Sustainable Jobs for Indigenous Clean Energy Action

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