TORONTO, ON – November 26, 2024 – Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) is proud to announce the 2024 ICE Gathering, presented in partnership with The Globe and Mail, from November 27 to 29, 2024, at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto.
OTTAWA, ON, September 11, 2024 – Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) is excited to announce the second on-site of its flagship initiative, the 20/20 Catalysts Program. Taking place at the Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations in Wendake, QC, from September 15 to 20, this session will bring together 18 Indigenous leaders (Catalysts) as they continue their hands-on clean energy training.
VANCOUVER, BC / Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ territories, 27 JUNE 2024 — A scoping paper released today explores a new approach to address a concern Indigenous Peoples have been raising for decades: poor quality homes are causing severe health impacts in Indigenous communities across Canada.
OTTAWA, ON, June 12, 2024 – Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) is excited to announce the first on-site intensive session of its flagship clean energy capacity-building program, 20/20 Catalysts. The program welcomes its seventh cohort, comprised of 19 Indigenous individuals who are driving transformative change within their communities.
OTTAWA, ON. June 3, 2024 – Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) and the Bringing It Home initiative are excited to announce the opening of applications for the second cohort of the Project Accelerator program.
OTTAWA, ON, January 31, 2024 — Program participants from 16 Indigenous communities across Canada are coming together in Wakefield, QC, for the Project Accelerator program’s second and final on-site intensive training session.
The Low Down — Aaron-lee Odjick was always told that, in his culture, elders come first. That’s why the 29-year-old Anishinabeg father and husband, known throughout his Kitigan Zibi reservation as “Ning,” wants to help his band improve living conditions for seniors in his First Nation community.
The Globe and Mail — Indigenous lands are often the birthplace of clean energy initiatives aimed at repairing the damage done by gas extraction, addressing environmental degradation and economic challenges alike. These projects are made even more personal by Indigenous peoples’ connections to the land.
The Globe and Mail — As Ottawa gets close to finally putting in place long-promised tax credits for low-carbon investments, Indigenous leaders have been sounding the alarm that the measures could inadvertently discourage their communities’ participation in clean-energy projects.
Canada’s National Observer — Though not the only measure necessary, facilitating equitable Indigenous participation for new energy investments is fundamental to advance economic reconciliation.
APTN — A not-for-profit organization has wrapped up its final session of a program that helps First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities retrofit their older buildings to make them more liveable.
Canada’s National Observer — Corey Cote-Diabo calls housing energy efficiency the “unseen” battleground of the climate crisis. Energy efficiency is not visible like a solar project. Instead, it’s hidden like centralized piping in a home that is properly sealed and ventilated.
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