Board of Directors

Board of Directors
2007/2008

Maude Barlow Ottawa, Ontario Author and national chairperson, the Council of Canadians. Click here for a full biography.	Leticia Adair Saint John, New Brunswick. Coordinator, Immigrant and Refugee Support Services, Diocese of Saint John.	Bob Ages Delta, British Columbia Social entrepreneur and social activist. Formerly active in the union movement and the fight against the free trade agreement - currently the anti-war movement and War Resisters Support Campaign. Member of the Delta/Richmond chapter.
Morna Ballantyne Ottawa, Ontario Long-time social activist, managing director of the Canadian Union of Public Employees' union education and development services.	Pina Belperio Whistler, British Columbia Researcher, community activist, writer, and journalist. Founder of citizen watchdog group Whistler Watch.	Roy Brady Peterborough, Ontario Community activist, retired elementary schoolteacher, former Chair of the Peterborough Health Coalition.
Leo Broderick Charlottetown, P.E.I. Community activist, retired teacher, past president of the P.E.I. Teachers’ Federation, and former vice-president of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation.	Robert Chernomas Winnipeg, Manitoba Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba.	Andrea Furlong St. John's Newfoundland Youth Care Worker and former special projects officer with Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador. Studied community and economic development in Zimbabwe.
Garry John Shalalth, British Columbia. An aboriginal rights activist who spent many years serving his community in an elected capacity and continues to strive for solidarity with social justice groups and aboriginal peoples.	Gordon Laxer Edmonton, Alberta Political economist at the University of Alberta and Director of the Parkland Institute.	Claire McNeil Halifax, Nova Scotia Legal aid lawyer and educator, works with individuals and groups on a range of low-income issues in the area of mental health, law, housing and income support.
Marion Moore Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Librarian and community activist, former chair of Lunenburg County Project Ploughshares and Bridgewater Amnesty International group.	Garry Neil Toronto, Ontario Policy issues management consultant working in all cultural industries, media commentator and former general secretary of ACTRA and vice-president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.	Martha Robbins Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Former prairies organizer for the Canadian Federation of Students and youth president of the National Farmers Union. Works with Via Campesina, the international peasant movement.
Steven Shrybman Ottawa, Ontario Practices international trade and public interest law in Ottawa, Ontario.	Louise Vandelac Montreal, Quebec Professor in the Sociology Department and the Environmental Sciences Institute at the Université du Québec à Montréal.	Angela Vardy Edmonton, Alberta Former Fredericton chapter organizer. Registered social worker with a focus on social advocacy, empowerment and activism.
Fred Wilson Ottawa, Ontario Trade union and community activist, assistant to the president, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.