broken. Ruptured, you might say.

Titled Carney the Beaver and the Power of the Small, the book introduces children to complex ideas such as cooperation, rules, and collective problem-solving through an engaging animal fable. Inspired by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carneys widely discussed address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the story reframes global economic tensions as a relatable lesson about standing up to bullies without resorting to force.

Written by Mtis educator Sean Thompson, the book follows Carney the Beaver, who faces a threatening Lion that ignores shared rules and uses intimidation. Instead of fighting back, the Beaver builds alliances, creates buyers clubs, and engages in focused dialoguedemonstrating constructive alternatives to conflict that children can understand and apply in their own lives.

While designed as an easy introduction for young readers, the book operates on two levels. For children, it offers a simple moral framework about fairness, cooperation, and courage. For adults, it serves as gentle political satire, reflecting real-world debates about tariffs, power imbalances, and the importance of a rules-based international order.

Children are constantly navigating unfairness and bullying in their own worlds, said Thompson. This book helps them see that strength doesnt always mean aggressionand that working together can change outcomes, even when facing someone bigger.

Carney the Beaver and the Power of the Small is subtitled Helping Children Make Sense of the World for a Better Future and is positioned as an educational tool for families and classrooms seeking to introduce global citizenship concepts in an age-appropriate way.

About the Author

Sean Thompson is a Mtis Canadian educator based in Tokyo, Japan. His work focuses on helping children understand complex global and social issues through storytelling and education.

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This book shares the likely-to-become historical speech by Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carneys, speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos in an accessible way for youngsters
Support children in making a better future through simple standing up to bullies as instruction in larger global concepts
The world has a bullying Lion threatening tariffs and ignoring rules. Carney the Beaver has other plans
Two levels of meaning simultaneously: education for our future/political satire for adults
A Metis educator in Tokyo has turned this geopolitical struggle into a story about a Beaver who builds Buyers Clubs and focused talks instead of fighting