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The first Earth Day was held in the USA 47 years ago as a day to celebrate the planet and encourage people to be more environmentally friendly. Over the years it has become an annualRead more

Dr. Maryam Rezaei, Empower Me Senior Analyst. Our superstar Senior Analyst, Maryam Rezaei, was recently featured on CBC radio for a story on the hidden issue of energy poverty. Energy poverty, or energy burden, refers toRead more

Areef Abraham. We are delighted to announce that Empower Me’s Executive Director, Areef Abraham, is a finalist in the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards! Voting is open until May 17th for selecting the 25Read more

Traditionally, Summer is a time when our energy bills naturally deplete. Between the longer days and warmer temperatures, we tend to use less energy in our homes. Regardless of this, we want to make sureRead more

May 27th marked the beginning of Ramadan – the most sacred Islamic month observed by the majority of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims. Empower Me invited one of our Energy Mentors, Faiza Yameen, to shareRead more

Empower Me Alberta will provide energy savings education to multilingual and multicultural communities in the province   Calgary, AB – Empower Me, Alberta’s first energy efficiency program designed specifically for, and delivered by, diverse communities officiallyRead more

Last week we held our community launch event for the Empower Me program in Alberta! We were honoured to be welcomed with such enthusiastic support from Calgary. We had a blast sharing our new programRead more

The Empower Me program made the evening news! On June 28th we held our community launch event to celebrate Empower Me coming to Calgary. CTV News – Calgary was there to document the day. CTVRead more