Join Angela Antle, writer, PhD candidate with Memorial University’s Oil to Equitable Energy Collaboration, and former CBC producer, for a discussion on the challenges facing community-based renewable energy in Newfoundland and Labrador and the broader implications for Canada’s energy future.
Drawing on her Energy Futures column series and academic research, Angela will examine how policy environments influence community energy development and explore the role journalism can play in fostering public understanding, democratic participation, and informed debate during periods of rapid energy transition.
The session will also introduce the concept of prefigurative journalism, journalism that not only reports on emerging futures but helps communities imagine and build them. In an era of growing polarization and fossil fuel disinformation, Angela will discuss how storytelling and independent media can contribute to more resilient, inclusive, and just energy systems.
In this session, you will learn:
- Key governance trends from the 2025 national survey
- How RECs compare within the broader co-operative sector
- What drives effective governance across different co-op models
- How to use a new benchmarking tool to strengthen your organization
About the Presenter
Angela Antle is a writer and PhD researcher with Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Oil to Equitable Energy Collaboration, a Rachel Carson Centre Fellow (LMU-Germany), and a member of Empowered Futures (Norway). Her work intersects with energy communications, justice, disinformation, petrocultures, and political discourse. She produces the energy futures podcast GYRE and writes about energy futures for theindependent.ca.
This webinar is ideal for community energy advocates, co-operative leaders, policymakers, researchers, communicators, and anyone interested in the intersection of energy policy, public engagement, and Canada’s clean energy transition.
June 23 – 11 am PDT / 12 pm MDT CST / 1 pm CDT / 2 pm EDT / 3 pm ADT
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Fund Implementation Readiness stream
Ce projet est financé en partie par le volet Préparation à la mise en œuvre du Fonds pour une économie à faibles émissions de carbone du gouvernement du Canada.
