{"id":134,"date":"2017-03-09T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:18:34","slug":"advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Council"},"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-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/03\/Drawing-of-dock-1600-1600x700.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Advisory Council\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Landon Pearson Centre benefits from an Advisory Council that includes members from academia, from professional, government and non-governmental organizations, and from among youth. They offer feedback and guidance related to the Centre\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Melanie Adrian<\/strong> (Associate Professor, Carleton University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Daniella Bendo<\/strong> (Associate Professor, King\u2019s University College, Western University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Sue Bennett<\/strong> (Pediatrician and Professor, Children\u2019s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Virginia Caputo<\/strong> (Ex-officio; Director, Landon Pearson Centre; and Professor, Carleton University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Tara Collins <\/strong>(Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Alex C. Janhager<\/strong> (Articling student, Robins Appleby, Toronto).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Gerison Lansdown<\/strong> (UK, International children\u2019s rights advocate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Monique Lussier <\/strong>(Emeritus, University of Ottawa, Professor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Elaine Menard <\/strong>(retired, formerly Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Zindu Salih<\/strong> (Families Canada, President and CEO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Kelly Stone<\/strong> (formerly Families Canada, Exec. Director).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Lucy Vorobej<\/strong> (University of Toronto, Post-doctoral Fellow). Read her Introduction to the Special 2024 Issue commemorating Landon&#8217;s legacy : <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.library.carleton.ca\/index.php\/cjcr\/article\/view\/5076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ojs.library.carleton.ca\/index.php\/cjcr\/article\/view\/5076<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Landon Pearson Centre benefits from an Advisory Council that includes members from academia, from professional, government and non-governmental organizations, and from among youth. They offer feedback and guidance related to the Centre\u2019s work. Melanie Adrian (Associate Professor, Carleton University). Daniella Bendo (Associate Professor, King\u2019s University College, Western University). 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