Women & Leadership | Former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Delivers the 2014 Ismaili Centre Lecture “Building Civil Societies: The Role of Women Leaders”

On Saturday November 15, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada, delivered the 2014 Ismaili Centre Lecture at the Ismaili Centre in Vancouver.

Speaking on the topic of “Building Civil Societies: The Role of Women Leaders”, Ms. Campbell stressed the importance of “understanding our ethical obligation to be the best we can possibly be” through the inclusion of women leaders.

On Saturday November 15, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada, <br /> (front row and seated in the middle, holding picture frame)<br /> delivered the 2014 Ismaili Centre Lecture at the Ismaili Centre in Vancouver. <br /> (Image via Ismaili Institutions for Canada / Azim Verjee and Sultan Baloo)
On Saturday November 15, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada,
(front row and seated in the middle, holding picture frame)
delivered the 2014 Ismaili Centre Lecture at the Ismaili Centre in Vancouver.
(Image via Ismaili Institutions for Canada / Azim Verjee and Sultan Baloo)

On the Ismaili Centre Lectures

Malik Talib, President of the Aga Khan Council for Canada spoke on how the Ismaili Centre Lectures “are intended to raise awareness on issues of importance and relevance through public debate, dialogue and community engagement” and remarked how Ms. Campbell has “broken gender barriers at every political level,” with her impressive record of public service.

ICLectures - IC-B - Former PM Kim CampbellOn Building Civil Societies: The Role of Women Leaders

During her lecture, Ms. Campbell correlated recent research with much of what she experienced as a female trailblazer in the Canadian political arena. She came to learn that many of the attitudes she encountered on a daily basis were due to preconceived notions built by each individual’s personal experiences throughout life. Ms. Campbell stated that these attitudes were driven by ‘visceral’ as opposed to intellectual reactions where the presence of a female leader in a male-dominated field was contrary to these established schemas, but can eventually be transcended.

Women must overcome these inherent exclusionary predispositions and research has shown that once these gender barriers are broken, the inclusion of women in leadership positions adds significant value to an organization.

Ms. Campbell highlighted that today women are appointed to leadership positions because data has shown that their presence actually increases the efficacy and success of a company.

Given the mounting evidence of the value women bring to organizations, a unique dynamism takes place when women leaders are included, which results in tangible benefits, in terms of a greater return on investment, better risk assessment/mitigation and simply outperforming a competitor.

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About The Right Honourable Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell served as the 19th and first female Prime Minister of Canada in 1993 and currently chairs the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy. Prior to serving as Prime Minister, she was the first woman to hold the Justice and Defense portfolios and the first female Minister of Defense of a NATO country.

Ms. Campbell served as Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles (1996-2000) and taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2001-2004).

From 1999 to 2003, she chaired the Council of Women World Leaders, a network of women who hold or have held the office of president or prime minister. From 2003 until 2005 she served as President of the International Women’s Forum, a global organization of women of prominent achievement, with headquarters in Washington, D.C.

In 2004, she was included in the list of 50 most important political leaders in history in the Almanac of World History compiled by the National Geographic Society.

She was a founding member of the Club of Madrid, an independent organization whose main purpose is to strengthen democracy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only, and consists of former Heads of State and Government. At different times Campbell has served as its Interim President, Vice President and then from 2004 – 2006, she served as Secretary General of the organization.

Kim Campbell
Currently, Ms. Campbell is the founding principal of the new Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta.

She also chairs the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy and is a trustee of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King’s College London. Ms Campbell is a board member of the Forum of Federations based in Ottawa, the East West Institute, and a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, (the West Coast affiliate of the Council on Foreign Relations) as well as the Global Council of the Asia Society New York. She is also a senior advisor to the International Crisis Group and an honorary board member of the Climate Action Reserve.

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