Councillor Biographies
Maude Barlow, Chairperson, The Council of Canadians
Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada's largest citizen's advocacy organization as well as the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works to stop commodification of the world's water. She is also a Director with the International Forum on Globalization, a San Francisco based research and education institution opposed to economic globalization. Maude is the recipient of numerous educational awards and has received honorary doctorates from six Canadian universities for her social justice work. In addition to being nominated for the "1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005" she is a recipient of the "2005/2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship" and the "2005 Right Livelihood" Award. She is a long-term activist on trade and justice issues and was a high-profile leader in the women's movement in Canada, later becoming Pierre Trudeau's advisor on women's issues when he was Prime Minister in 1983-84. She is the best-selling author or co-author of fifteen books.
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