Empower Me’s Managing Director presents in Ottawa about designing and implementing energy efficiency programs in underserved communities Ottawa, ON – Empower Me’s Managing Director, Yasmin Abraham, was given the prestegious opportunity to present to The House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources this week to assist them in their study of the economic opportunitiesRead more
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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. CTV News explained how our program targets multilingual and multicultural communities. Thank you to CTV News, Calgary for sharing our story. ToRead 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 program and really enjoyed getting to know the Calgary community better over a cup of tea. The celebration took place atRead 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 officially launches this month. The founding partners are Energy Efficiency Alberta and ENMAX Corporation. Empower Me is a free education andRead 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 25 finalists. Areef Abraham is a natural community collaborator who loves to connect with people and help them move from ideasRead more
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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 to households that spend too much on their household energy needs. That includes electricity as well as heating and cooling. EmpowerRead more
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 annual event, and helped raise awareness about the planet’s health and our effect on it. While many people work hard toRead more