Maude Victoria Barlow is a Canadian author. She is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, 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. In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly. She has authored and co-authored 16 books. [More at Wikipedia]

May 24th, 1947 in Toronto (Age 77)