Critical Program Analysis of the Impact Canada Fund – Getting Off-Diesel Initiative from Natural Resources Canada.
Project Contacts
Academic Co-Lead: Dr. Heather Castleden, Queen’s University
Academic Co-Lead: Dr. Derek Kornelsen, University of Manitoba
Project Lead: Meghan Bennett, Natural Resources Canada
Reducing Diesel Dependency in NunatuKavut – NunatuKavut Community Council and the exploration of reducing diesel dependency in NunatuKavut communities.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Debbie Martin, Dalhousie University
Community Lead: Amy Hudson, NunatuKavut Community Council
George Russell, NunatuKavut Community Council
Trainee: Emily Beacock, Master’s Candidate, Dalhousie University
Renewable Energy Initiatives in Tobique First Nation. Assist the community in negotiating and understanding energy agreements with governmental power authorities, and assist in developing an integrated community approach to renewable energy.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Diana Lewis, PhD (ABD), Dalhousie University
Community Lead: Tanna Pirie-Wilson, Tobique First Nation
Ken Paul, Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs
Fostering Reconciliation in the Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative through a Two-Eyed Seeing approach to protect the Bras d’Or Lakes watershed in Unama’ki/Cape Breton.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Emily Root, Cape Breton University.
Community Lead: Lisa Young, Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources
Stan Johnson, Bras d’Or Lakes CEPI
Trainee: Mary Beth Doucette, PhD Candidate, Cape Breton University
Visioning to a Solar City by T’Sou-ke Nation is their journey to becoming a solar leader through community visioning, current and future opportunities for sustainability, and how these lessons can be shared broadly.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Hannah Tait Neufeld, University of Guelph.
Community Lead: Chief Gordon Planes, T’Souke Nation
Community Lead: Andrew Moore, Community Project Manager T’Sou-ke Nation
Trainee: Brianna Poirier, Master’s Candidate, University of Guelph
Implementing Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems in the Experimental Lakes Area by assessing institutional readiness at the International Institute of Sustainable Development and capacity for reconciliation with local Indigenous peoples and communities.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Heather Castleden, Queen’s University.
Project Co-Lead: Pauline Gerrard, Experimental Lakes Area
Project Co-Lead: Matt McCandless, Experimental Lakes Area
Trainee: Elissa Bozhkov, Bachelor’s Candidate, Queen’s University
Engaging Youth Leaders in Conversations in Renewable Energy in urban centres through a partnership with the National Association of Friendship Centres.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Jeff Masuda, Queen’s University.
Community Lead: Catherine Graham, National Association of Friendship Centres
Using Run-of-River Hydro in Biigitigong Nishnabeg to achieve economic, social, and cultural goals for environmental repossession.
Project Contacts
Academic Lead: Dr. Chantelle Richmond, Western University.
Community Lead: Joe Moses, Biigitigong Nishnabeg