Joan Elizabeth Russow was born on November 1,1938 and is a Canadian peace activist and former national leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1997 to 2001.
12 Facts About Joan Russow
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Joan Russow is a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global Compliance Research Project.
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Joan Russow first gained attention in the "Lord's Prayer Case" which resulted in the banning of school prayer in public schools in British Columbia in 1989.
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In collaboration with the professors in the Law faculty of the University of Toronto, Joan Russow was the litigant in the Charter challenge of the first-past-the-post electoral system in Canada.
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Joan Russow joined the Green Party in 1993 and became leader in 1997.
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Joan Russow was the partner of David Scott White, the former chair of the Green Party of British Columbia, until his death in 2006.
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Joan Russow promoted the Green Party as a leader in the anti-globalization movement, in particular the anti-corporatist and pro-peace movement.
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In 2005, Joan Russow criticized the Green Party under Jim Harris for moving away from some of its original left-wing principles.
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Joan Russow is a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global Compliance Research Project.
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Joan Russow developed a "Common Security Index" which was submitted to the Senate Committee on the Anti-Terrorism Act on October 17,2005.
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In March 2007, Joan Russow lobbied state delegations in the UN General Assembly to invoke Article 22 of the Charter of the United Nations to set up an international tribunal to try the Bush administration.
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In 2008, Joan Russow was involved in a film project related to Co-operatives titled Counterpoint to Corporatism.