Science and Research committee  Old Crow has a solar farm that they have created and implemented, and it has been quite successful. Again, there are challenges with it because of their climate and their location, but there are definitely some lessons there that can be learned by other communities—not necessaril

Science and Research committee  When we're looking at very specific communities, they are going to make their own decisions. A community like Old Crow, where they have implemented their own energy systems that they are in control of—and that local control is very important to them—may not necessarily ever be ev

Science and Research committee  It's okay.

Science and Research committee  Respectfully, I think indigenous communities have spoken in support of that, at least some of the ones I've been in. I think it comes back to one of my previous answers around energy literacy: providing all the information or a full picture, so they can make informed decisions.

Science and Research committee  This is where partnerships with indigenous businesses or individuals in this sector come in, whether through research or actual partnerships where they are leading energy literacy programs. That's where it is really important. Some of the research I've done has been around trust

Science and Research committee  I think Mr. Hartwick from OPG said it best. Having that inclusion from the start is really one of the key pieces in creating that trust. You have to be equal players at the table. You have to be involved in those conversations from the very beginning. That includes defining what

Science and Research committee  The conversation has to start early. Indigenous nations have to be at the table early. It can't appear that this is a check box. I know we have a duty to consult and accommodate, and various different regulatory requirements that come into play when we talk about consultation. I

Science and Research committee  That's a great question. Since I published that report, we have been doing quite a bit of energy literacy and tracking. We have seen the support for nuclear in indigenous communities rise throughout the years. That's just a little tidbit of my future dissertation, hopefully. De

Science and Research committee  Definitely. We have seen—and I just had a conversation about this today—that when you start putting all the different energy components beside each other—because it really is a mix, and we need a mix of all of these and not just one—and you start to compare them to each other, it

Science and Research committee  Thank you for the opportunity to join you tonight. As mentioned, I'm the director of the nuclear sector for Creative Fire. I'm also a Métis woman, a Ph.D. candidate in public policy and an instructor in indigenous governance at Yukon University. My research and my practice are r