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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, December 18
    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, December 20
    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.
  • Kluane, Yk
    Thursday, December 25
    3:00 am 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.
  • Six Nations of the Grand River, On
    Saturday, December 27
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Home to the largest First Nations population in Canada, Six Nations established a corporation to manage economic opportunities on behalf of their people. That effort now sees Six Nations invested in some of the largest wind and solar power plants in the nation.
  • Alert Bay, Bc
    Saturday, January 3
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Hereditary Chief Ernest Alfred of the Namgis, Tlowit'sis and Mamalilikala Nation leads a group opposed to a commercial salmon farm on their traditional territory. At stake is the west coast wild salmon population and the threat that open net salmon farms pose to them. See why their movement is gaining local and international support

 

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  • Atlin, Bc
    Saturday, December 13
    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, December 11
    3:00 am 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.
  • Little Buffalo, Ab
    Saturday, December 6
    6:00 pm 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.
  • Gull Bay, On
    Thursday, December 4
    3:00 am 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.
  • Gull Bay, On
    Saturday, November 29
    6:00 pm 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.
  • Listuguj, Qc
    Thursday, November 27
    3:00 am on FNX 9.3
    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, November 22
    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, November 20
    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, November 15
    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, November 13
    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, November 8
    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, November 6
    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.
  • Kanaka Bar, Bc
    Saturday, November 1
    6:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    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.