Canadian activists receive Right Livelihood Award

On December 9, 2005 Maude Barlow, National Chair of the Council of Canadians, and Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris Institute, received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award (RLA) known worldwide as the “alternative Nobel Prize.” They shared this award with two other recipients from Malaysia and Botswana.

On Saturday, December 3, prior to leaving to accept the Right Livelihood Award in Sweden, a party was held for Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke to celebrate their work.
Read the speech by Bruce Campbell of the Canadian Centre for Policy below.

• Introduction by Bruce Campbell

• Joint Statement for the Right Livelihood Awards Ceremony
  Parliament of Sweden, Stockholm, December 9, 2005

• Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
  Photos of Maude and Tony

• Press releases:
  Barlow to share 'alternative Nobel,' The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2005
  [02-Dec-05] Canadian activists to receive “alternative Nobel prize” in Sweden
  [29-Sept-05] Canadian activists receive “alternative Nobel prize”

• Webcast December 9, 2005 12:00 - 3:00 a.m. EST
  The Right Livelihood Award

 

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