Plugged In

Jun 14 2024 18 ep. 32 mins 2
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Where we will have honest, courageous and fun conversations about how women are plugging into climate, energy and sustainable solutions for the planet.

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Reconciliation and our Energy Future with Mihskakwan James Harper

Jun 14 2024 26 mins  
Mihskakwan James Harper, a proud citizen of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 8, Alberta, is passionate about energy storage and how this technology can support decarbonizing the grid and offer opportunities for meaningful engagement with Indigenous people and economic reconciliation for First Nations and Indigenous communities. Mihskakwan shares his vision for what an energy tra

Finding Joy in Climate Solutions with Jinhwa Hwong-Ambrose

Nov 07 2023 21 mins  
Jinhwa Hwong Ambrose shares a framework for how we can each discover our own unique, joyful experience and offering to the diverse tapestry of climate solutions we need. It’s a refreshing, practical and supportive approach.

Exploring our (Climate) Emotions as Energy Professionals

May 31 2023 58 mins  
The panelists shared how they care for these powerful emotions within these challenging contexts, how these emotions fuel their work and can impact their workplaces. Finally, ideas were shared on how we can do things differently to care for ourselves so that we can continue to have the resources and vitality necessary to do the work of these times.

Ringing the alarm bell on the climate crisis with Kim Nicholas

Dec 09 2022 20 mins  
Kim Nicholas’ book, Under the Sky We Make: How to be Human in a Warming World, was the book that had the most impact on me in 2022. It woke me up to the urgency of the climate crisis in a way that I hadn’t felt before. Specifically, how laser focused we need to be on eliminating fossil fuel consumption and extraction for a livable planet for humans. Period. Dr. Kim Nicholas,

Land, Language and Energy Efficiency: Indigenous Leadership with Jordyn Burnouf

Sep 28 2022 20 mins  
Jordyn Burnouf, an Indigenous leader in clean energy, climate and community divides her time between many impactful pursuits including advising the Vice President of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Co-Charing Student Energy’s SevenGen Indigenous Youth Energy Summit, starting a new podcast with the David Suzuki Foundation, advising Efficiency Canada and getting out onto the land a

Climate Feminism in Canada

Aug 19 2022 28 mins  
Inspired by what Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson’s are calling a renaissance in climate leadership that is “more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity and collaboration…open to people of any gender”, this episode explores the significance of feminine and feminist leadership in climate w

Talk Climate to Me with Katie Harper

Jan 23 2022 35 mins  
Today’s episode is all about how to talk about climate and why it matters. #TalkClimateToMe

Equity, diversity, inclusion and justice in the energy sector with Quinn Parker

Aug 08 2021 24 mins  
Quinn Parker, CEO of Encolor, shares what sparked her to set out to make the energy sector more equitable, diverse, inclusive and socially just. Not a small undertaking. She is now six months into running this business and the response, the work, and how she and her family feel about it, well, it’s not quite what she imagined it would be.

Decarbonization, Decolonization and Democratization with Dr. Emily Eaton

Mar 07 2021 31 mins  
Dr. Emily Eaton, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Regina, finds hope in the prospect of systemic changes like decarbonization, decolonization and democratization for a just, clean energy transition.

Energy Planning for the Yukon with Stephanie Whitehead

Dec 10 2020 45 mins  
Energy planning for a small, remote, isolated utility with a grid in a geography and climate that are really not for the faint of heart, requires grit, efficiency, innovation and community support.