
Fellowship
Inspire about 60-strong cohort of emerging leaders to build trust and knowledge, share lessons, and take collective action.

Organizational
Engagement
Share lessons and knowledge among participating organizations and their stakeholders.

Public
Engagement
Spark a new energy future narrative that inspires dialogue on key issues and challenges.


Our energy future requires empathetic connections to work together to solve issues for all of us.”
FRESH FROM THE BLOG

In March this year we were all shocked by the COVID pandemic, causing a massive disruption in our personal and professional lives. One of the areas that, in particular, was disrupted were in-person gatherings, such as workshops, conferences and meetings. For those, like myself, who work on challenges that require innovation and collaboration of diverse groups of people, this provoked a major question: How can we continue to create engaging online experiences that are effective in moving our work forward?

Dear Energy Futures Lab Fellows, Partners & Steering Committee Members,
Recent events demonstrate the importance of acknowledging and actively addressing systemic racism. Knowing these traumas are a part of Canada’s social fabric, we invite our community to lean collectively into this grief, discomfort, and moment of witness. We encourage you to reflect on the importance of being open to new ways of being, thinking, and doing.

In August of 2018 I had the good fortune to spend two weeks at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity for a Summer Writers Retreat. My project for that time was to write about the Energy Futures Lab. It was an intimidating program in the sense that I was there with people who were actual writers. I was one of only two non-fiction writers amidst a group of almost 20 very talented storytellers.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Keren Perla and Chad Park on Building a Policy Bridge to Future-Fit Hydrocarbons
Medium / December 11, 2020
Yasmin Abraham and Emma Gammans on Energy Poverty in Alberta
Medium / December 11, 2020
Ed Whittingham, Kate Chisholm and Erin Romanchuk on fast-tracking. carbon capture projects in Canada
Edmonton Journal / November 18, 2020