{"id":478,"date":"2010-02-11T11:06:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:58:05","slug":"florence-bird-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/florence-bird-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence Bird Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Florence Bird Lecture\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Florence Bird Lecture, one of the major lecture series at Carleton University, is named in honour of Senator Florence Bird who served as the Chair of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (1967-1970).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, the Lecture features a prominent individual and highlights their important work in their respective field.&nbsp; The topics of the Florence Bird Lecture have varied significantly over the years, but always focus on areas of particular concern for an equitable and just society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"our-2019-speaker-is-ann-cvetkovich-the-new-director-of-the-pauline-jewett-institute-of-womens-and-gender-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our 2019 Speaker is Ann Cvetkovich, the new Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"time-march-27-2019-400pm-630pm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Time: March 27, 2019.&nbsp; 4:00pm &#8211; 6:30pm<br>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"location-dunton-tower-2017\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Location: Dunton Tower 2017.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for this special talk. Everyone Welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3300\" height=\"5100\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019.jpg 3300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019-160x247.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019-240x371.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019-400x618.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/flobird2019-360x556.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3300px) 100vw, 3300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/florence-bird-lecture\/past-florence-bird-lectures\/\">Past Florence Bird Lectures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florence Bird Lecture, one of the major lecture series at Carleton University, is named in honour of Senator Florence Bird who served as the Chair of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (1967-1970). 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