Climate Leadership Story Hub
Stories of Indigenous-led clean energy transitions
A response to TRC Call to Action 86
Constructive Journalism · Community-Engaged Research · Multimedia Reporting
Kaaria Quash
ᑰᒃ ᑰᑦᑐᖅ The Flowing River
2026
Net zero by 2030. In Arctic Quebec, the community of Inukjuak is showing the world how it’s done.
Learn MoreLina Forero
Arctic Shift to Clean Energy
2022
Millions of litres of diesel a year. An Inuit community in Arctic Quebec chooses a different path.
Learn MoreKaaria Quash
What people are saying about the Climate Leadership Story Hub
Indigenous People and Nations have the right to tell their stories in their own ways and in their own time. Violations of these rights through extraction of Indigenous knowledge, systems, and territories are prevalent in research and media sectors worldwide. The Climate Leadership Story Hub is demonstrative of journalism and research practices that uphold self-determined storytelling, TRC Call to Action 86, and inherent Indigenous rights.
Freddie Huppé Campbell, Director of Energy & Climate, Indigenous Clean Energy
For those of us who work very hard to execute these Indigenous projects, the Climate Leadership Story Hub is an important ally to our cause. Sharing these stories of the background, context, and mission behind each Indigenous renewable energy project is the important final step in delivering to the world the work being done by Indigenous communities across Canada. This team deserves our thanks for being a crucial partner in creating awareness.
Darrell Brown, President, Kisik Clean Energy
Creating meaningful change requires collaboration, active listening, innovation and patience. Those are not elements often associated with either politics or journalism. The Climate Leadership Story Hub shows how journalism can occur in true partnership with Indigenous Peoples, while simultaneously bringing important information to more Canadians.
Jennifer Ditchburn, President & CEO, Institute for Research on Public Policy
The Climate Leadership Story Hub is crucial work, and a model for what journalism should look like every day. Indigenous communities are not the subjects here; they are the narrators, the leaders, the experts in their own futures. Built on years of relationship and a deep commitment to reconciliation, this is what it means to finally tell stories the right way: by sharing them, not taking them.
Yasir Khan, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Climate Leadership Story Hub offers something too often missing in journalism about Indigenous communities: stories grounded in relationship, respect, and accountability. By working alongside Indigenous partners, this platform helps shift the narrative from crisis to community-led solutions. The hub reminds us that good journalism isn’t about extracting stories – it’s about sharing them with care, reciprocity, and trust.
Duncan McCue, Associate Professor, Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication
In partnership with
- Volt-Age · Research Partner
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) · Research Partner
- Concordia University, Faculty of Arts and Science · Academic Partner
- Indigenous Clean Energy · Community Partner
- CTV Montreal · Multimedia Partner
- Journalists for Human Rights · Training Partner
