• Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell delivers an Ismaili Centre Lecture in Vancouver. Azim Verjee
    14 November 2014 | Ismaili Centre Vancouver

    Former Prime Minister of Canada speaks about the role of women leaders in building civil societies

    Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell delivers an Ismaili Centre Lecture in Vancouver. Azim Verjee
6:00 PM
15 November 2014
5:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Burnaby
Canada
Vancouver, 15 November 2014 — Delivering an Ismaili Centre Lecture on the topic of Building Civil Societies: The Role of Women Leaders, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell gave an engaging, thought-provoking and witty speech by drawing upon her own experiences as a female leader and citing the growing body of research on gender balance in leadership.

Ms Campbell wholly exemplifies the female leader, having been the first woman to become Prime Minister of Canada as well as the first female Defense Minister and Minister of Justice in Canada. The lecture event drew a diverse range of guests including government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, the judiciary, academia, civil society leaders, and students. As women still struggle between career and family, and gender roles and equality are being talked about more than ever before, Ms Campbell’s insightful discourse could not have come at a better time.