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  Harvard Gazette: Former Canadian leader Campbell addresses gender bias
Campbell said it was only after her 1993 defeat that she began to wonder how her treatment by the press might have colored her re-election campaign.
Campbell gave a brief overview of research on gender bias, describing experiments in which orchestra auditions were conducted behind a screen to eliminate gender clues.
The result, Campbell said, is that the successful woman, and successful woman politicians in particular, are viewed as the exception, as an anomaly, or as a "hard-worker." Campbell said she'd always been viewed as the exception as she held a variety of leadership positions as she grew.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/02.27/03-campbell.html   (940 words)

  
 Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Campbell ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial legislature under the Bennett banner in 1983, and in September 1985 she left Ladner Downs to serve as executive director in the premier's office.
Campbell was elected to the provincial assembly in October, but she had denounced the new leader in her convention address and she was never part of his inner circle.
Campbell's growing list of admirers replied that she was adapting to the realities of politics, learning the flexibility and accessibility that she had always been accused of lacking.
www.bookrags.com /biography/avril-phaedra-douglas-campbell   (1313 words)

  
 International Crisis Group - Kim Campbell
Campbell was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics (Spring 1994) and the Joan Shorenstein Center for the Study of Press and Politics (1994-1995) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
Campbell is a Senior Fellow of The Gorbachev Foundation of North America, a member of the International Council of the Asia Society of New York and serves on advisory boards of numerous other international organisations such as the Global Security Institute (GSI), the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), and the Forum of Federations.
Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia (BA, 1969, LLB, 1983) and the London School of Economics (Doctoral studies in Soviet Government, ABD, 1970-73) where she is an Honorary Fellow.
www.crisisgroup.org /home/index.cfm?id=4222   (449 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister, rose quickly in her political standings reaching, what she would find to be the height of her career only seven years after entering politics.
Kim Campbell was voted in as Prime Minister by her party and was not elected by the people of Canada.
Kim Campbell's inexperience in politics was the reason she made the commercial about Jean Chrétien and lost her the 1993 election.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/908.php   (881 words)

  
 Kim Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the BC Social Credit Party in the summer of 1986 (placing last with fewer than a dozen votes from delegates), but was elected in October 1986 to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a Socred member for Vancouver-Point Grey.
Campbell made a number of errors in the campaign that contributed to her downfall.
Campbell faced hurdles that she blamed as being insurmountable despite evidence to the contrary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kim_Campbell   (2814 words)

  
 Women as Global Leaders - Kim Campbell
Campbell's tenure in the Justice portfolio was characterized by a record quantity of legislation, much of it in highly contentious areas, was a reflection of her ability to bring together the members of a diverse caucus and find the common ground necessary to enable difficult initiatives to go forward.
Campbell to return to the issues of her first career as a political scientist and she was able to apply her deep knowledge of the Soviet bloc and strategic studies to the development of defence policy in the post cold-war world.
During the spring semester of 1994, Kim Campbell was a fellow at the Institute of Politics of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
www.zu.ac.ae /leadership2005/speakers_kim.html   (863 words)

  
 Kim Campbell Quick Facts - Quick Facts - MSN Encarta
Campbell's Progressive Conservative Party suffered the largest electoral defeat in Canadian history in 1993, losing all but two seats in the House of Commons.
Campbell's given name is Avril Phaedra Campbell; she changed her name to Kim when she was 12.
In addition to being the first female Canadian prime minister, Campbell was the first female Canadian attorney general, minister of justice, and minister of national defense.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refmedia.aspx?refid=461577103   (220 words)

  
 UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
Campbell was elected to the B. legislature for the riding of Vancouver Point Grey in October 1986.
Campbell was awarded an honourary Doctorate of Laws degree in 1992 by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Kim Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia and the London School of Economics.
www.sppsr.ucla.edu /faculty/snr_fell/pages/campbell.cfm   (470 words)

  
 Slashdoc - Kim Campbell: Descriptive Biography
Avril Phaendra Douglas Campbell was born in Port Albeni, B.C. SHortly after her birth her parents moved to Vancouver where her father was studying law.
Kim Campbell was also praised when Bill C(49) was drafted after the Supreme Court announced the 1983 "'rape sheild' law as unconstitutional.
Kim's inexperience in politics was the reason she made a commercial about the leader of the Liberal party.
www.slashdoc.com /documents/68526   (751 words)

  
 Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc - Consultants in Philanthropic Management
Campbell is a director of several publicly traded companies in the hi-tech and biotech industries.
Campbell is a Senior Fellow of The Gorbachev Foundation of North America in Boston, a member of the International Council of the Asia Society of New York and of the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, the west coast affiliate of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia (BA, 1969, LLB, 1983) and the London School of Economics (Doctoral studies in Soviet Government, ABD, 1970-73) where she s an honorary Fellow.
www.grenzebachglier.com /Client_Conference/Campbell.htm   (412 words)

  
 NFB - Kim Campbell Through the Looking Glass
Kim Campbell Through the Looking Glass provides unprecedented insight into the first female prime minister of Canada, as she dared to take the poisoned chalice from Brian Mulroney.
Campbell represented the future of her party: she was young, from a different part of the country, untainted by the backroom politics associated with her predecessor and of the opposite gender.
The film features frank interviews with Campbell, her family, colleagues and journalists, who reflect on the problem-plagued campaign and on what brought a hopeful candidacy to such an astounding defeat.
www.nfb.ca /kimcampbell   (172 words)

  
 The Right Honorable Kim Campbell on The Paula Gordon Show
Campbell speaks fondly of Canadiansâ deeply held feelings about their country and a notable sense of unity she contrasts to very real regional differences she has experienced in the U.S. Canada and the U.S. are two very different countries, she reminds us, both committed to a democratic ideal.
Campbell explains the many implications of Canada and America being each otherâs largest trading partner and describes some of the challenges of being neighbor to a superpower.
Campbell speaks to the need for institutions to be more inclusive, suggesting what America might learn from the experiences of other countries working to be more democratic.
www.paulagordon.com /shows/kcampbell   (1235 words)

  
 The Right Honourable A. Kim Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
Born 'Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell', but her parents' marriage was not a happy one.
Unfortunately for Kim, the Conservative mandate to govern had expired and she was obliged to call an election for October, 1993.
Kim Campbell retired from politics and returned to teaching where she was offered a fellowship at Harvard University.
www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/campbell.htm   (401 words)

  
 The Team
Kim brings to the studio an enormous amount of creativity, expressiveness and thoughtfulness.
Kim began her photographic studies while at the University of Oregon and continued developing her skills over the years.
This transition has allowed Kim to use her talents and experience to capture tender and emotional interactions between family members on film.
www.campbellsalgadostudio.com /team/kim.html   (199 words)

  
 Kim Campbell, Canada's First Woman Prime Minister, to Give Commencement Address
Kim Campbell, who in 1993 became the first woman to serve as prime minister of Canada, will speak at Mount Holyoke's one hundred and sixty-seventh commencement, Sunday, May 23.
Campbell will be joined by three other honorary degree recipients: Nadine Strossen, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union; Dorothy J. Height, a leader in the liberation struggle of African American women; and Nancy Skinner Nordhoff '54, philanthropist and founder of Hedgebrook, a writer's colony for women.
Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia (B.A., 1969; L.L.B., 1983) and the London School of Economics (doctoral studies in Soviet government, A.B.D., 1970--1973).
www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/042304/commencement.shtml   (822 words)

  
 Kim Campbell's official portrait unveiled in Ottawa
Former prime minister Kim Campbell, the first woman leader of the country, was honoured Tuesday with the unveiling of a new portrait of herself in the Parliament buildings.
Campbell, who was delayed about 45 minutes due to protests against visiting President George W. Bush, said having her portrait hung was a "very humbling" experience and that she was honoured to be the first female prime minister.
Campbell teaches in the U.S. and is currently the secretary-general of the Club of Madrid, an organization of former heads of government and state who work to promote democracy.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2004/11/30/campbell041130.html   (1268 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Kim Campbell: Descriptive Biography
By 1988 Campbell was praised by the Conservative party.
Kim campbell ran and won the 1988 election.
After works of Campbell and Molruney there was not much left of the Progressive Conservative it was wiped out completely with only two seats left.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/3123.php   (688 words)

  
 Kim Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
Kimberly Campbell began her teaching career at Estacada Junior High in 1979.
Currently she is working on a book to support the teaching of literature in high school classrooms.
Campbell, K. From teacher researcher to principal researcher.
www.lclark.edu /faculty/kimberly   (263 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - The Kim Campbell cheerleading squad - 01.08.04
All of which is to say that it doesn't take much to get something named after you once you've led our government, and Kim Campbell has more going for her than most, with more practical reason for public celebration.
The next time a woman's in a position to get the leadership, the fact that she's a woman will be far less of an issue than her stands on things and her general ability to lead or build coalitions.
Which is why there should be schools named for her, and why girls should be able to see a statue of Campbell when they go on their field trips to Ottawa.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.08.04/op/oped.html   (640 words)

  
 Kim J. Campbell, Founder and Executive Director - Dallas Wind Symphony
Kim J. Campbell founded the Dallas Wind Symphony with the late Howard Dunn in 1985, and is the organization's Executive Director.
Campbell has served as the Associate Producer of thirteen albums with the Dallas Wind Symphony for the Reference Recordings, Crystal Records and Widget Records labels.
At Southern Methodist University, Kim was the General Manager of The McFarlin Memorial Auditorium for four seasons and Facilities Manager at the Meadows School of the Arts from 1986 to 1993.
www.dws.org /content/view/19/34   (298 words)

  
 Billy Kim to Lead Staley Lecture Series
Kim, who is the senior pastor of the 15,000-member Central Baptist Church in Suwon, Korea presides over the Baptist Council and the Executive Committee.
Kim also serves as director of Christian Service, Inc. in Korea and as director of the Far East Broadcasting Company, a network of Christian radio stations.
Kim, who earned international acclaim when he served as interpreter for the Billy Graham revival series in South Korea in 1973, experienced the cruel occupation of his homeland by the Japanese and its destruction by the Communists.
www.campbell.edu /news/releases/sp04/ns_rel.0037.html   (335 words)

  
 Kim Campbell says Harper won't win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
Former Tory prime minister Kim Campbell says she doesn't think Stephen Harper will win the federal election because Canadians are too afraid of his party's social conservative agenda.
Campbell made the comments in an interview Thursday at her alma mater, the London School of Economics.
Campbell teaches in the United States and is currently the secretary general of the Club of Madrid, an organization of former heads of government and former heads of state who work to promote democracy.
cbc.ca /story/canadavotes2006/national/2005/12/01/campbell051201.html   (1131 words)

  
 Undermining Terrorism : Speakers : The Honourable Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell, Visiting Professor of Practice, served as Canada's first female Prime Minister, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and as Minister of National Defence and Veterans Affairs, and was Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
One of only two women to have participated in a G-7 Summit, she was the first woman to be Defence Minister of a NATO country.
Campbell chairs the Council of Women World Leaders based at KSG and serves on a number of international think tanks, including the Gorbachev Foundation of North America and the International Council of the Asia Society.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /terrorism/people/campbell_kim.html   (184 words)

  
 Campbell Kim - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Campbell Kim - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Campbell, Kim, real name Avril Phaedra Campbell (1947- ), 19th prime minister of Canada (1993), and first woman to hold the office.
A government agreement to create a vast self-governing homeland for the Inuit people in the Northwest Territories was approved by Canadian voters at...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Campbell_Kim.html   (105 words)

  
 Adam Daifallah - daifallah.com
What Campbell failed to mention was that when she called the election in 1993 she was actually ahead of the Chretien Liberals in the polls.
Senior strategist David McLaughlin in his book Poisoned Chalice admitted the Campbell team was making up policy on the fly at campaign stops.
Campbell deserves her share of the blame for what happened to the Tories.
www.daifallah.com /2005/09/kim-campbell-lets-loose.htm   (438 words)

  
 A historic Tory defeat - Kim Campbell, First and Foremost - CBC Archives
In this CBC Television clip, a sombre Campbell thanks her supporters and promises them that their day in the sun will come again.
Kim Campbell lost her seat in the riding of Vancouver Centre by some 4,000 votes to Liberal candidate Hedy Fry.
• While she served only 123 days in office, Kim Campbell was not the shortest-serving prime minister in Canadian history.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-2084-12984/politics_economy/kim_campbell/clip10   (402 words)

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