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Power to the People

Climate change activist Melina Laboucan Massimo travels to visionary indigenous communities to discover innovative clean energy and sustainability stories that guide the way to our post carbon future.

  • Atlin, Bc
    Thursday, March 19
    3:00 am on FNX 9.3
    There are roughly 300 off grid Indigenous communities across Canada, who continue to rely on diesel generated power. The Taku River Tlingit Nation in northern BC is one of the few First Nations who've successfully replaced diesel power through their implementation of clean, renewable energy.
  • Kluane, Yk
    Saturday, March 21
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Long before the inception of one of Canada's most picturesque national parks, this remote part of the Yukon was the ancestral home of the Kluane First Nation. With climate change re-shaping their environment, the Nation is looking to wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy to empower their people into the future.

 

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  • Atlin, Bc
    Saturday, March 14
    6:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    There are roughly 300 off grid Indigenous communities across Canada, who continue to rely on diesel generated power. The Taku River Tlingit Nation in northern BC is one of the few First Nations who've successfully replaced diesel power through their implementation of clean, renewable energy.
  • Little Buffalo, Ab
    Thursday, March 12
    3:00 am on FNX 9.3
    Growing up in the Lubicon Lake Band in Little Buffalo, AB, Melina Laboucan Massimo has experienced the detrimental effects of Oil Sands extraction. Today it's made her one of Canada's leading climate change campaigners and the host of Power to the People.
  • Little Buffalo, Ab
    Saturday, March 7
    6:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Growing up in the Lubicon Lake Band in Little Buffalo, AB, Melina Laboucan Massimo has experienced the detrimental effects of Oil Sands extraction. Today it's made her one of Canada's leading climate change campaigners and the host of Power to the People.
  • Gull Bay, On
    Thursday, March 5
    3:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    For some remote Indigenous communities north of Thunder Bay, connecting to the Ontario hydro grid will never be a reality. Gull Bay First Nation found the means to create their own 'micro grid' using solar energy to offset their use of diesel power.
  • Gull Bay, On
    Saturday, February 28
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    For some remote Indigenous communities north of Thunder Bay, connecting to the Ontario hydro grid will never be a reality. Gull Bay First Nation found the means to create their own 'micro grid' using solar energy to offset their use of diesel power.
  • Listuguj, Qc
    Thursday, February 26
    3:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Situated in Canada's 'Saudi Arabia' of wind, three Mi'gmaq communities faced an uphill struggle to stake their claim in the Gaspe Bay's booming wind energy sector. Now that effort is paying off with long term economic and social benefits.
  • Listuguj, Qc
    Saturday, February 21
    6:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Situated in Canada's 'Saudi Arabia' of wind, three Mi'gmaq communities faced an uphill struggle to stake their claim in the Gaspe Bay's booming wind energy sector. Now that effort is paying off with long term economic and social benefits.
  • Bella Coola, Bc
    Thursday, February 19
    3:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In many parts of the country, building and maintaining sufficient housing on reserve is a constant challenge. The Nuxalk Nation looked inward for solutions to their housing problems and now become a homegrown model for construction capacity.
  • Bella Coola, Bc
    Saturday, February 14
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    In many parts of the country, building and maintaining sufficient housing on reserve is a constant challenge. The Nuxalk Nation looked inward for solutions to their housing problems and now become a homegrown model for construction capacity.
  • Tofino, Bc
    Thursday, February 12
    3:00 am on FNX 9.3
    Geothermal energy is generated by heat stored below the Earth's surface. The Tla-o-qui-aht Nation is harnessing this renewable energy through a geoexchange system to cost effectively heat and cool their homes and buildings.
  • Tofino, Bc
    Saturday, February 7
    6:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Geothermal energy is generated by heat stored below the Earth's surface. The Tla-o-qui-aht Nation is harnessing this renewable energy through a geoexchange system to cost effectively heat and cool their homes and buildings.
  • Kanaka Bar, Bc
    Thursday, February 5
    3:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Situated in the hottest place in Canada, the Kanaka Bar Indian Band know firsthand the rising threats of climate change. See how they're adapting through innovative approaches to water, food, energy and resource security that are now garnering national praise.