There are so many exciting things happening in the City of Edmonton these days RE climate change and energy transition!
Energy Fair/Foire de l’énergie – Dec 5, 2019
On December 5, 2019 in the La Cité franco rotunda, students from Sheena Wilson’s climate change communications and media classes hosted a series of exhibit-presentations reflecting their learning and commitments to climate and energy justice. Members of the public were invited to engage in multilingual conversations with the students about their work, which ranged from […]
Launch + Learn/Casse croûtes et casse-têtes pour le climat
On November 23, 2019, the La Cité Résiliente team hosted an official launch with opening remarks from Sheena Wilson (Project Lead, Just Powers), Daniel Cournoyer (Executive Director, La Cité), Danika Jorgensen-Skakum (Research Coordinator, Just Powers), Marlin Schmidt (MLA-Gold Bar), and an introduction to the project by Shafraaz Kaba (Architect, Ask for a Better World). The […]
The Metadata Maze :: Reaching Across to Just Responses and Solutions
The following is a guest post by JP team member Meghan Wise (https://www.meghanwise.com/), who was instrumental in organizing our metadata processes for the Just Powers archive. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Engaging in metadata analysis can sometimes feel like throwing oneself down the rabbit hole. At first, it can feel chaotic and disorienting as you distil coherent meaning and […]
Reflections on Puzzling Through a Massive Media Project
“This is not about being polished on camera. It’s about puzzling through.” — M.E. Luka (from an iDoc interview in 2017) iDoc has completed approximately 103 interviews with Future Energy Systems researchers, City of Edmonton employees, artists, and activists. We’re now transitioning to another stage in the project where we’re processing all of the interview […]
Switching to Solar in Edmonton: a Co-op Housing Case Study
Thank you to Just Powers team member Ariel Kroon for this guest post!… When I first joined Just Powers in August 2017, I’d been living in co-op housing for just over four months. Inn Roads Housing Co-op is an independent (and very small) housing cooperative in Edmonton, located in the McCauley neighbourhood, adjacent to Little Italy […]
“I Love Machines”: VISCOSITY by Theatre Yes
“I love machines” was one of the opening lines of a monologue at VISCOSITY by Theatre Yes. Just Powers was proud to be one of the sponsors of VISCOSITY, and on Tuesday, November 13th we went to check it out along with many members of our team, joining them (Dr. Mark Simpson, Dr. Angele Alook, Jordan […]
“Let’s Change Something Before Climate Changes Everything”
“Let’s Change Something Before Climate Changes Everything.” The City of Edmonton’s Change for Climate initiative issues this provocation, meant to compel Edmontonians into “taking action” on climate change. Just Powers attended the Change for Climate Talks at MacEwan University, where 11 speakers demonstrated how they were acting on climate change, and urged the audience to follow. Councillor Michael […]
Joint Statement: Idle No More, Defenders of the Land & Truth Before Reconciliation
On September 7, 2018, Defenders of the Land, the Truth Campaign, and Idle No More Networks released a statement condemning the Trudeau government’s “Federal Recognition and Implementation of the Inherent and Treaty Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada” legislation. They write, “The core of the planned federal ‘legislative framework’ is to shift bands currently under […]
Petrocultures: Day Four
Our last day, if you can believe it. We wrapped up with two workshop presentations. The first, of course, being the Speculative Energy Future presentation by Dr. Sheena Wilson, Dr. Natalie Loveless, and Jessie Beier. Thank you to everyone who speculated with us, and for another passionate and thoughtful discussion period! In the afternoon, Dr. […]