Charlotte MacAlister is currently the Senior Policy Advisor at Canada Water Agency, Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Charlotte also served as a Senior Researcher leading the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Program on Water Security. She was with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for 6 years, and she has over 20 years of experience in Research for Development in the Water Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia, and the Caribbean.