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Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women, called by Prime Minister Pearson in February 1967, held the notion of equal opportunity as its precept. Chaired by journalist Florence Bird, the panel was criticized both for exceeding traditional boundaries and also for hedging on the conservative. But the great undercurrent born of the Bird Commission was a renunciation against inequality.
Photo of Florence Bird from THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg
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Call for the Bird Commission
Broadcast Date: Feb. 3, 1967
Just two weeks before the fact-finding mission officially kicks off, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson answers questions on the Royal Commission's directives. Florence Bird, the appointed chairperson of the unprecedented commission, discusses the role of women in an urbanized society, and the legal and social status of Canadian women.Call for the Bird Commission
• Florence Bird, whose pen name was Anne Francis, began broadcasting Headline History for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1942.Call for the Bird Commission
Medium: Television
Program: CBC Television News
Broadcast Date: Feb. 3, 1967
Guest(s): Florence Bird, Lester B. Pearson
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Duration: 2:10
Last updated:
Oct. 15, 2003
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Last updated: Oct. 15, 2003.
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