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Maude Victoria Barlow is a Canadian author
Author
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 and activist
Activism
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. She is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
The Council of Canadians
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, a citizens’ advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada. She is also the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the human right to water. Maude chairs the board of Washington-based Food & Water Watch, is a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization, and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council
World Future Council
The World Future Council is an independent body formally founded in Hamburg, Germany on 10 May 2007. "Formed to speak on behalf of policy solutions that serve the interests of future generations", it includes members active in governmental bodies, civil society, business, science and the arts...

. In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations
United Nations
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 General Assembly. She has authored and co-authored 16 books.

Awards

Maude Barlow is the recipient of 11 honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement which she received at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009 Planet in Focus Eco Hero Award, and the 2011 EarthCare Award, the highest international honour of the Sierra Club (U.S.).

Books: Principal author or co-author

Parcel of Rogues: How Free Trade Is Failing Canada – Key Porter Books, Toronto (1990)
  • Take Back the Nation (with Bruce Campbell) – Key Porter Books, Toronto (1992)
  • Take Back the Nation 2 (with Bruce Campbell) – Key Porter Books, Toronto (1993)
  • Class Warfare: The Assault on Canada’s Schools (with Heather-Jane Robertson) – Key Porter Books, Toronto (1994) ISBN 1-55013-559-7.
  • Straight through the Heart: How the Liberals Abandoned the Just Society (with Bruce Campbell) – Harper Collins, Toronto (1995) ISBN 0-00-638580-X.
  • The Big Black Book: The Essential Views of Conrad and Barbara Amiel Black (with Jim Winter) – Stoddart, Toronto (1997) ISBN 0-7737-5904-2.
  • MAI: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Threat to Canadian Sovereignty (with Tony Clarke) – Stoddart (1997) ISBN 0-7737-5946-8.
  • MAI: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Threat to American Freedom (with Tony Clarke) – Stoddart, Toronto (1998)
  • The Fight of My Life: Confessions of an Unrepentant Canadian – Harper Collins, Toronto (1998) ISBN 0-00-255761-4.
  • MAI: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment Round 2; New Global and Internal Threats to Canadian Sovereignty (with Tony Clarke) – Stoddart, Toronto (1998)
  • Frederick Street: Life and Death on Canada’s Love Canal (with Elizabeth May) – Harper Collins, Toronto (2000)
  • Global Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting Global Corporate Rule (with Tony Clarke) – Stoddart, Toronto (2001) ISBN 0-7737-3264-0.
  • Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water (with Tony Clarke) - Stoddart, Toronto (2002) ISBN 0-7710-1086-9.
  • Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare – McCelland & Stewart, Toronto (2002) ISBN 0-7710-1084-2.
  • Too Close For Comfort; Canada’s Future Within Fortress North America – McClelland & Stewart, Toronto (2005) ISBN 0-7710-1088-5.
  • Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Fight for the Right to Water – McClelland & Stewart, Toronto (October 16, 2007) ISBN 978-0-7710-1072-9. Also available in French, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Turkish, and Spanish.

Books: contributing author

  • The Silent Revolution: Media, Democracy, and the Free Trade Debate - University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa (1990)
  • Trading Freedom: How Free Trade Affect our Lives, Work, and Environment - Institute for Policy Studies, Washington (1992)
  • The American Review of Canadian Studies - Twentieth Anniversary Issue of The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Washington (1992)
  • Crossing the Line: Canada and Free Trade With Mexico- New Star Publications, Vancouver (1992)
  • The Charlottetown Accord, the Referendum, and the Future of Canada - University of Toronto Press, Toronto (1993)
  • The Trojan Horse: Alberta and the Future of Canada - Black Rose Books, Edmonton (1995)
  • The Case Against the Global Economy - Sierra Club Books
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    , New York (1996)
  • Globalization and the Live Performing Arts, Conference Papers - Monash University, Melbourne (2001)
  • Alternatives to Economic Globalization, a Report of the International Forum on Globalization - Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco (2002)
  • Whose Water Is It? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World - Edited by Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl, National Geographic, Washington (2003)
  • Meeting the Global Challenge: Competitive Position and Strategic Response - BMA Program, Edited by Tom Wesson, York University Press, Toronto (2004)
  • Globalization, Human Rights & Citizenship, An Anthology From the Gannett Lecture Series - Rochester Institute of Technology, Edited by Robert Manning – trade paperback (2005)

Reports

  • Blue Gold: The Global Water Crisis and the Commodification of the World’s Water Supply - International Forum on Globalization, San Francisco (June 1999)
  • The Free Trade Area of the Americas, The Threat to Social Programs, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice - International Forum on Globalization, San Francisco (February 2001)
  • The World Trade Organization and the Threat to Canada’s Social Programs - The Council of Canadians, Ottawa (September 2001)
  • Profit is not the Cure: A Call to Action on the Future of Health Care in Canada - The Council of Canadians, Ottawa (Winter 2002)
  • Making the Links, A Citizen’s Guide to the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (with Tony Clarke) - The Council of Canadians, Ottawa (Summer 2003)
  • The Global Fight Against Privatization of Water - Annual Report, The World Forum on Alternatives, Geneva (April 2004)
  • The Canada We Want, A Citizen’s Alternative to Deep Integration - The Council of Canadians, Ottawa (March 2004)

Film

Barlow is in the feature documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars by Sam Bozzo
Sam Bozzo
Sam Bozzo is an American film director and author.Bozzo wrote, directed, and edited three short films. For Which It Stands was screened in the Sundance Film Festival. The Shadowed Cry was created as a Top 10 Director assignment for Project Greenlight, run by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck...

.

Barlow is featured in two other recent documentaries about water rights issues: Irena Salina
Irena Salina
Irena Salina was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Her first short film, See You on Monday, screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival...

's documentary Flow: For Love of Water
Flow: For Love of Water
Flow: For Love of Water is a 2008 documentary film directed by Irena Salina produced by Steven Starr and co-produced by Gill Holland and Yvette Tomlinson . The film features interviews with water and community activists Maude Barlow, Peter Gleick; and, scientists Ashok Gadgil, Rajendra Singh, and...

, and Liz Marshall's Water On The Table
Water On The Table
Water on the Table is a Canadian documentary film directed, produced and written by filmmaker Liz Marshall. The film explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater resources and features Canadian activist Maude Barlow in her pursuit to protect water from privatization...

. Barlow also contributes to a blog associated with Water On The Table.

Barlow is the subject of a National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

 documentary Democracy à la Maude as well as a CBC TV Life and Times biography.

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