This session explores what energy poverty means, why home energy justice is important, and how leading with energy efficiency solves multiple problems. This introduction to our conference themes will help you understand the challenges of energy poverty and the importance of home energy justice for everyone in Canada.

This session will pick up from themes and questions from the plenary and roundtable discussions on where energy poverty shows up in Canada, who it affects, why an energy justice perspective is needed to address it and how it can be implemented in practice. 

In this fast-paced session, experts will showcase the wide-ranging benefits of leading with energy efficiency as the solution, including public health, economic, and environmental impacts. Learn how targeted energy efficiency programs can address multiple challenges for residents and governments alike. Special attention will be given to benefits for vulnerable communities. Join us to discover these benefits and hear from those who work on the frontlines with vulnerable communities.

This is your chance to connect with the different subject matter experts who have spoken earlier in the day, to dive deeper into their expertise, or to ask about a problem you're facing. No need to talk; you're welcome to join a table and listen and move from table to table to catch all the interesting conversations.

• Rental energy efficiency: Josephine Schrott, Jacqueline Wilson, and Ashley Reyns
• Indigenous perspectives: Adam McLaren, Sara Fralin, Regina Foley, Bo Li, Fitsum Tariku, and Bonnie Van Tassel
• Municipal perspectives: Laura Sampliner, Brittany Tran, and Aaron Thornell
• Health impacts: Dr. Eugenie Waters and Dr. Mylene Riva, 
• Policy perspectives: Brendan Haley and Chris Benjamin

This panel brings together speakers from different levels of government to discuss their current efforts towards home energy justice and what could be achieved with more resources and collaboration. They will highlight how cooperation across boundaries and institutions can enhance their work. Learn about the initiatives underway and explore the possibilities for future collaborative actions to improve home energy justice. Join us to see how working together across boundaries can make a difference.

In this fast-paced session, experts will showcase the wide-ranging benefits of leading with energy efficiency as the solution, including public health, economic, and environmental impacts. Learn how targeted energy efficiency programs can address multiple challenges for residents and governments alike. Special attention will be given to benefits for vulnerable communities. Join us to discover these benefits and hear from those who work on the frontlines with vulnerable communities.

This is your chance to connect with the different subject matter experts that have spoken earlier in the day, to dive deeper into their expertise, or to ask about a problem you're facing. No need to talk, you're welcome to join a table and listen, and move from table to table to catch all the interesting conversations.

• Social housing retrofits: Emilie Hayes, Tom Grochmal, and Melanie Johnston
• Energy poverty and climate action: Jessica Brown, Kathleen Brennan, and Laura Tozer
• Utility program perspectives: Nicole McKenna, and Amy Tuck
• Building capacity in the sector: Jon Hudson, Yasmin Abraham, Rideau Haskins and Nik Schruder
• Non-energy benefits: Tina Jackson, Zee Bhanji, and Maya Saterson

Additionally, Aaron Taylor and Leigh St. Hilaire will be covering:

• TITLE:  A Thousand Small Projects
• TOPIC:  Methods for planning mass-scale retrofits to single-family dwellings

This interactive session invites participants to engage in a visioning exercise, exploring successful energy poverty policy efforts from other countries and imagining how similar strategies could be implemented in Canada. You will help shape a vision for tackling energy poverty nationwide, identifying key actions and pathways to move Canada towards home energy justice for all.

• Topic 1: Integrating Home Energy Justice into Climate Action 

Community expert: 
Jessica Brown, Government of Prince Edward Island
Kathleen Brennan, PEI Climate Change Secretariate
Academic partner:  
Laura Tozer, University of Toronto
 

• Topic 2 Measuring and defining energy poverty in Canada

Community expert: 
Yasmin Abraham, Kambo Energy Group
Academic partner: 
Mylene Riva, McGill University
Runa Das, Royal Roads University

• Topic 3: Wider benefits: Measuring impacts and non-energy benefits of home energy justice
  
  Community expert:
  Jorge Moreno, EnviroCentre
  Asad Hussain, Town of Bridgewater
  Academic Partner:
  Dr. Mylene Riva, Professor, McGill University
  Runa Das, Associate Professor, Royal Roads University
   
• Topic 4: Renter Home Energy Justice
  
  Community expert: 
  Josephine Schrott, Ecotrust Canada
  Zee Bhanji, Low-Income Energy Network
  Academic Partner:
  Abhilash Kantamneni, Director of Action Research, Efficiency Canada