Building an economy that provides for life

Our Senior Policy Advisor, Dylan Heerema, writes about what he heard and learned from an Energy Justice Forum he coordinated with the Community Energy team in April. After six months of intense planning and preparation, our Energy team had the great privilege and pleasure of hosting Canada’s first-ever Energy Justice Forum, on April 12, 2023. It was an inspiring and productive meeting of minds, bringing together folks from diverse backgrounds to find ways to keep our homes healthy, climate resilient, and affordable to heat and cool. It was a thrill to host this gathering with almost a hundred attendees coming together in Vancouver, BC, on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Territories. Together, we began to envision an end to energy insecurity, ...