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POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Thursday, March 5th

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Gull Bay, On

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.

Saturday, March 7th

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Little Buffalo, Ab

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.

Thursday, March 12th

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Runtime: 00:22:00
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Little Buffalo, Ab

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.

Saturday, March 14th

8:00pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Atlin, Bc

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.

Thursday, March 19th

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Atlin, Bc

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.

Saturday, March 21st

8:00pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Kluane, Yk

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.

Thursday, March 26th

5:00am on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Kluane, Yk

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.

Saturday, March 28th

8:00pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Six Nations of the Grand River, On

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.