Background
Pearson, Landon was born on November 16, 1930 in Toronto.
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Landon Pearson
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Bachelor in Philosophy and English, University Toronto, 1951. Master of Education in Psychopedagogy, University Ottawa, 1978. DU, University Ottawa, 2002.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wilfrid Laurier University, 1995. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Victoria, 2001. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Carleton, 2002.
Career
Vice-chairperson Canada commission International Year of Child, 1979. President, chairperson Canada Council on Children and Youth, 1984—1990. Founding member, chairperson Canada Coalition for Rights of Children, 1990—1994.
Senator The Senate of Canada, Ottawa, 1994—2005. Advisor Children's Rights to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1996. Personal representative Prime Minister to the 2002 United Nations Special Session on Children, 1999.
Adjunct professor Pauline Jewett Institute Women's Studies, Carleton University, since 2006. Associate Landon Pearson Resource Center for Study of Childhood and Children's Rights.
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5 children.
