{"id":5051,"date":"2025-04-20T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2025-06-19T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:05:00","slug":"women-in-philanthropy-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2025\/women-in-philanthropy-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"New Postdoctoral Researcher Focuses on Women in Philanthropy Initiative"},"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\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/04\/RichcraftInteriorGreenWallStairs1600-1600x700.jpg); 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                        New Postdoctoral Researcher Focuses on Women in Philanthropy Initiative\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Lisa-Trefzger-Clarke1400_300x300_acf_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Lisa-Trefzger-Clarke1400_300x300_acf_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Trefzger Clarke\" class=\"wp-image-4931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Lisa-Trefzger-Clarke1400_300x300_acf_cropped.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Lisa-Trefzger-Clarke1400_300x300_acf_cropped-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lisa Trefzger Clarke, Postdoctoral Researcher in the MPNL Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"break-words tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Women have long been the quiet power in philanthropy, and they&#8217;re becoming more important, visible and powerful as donors, leaders, founders, venture capitalists and societal changemakers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the MPNL program&#8217;s newest Postdoctoral Researcher, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/profile\/lisa-trefzger-clarke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Trefzger Clarke<\/a> will help launch and build our Women in Philanthropy initiative, p<span class=\"break-words tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">roducing and sharing research on women in philanthropy and facilitating learning among women changemakers of different generations and communities. The new initiative will also increase understanding of diverse voices shaping philanthropy and leading to systemic change.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative is generously supported by businesswoman, educator and philanthropist Roslyn Bern. As President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/leacrossfoundation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leacross Foundation<\/a>, Roslyn has led many projects to advance women in STEM fields, international development and in leadership positions across the private and nonprofit sectors. Thank you to Roslyn and the Foundation for advancing opportunities for women in areas where they are underrepresented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdJ0J5\">For updates, sign up for our free MPNL newsletter.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women have long been the quiet power in philanthropy, and they&#8217;re becoming more important, visible and powerful as donors, leaders, founders, venture capitalists and societal changemakers. 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