2025 Finalist: Change Maker, Student/New Grads
Focusing on energy needs for First Nations Lands communities and how to build better partnerships with Alberta, Canada and First Nation Communities.
His research advances renewable energy on First Nations lands in Alberta to reduce fossil-fuel reliance in remote and Indigenous communities and align laws with the energy transition. Key barriers identified: policy gaps on reclamation/remediation and financial assurances for RE projects, and limited access to capital for some Nations. Findings draw on cross-jurisdictional rules, laws, and regulations, plus data from governments, research institutions, and arm’s-length organizations.
