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Article by John Boyko (author of eight books addressing Canadian history and politics).
Published Online February 21, 2008.
Last Edited August 11, 2021.
Source
Article by John Boyko (author of eight books addressing Canadian history and politics).
Published Online February 21, 2008.
Last Edited August 11, 2021.
She was also Canada’s first female justice minister and attorney general; Canada’s first female minister of national defence and of veterans affairs; the first woman to represent a member country at a NATO meeting; and the first prime minister from British Columbia. She has received the Order of British Columbia and numerous honorary degrees and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Personal Life: Campbell married her first husband, UBC math professor Nathan Divinsky, in London, England, in 1972. They separated in 1982. She married her second husband, Victoria lawyer Howard Eddy, In 1986. Since 1997, she has been in a common-law union with actor, playwright and concert pianist Hershey Felder.
Post-Politics: Campbell continued to serve Canada. From 1996 to 2000, she was Canada’s consul general in Los Angeles. She also chaired Canada’s Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments in 2016 and in 2017.
In 2001, Campbell helped found the Club de Madrid. The non-profit organization comprises former presidents and prime ministers and promotes democracy around the world. She was its secretary general from 2004 to 2006 and continues to serve on its board. From 2008 to 2015, Campbell chaired the steering committee for the World Movement for Democracy.
Campbell continues to advocate for women. Her efforts have included board membership or leadership roles in non-profit organizations such as the Council of Women World Leaders and the International Women’s Forum, where she was president from 2003 to 2005.
Campbell remains devoted to education. She taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2001 to 2004. She is a trustee of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College in London. She was also the founding principal of the University of Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Leadership College from 2014 to 2018. Campbell is a popular speaker and has addressed audiences around the world on a host of subjects. She also serves on various public advocacy boards.