Video, Past Event, Environmental Justice
Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Community-Based Renewable Energy as Climate Solutions
Co-presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, SFU Office for Aboriginal Peoples, SFU Galleries, and the Institute for the Humanities at SFU
Facing firsthand the impacts of the Alberta tar sands to her traditional territory, Laboucan-Massimo has been a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights for the past 10 years. She discussed green energy and her experience in climate change activism.
Speaker Bio
Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta. She has worked on social, environmental and climate justice issues for the past 15 years. Melina has studied and worked in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, and Canada focusing on resource extraction, media literacy and Indigenous rights & responsibilities. She has produced short documentaries, researched, and worked on topics ranging from the tar sands, land protection, water issues and cultural appropriation. For the past 9 years Melina has worked against tar sands expansion as a Climate & Energy campaigner with Greenpeace in Alberta as well as with the Indigenous Environmental Network internationally. Melina has also been vocal on the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada after the suspicious death of her sister Bella whose case still remains unsolved. Melina recently finished her Masters degree in Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy in First Nation communities. You can view more at: http://www.lubiconsolar.ca
Co-Presented by
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, SFU's Office for Aboriginal Peoples, SFU's Institute for the Humanities, and SFU Galleries
