ICE Gathering

Powering an Indigenous-led clean energy future

The Gathering is Indigenous Clean Energy’s annual pinnacle event that brings together energy leaders from across Turtle Island to catalyze meaningful conversations and partnerships for a just energy transition.

We invite participants from coast to coast to coast to join us at this unique event to connect and re-energize. The Gathering provides a platform for Indigenous leaders in clean energy, practitioners, partners, technology innovators, electricity utilities, academics, and government representatives to work together to advance strategies and enhance Indigenous participation in the energy transition.

The 2024 ICE Gathering will be a dynamic and vital three-day conference presented in partnership with The Globe and Mail.

Event highlights

Photos by Jenna Muir and Nhattan Nguyen.

Live graphic recording

A dynamic and future-focused event

Clean energy is undergoing rapid growth around the world, hitting new records for capacity and investment. In 2023 it added approximately US$320 billion to the world economy, or 10 percent of GDP growth, according to the International Energy Agency.

As clean energy becomes an ever-bigger driver of economic development, job creation and net-zero progress, Indigenous communities – the single largest owner of clean energy assets in Canada next to private and crown utilities – are set to lead Canada’s transition.

We believe there has never been a better time for Indigenous Peoples and allies to gather to accelerate pathways towards an ethically grounded clean energy future, recognizing Indigenous leadership as central to Canada’s and the world’s transition to net zero.

ICE Gathering Artwork

The 2024 ICE Gathering artwork was created by Danielle H. Morrison, a proud Treaty 3 member of the Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing.

“Being in ceremony with the land”
Since time immemorial, Indigenous ways of knowing and being have guided harmonious relations with the land and all that it provides. Humanity plays a small yet important role in the cycle of life – that of stewardship, protection, respect, and reverence for the power and energy that exists within nature. This artwork reflects the interconnectedness between human and natural life as we observe and benefit from the cycles of air, water, light, and life itself. Western technology peacefully co-exists within the Indigenous worldviews that guide and oversee all. Encapsulated within a shape reminiscent of the grandfather rock we use in the sweat lodge ceremony, we are reminded of the Indigenous ways of healing and renewal that function in harmony with the land. As we come from the stars, so too does life and energy transfer back into the atmosphere and environment around us.

Nindinawemaganadog – All My Relations
Niiyobinaasiik (Danielle H. Morrison)