Name
Collaborative Problem-Solving Round Tables
Date & Time
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speakers
Yasmin Abraham, Kambo Energy Group
Alex Lapointe, The Master Group
Amy Tuck, Efficiency Manitoba
Laura Tozer, University of Toronto
Kirstin Pulles, Unrooz Solutions
Rebecca Danard, Clean Air Partnership
Dylan Heerema, Ecotrust Canada
Leigh St. Hilaire, Volta Research Inc
Nathan Schaper, ICLEI Canada
Emily Hogan, Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Cindy Gareau, Canadian Association of Consulting Energy Advisors (CACEA)
Natalia Cooper, National Research Council Canada
Dan Dicaire, Ottawa Community Housing
Stephen Lachan, Independent Electricity System Operator
Natalie Irwin, CLEAResult
Zee Bhanji, Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN)
Luke Eisen, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Alex Lapointe, The Master Group
Amy Tuck, Efficiency Manitoba
Laura Tozer, University of Toronto
Kirstin Pulles, Unrooz Solutions
Rebecca Danard, Clean Air Partnership
Dylan Heerema, Ecotrust Canada
Leigh St. Hilaire, Volta Research Inc
Nathan Schaper, ICLEI Canada
Emily Hogan, Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Cindy Gareau, Canadian Association of Consulting Energy Advisors (CACEA)
Natalia Cooper, National Research Council Canada
Dan Dicaire, Ottawa Community Housing
Stephen Lachan, Independent Electricity System Operator
Natalie Irwin, CLEAResult
Zee Bhanji, Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN)
Luke Eisen, Canadian Environmental Law Association

















Description
Each table will have a specific problem statement or scenario, and attendees will work together to discuss and problem-solve as a group.
Topics
- Effectively Engaging Historically Underprioritized Communities
- Working with Trades
- Indigenous Energy Efficiency and Sovereignty
- Municipal Retrofits and Energy Poverty
- Including Youth and Diverse Perspectives
- Retrofits and Co-benefits
- Rural Energy Poverty
- Maintaining your Sanity in Energy Justice Work
- Energy Poverty Data and Mapping
- Non-Energy Benefits, Measuring Success
- Building Energy Labelling
- Behavioral Factors and Energy Poverty
- Retrofits in Social Housing
- Income-qualified Energy Support Programming in Ontario
- Efficiency and Grid Resilience
- CGHAP – no-cost home retrofits for low-to-median-income homeowners and tenants
- A Climate Lens on Energy Poverty and Cooling in Rental Housing and Max-temp Bylaws
- Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities