A quieter, cleaner future is within reach in Canada’s North, but Ottawa needs to buy in

Indigenous-led energy projects are reshaping remote communities, but future progress requires Ottawa to commit.
The Naujaat airport runway in Nunavut. Through the development of Ikayuut Solar, Naujaat's community-owned solar and energy storage project, about 130 homes in the hamlet will soon be powered, at least in part, by solar energy, writes Lynne Couves.

Canada is home to more than 210 remote communities across nearly every province and territory, many located in the North (the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and northern Quebec). Since the 1950s, these communities—in contrast to their urban and grid-connected count...

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