{"id":20018,"date":"2020-04-28T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=20018"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:50:21","slug":"charlotte-gray-named-to-advisory-council-for-next-5-bank-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2020\/charlotte-gray-named-to-advisory-council-for-next-5-bank-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Gray Named to Advisory Council for Next $5 Bank Note"},"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                        Charlotte Gray Named to Advisory Council for Next $5 Bank Note\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-240x150.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Gray\" class=\"wp-image-12385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/CG10-360x225.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 9, 2020, the Bank of Canada announced the members of the independent Advisory Council who will develop a short list of iconic Canadians who could be featured on the next $5 bank note. Acclaimed author and adjunct research professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/charlotte-gray\/\">Charlotte Gray<\/a>, is among the seven experts chosen for this prestigious task force. They have committed to a comprehensive evaluation of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofcanada.ca\/banknotes\/banknoteable-5\/nominees\/\">eligible nominees<\/a> submitted by Canadians during the open call for nominations. The short list will be presented to the Minister of Finance, who will make the final decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"charlotte-gray\">About Charlotte Gray<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte Gray is one of Canada\u2019s best-known biographers and writers of popular history. Author of 11 acclaimed books of literary non-fiction, her ability to provide original and intriguing entry points into Canadian history has earned her a large and faithful readership. Charlotte has chaired the boards of both Canada\u2019s National History Society and the Art Canada Institute, has been a board member of PEN Canada and the Ottawa International Writers Festival, and has been a juror for the International Cundill History Prize, Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the RBC Taylor Prize. An adjunct research professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, she holds five honorary degrees and is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofcanada.ca\/banknotes\/banknoteable-5\/advisory-council-for-the-next-5-bank-note\/\">full list of advisory council members<\/a> can be found on the Bank of Canada website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 9, 2020, the Bank of Canada announced the members of the independent Advisory Council who will develop a short list of iconic Canadians who could be featured on the next $5 bank note. Acclaimed author and adjunct research professor, Charlotte Gray, is among the seven experts chosen for this prestigious task force. 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