{"id":1579,"date":"2025-01-27T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:23:15","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/","title":{"rendered":"Landon Pearson Centre"},"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\/02\/2023-cover-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                        Landon Pearson Centre\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Every child is a new chance for the whole human race.&#8221; &#8211;The Honourable Landon Pearson<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2219\" style=\"width:199px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-512x312.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-320x195.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-1536x935.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/image-2048x1247.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> In 2006, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/landon-pearsons-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honourable Landon Pearson<\/a> founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Landon Pearson Centre<\/a> as Canada\u2019s only children\u2019s rights centre. Today, through our expertise in human rights and our pioneering work in children\u2019s and young people\u2019s participation, the Centre is committed to improving the lives of children and youth and promoting awareness and understanding of the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/convention-rights-child\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a>. Our vision is to build a society where every young person flourishes, their human rights are respected and upheld, their voices and perspectives are heard, and where their insights shape the decisions and actions of adults in creating sustainable, meaningful change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;loadmore&quot;,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;desc&quot;,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;page&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showHours&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_page_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            page\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/03\/Landon-Pearson-near-flowers1600-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Landon Pearson stands near flowers\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n        <\/figure>\n    \n    \n        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        The Hon. Landon Pearson\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n\n                        \n\n                                        <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The Honourable Landon Pearson, O.C., (1930-2023) was a life-long advocate for the rights and well-being of children. As the wife of a Canadian ambassador, Geoffrey\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/landon-pearsons-biography\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Page\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                titled\n                The Hon. 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