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Meeting info
Re: EMTF Breakfast Presentation Online
December 2nd, 2020, 7:30am
Online Presentation
Title - Energy Efficiency Policy in Saskatchewan: A Review of the Efficiency Scorecard. The authors of the 2020 Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard will present their recently released findings from across the country. The presentation will focus on Saskatchewan’s performance on the scorecard, as last place in the country, and provide suggestions moving forward.
Brendan Haley - has a proven record in energy policy entrepreneurship and analysis. While energy coordinator at Nova Scotia’s Ecology Action Centre, he was the principal catalyst behind the creation of Canada’s first energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Nova Scotia. He served on the Efficiency Nova Scotia/EfficiencyOne Board of Directors from 2012-2018. He developed and taught a course in energy efficiency policy, and contributed to an energy efficiency textbook.
Brendan has a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University where his research used political economy and systems of innovation frameworks to understand the role of traditional natural resource sectors in Canada’s low-carbon transition. He was awarded a prestigious Banting Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2016-2018. He also holds a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University and a BSc in Economics from Dalhousie University.
Brendan has provided strategic advice and written on energy and innovation policy for organizations such as the Smart Prosperity Institute, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Pembina Institute, Dalhousie University’s Eco-Efficiency Centre, and the Acadia Centre.
James Gaede - For the past 10 years, James has conducted research on energy and environmental politics and public opinion in Canada through a variety of capacities, including two postdoctoral fellowships, research associate positions at York University, Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, and as an independent consultant. He has also been a member of two cross-Canadian energy-related research networks, prepared several successful research grant applications, and served as organizational and technical consultant at multiple academic associations.
James received is PhD in Political Science from Carleton University in 2014, where he specialized in comparative politics and international relations. His doctoral dissertation focused on the politics of visualizing the future for sustainable energy, looking specifically at controversy surrounding oil supply forecasts by the International Energy Agency in the early 2000s. Some of the topics James has written and published on since include carbon capture and storage, biofuel policy, energy efficiency, and energy storage.
Agenda
7:30am – 7:45am – Casual conversation and open forum
7:45am – 8:00am – Check-in and announcements.
8:00am – 8:40am – Presentation
8:40am – 9:00am – Q & A
How do you access the meeting?
Register to attend this meeting presentation by emailing us at contact@emtfsask.ca.
These Zoom meetings are offered free of charge.
Regards
Martin Boucher (EMTF Saskatoon presentation comittee).
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