On the front lines: Indigenous women and climate change - Melina Laboucan-Massimo

Big Thinking at Congress 2018

On the front lines: Indigenous women and climate change

Indigenous communities are on the front lines of fighting resource extraction and climate change, but they are also on the front lines of solutions. Growing up in one of the world’s most intensive fossil fuel extraction projects in the tar sands, Melina Laboucan-Massimo became increasingly aware that our current global energy strategy is unsustainable. After witnessing a massive oil spill in her home community, she dedicated her work to building renewable energy solutions that are key to a community’s health and vitality. Join this session to find out how Indigenous communities are implementing clean energy projects, and how women in particular are creating climate solutions critical to addressing the growing impacts of climate change.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Lubicon Cree, Indigenous Knowledge & Climate Change Fellow, David Suzuki Foundation