The federal government has passed the Sustainable Jobs Act to advance support for workers and communities affected by the energy transition and harness the opportunities of a low-carbon economy. This brief provides recommendations, grounded in lessons and successes from Indigenous Clean Energy's programs and experiences, to inform how federal sustainable jobs programming and investments can be implemented to support Indigenous-led solutions in clean energy.
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- IISD, Indigenous Clean Energy, 2024
Table of Contents
- Key Messages 1
- 1.0 Introduction 2
- 2.0 Bill C-50 and Indigenous Peoples 3
- Box 1. A note on equity-seeking groups 4
- 3.0 Other Federal Commitments Relevant to Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Jobs 5
- 4.0 Advancing Indigenous-Led Sustainable Jobs and Transition Initiatives 6
- 4.1.1 Advancing Joint Governance and Co-Designed Sustainable Jobs Implementation 8
- Exemplify Joint Decision-Making 8
- Co-Create Sustainable Jobs Programs and Policies 8
- Co-Development Principles 8
- Ensure Accountability to Indigenous Peoples 8
- 4.1.2 Supporting Indigenous Definitions of Sustainable Jobs 9
- Support Indigenous Definitions of Sustainable Jobs 9
- Enabling Efficiency 9
- 4.1.3 Enabling Indigenous Equity in Sustainable Job-Creating Projects 10
- Support Indigenous Ownership and Partnership 10
- Include Set-Asides for Indigenous Peoples 10
- Create Flexible and Supportive Funding Mechanisms 10
- Provide Long-Term Funding and Project Support 11
- Prioritize Indigenous Procurement 11
- Support Access to Updated and Clear Information 11
- Just Transition Guide 11
- 4.1.4 Scaling Up Capacity Building in the Indigenous Workforce 12
- Improve Access to Education and Training 12
- Create Supportive Working Conditions and Environments for Indigenous Employment 12
- Support Mentorship for Early-Career Sustainable Jobs 13
- Include Wrap-Around Supports 13
- 5.0 Conclusion 13
- References 14
- Assembly of First Nations national climate strategy. 14
- Journal of Ethnobiology 41 14
- An overview of Indigenous economies within Canada. 14
- The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous 14
- Peoples Act Action plan. 14
- Decarbonizing electricity and decolonizing power 14
- Voices insights and priorities from Indigenous clean energy leaders. 14
- Waves of change Indigenous clean energy 14
- Wah-ila-toos Clean energy initiatives in Indigenous rural and remote 14
- Canadas 2021 nationally determined contribution under the Paris 14
- Agreement. 14
- Energy Research Social Science 74 14
- Enabling efficiency Pathways and recommendations based on 14
- Indigenous-led climate policy Phase 2 of ICAs 15
- Decolonizing Climate project 15
- Decolonizing climate policy in Canada Report from Phase 2 Part 15
- National Inuit climate change strategy. 15
- Federal budget 2024 An Indigenous accounting. 15
- Aboriginal rights are not human rights In defence of Indigenous struggles. 15
- Just transition 15
- Who is included in a just transition Considering 15
- Weaving resilience and building Métis climate leadership The 15
- Métis national climate strategy. 15
- Sustainable jobs plan. 15
- American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 15
- For our future Indigenous resilience report. 15
- Barriers to economic 16
- ACFN and the need 16
- Twenty-third report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs Science and Technology 44th Parliament 1st Session. 16
- First Nations People Métis and Inuit in Canada Diverse and growing 16
- Recommendations received by Canada. 16
- How Indigenous communities lead Canadas energy transition. 16
- Nothing about us without us First Nations want say in climate change 16
- Science 384 16
