Location: Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba (map)
Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and she chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization and a Councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”;).
In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the former President of the United Nations General Assembly. She is also the best-selling author or co-author of 16 books, including the international best seller Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water. She will speak on international and local concerns.
FREE event. Refreshments will be served. Cash bar. Warm thank-you to the Fort Garry Hotel for all their support.
Co-sponsored by the Wpg. Chapter of Council of Canadians and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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