Joan Elizabeth Russow (Ottawa: November 1, 1938) is a Canadian peace activist and former national leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1997 to 2001. Russow's late partner was David Scott White (Winnipeg: January 20, 1947 – Victoria, B.C.: July 16, 2006) who was the former chair of the Green Party of British Columbia. "White managed Russow's election campaign as leader of the federal Green party, and remained active in the party for the five years of Russow's leadership." Russow is a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global Compliance Research Project.