Climate Leadership Story Hub
The Climate Leadership Story Hub is a multimedia journalism and community-engaged research platform documenting Indigenous-led clean energy transitions. The project brings together solutions‑oriented journalism projects produced in partnership with Indigenous communities.
Why it matters
This hub exists because of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 86, which calls on journalism schools to require education on Indigenous peoples, their histories, and the legacy of colonialism.
The hub also challenges the extractive, harmful practices that have characterized media coverage of Indigenous communities for generations.
Research projects
Photo credit: Kaaria Quash
ᑰᒃ ᑰᑦᑐᖅ The Flowing River
In this documentary, discover how energy sovereignty is changing life in Inukjuak, where one of the largest clean energy transitions in the Arctic is taking place.
Photo credit: Kaaria Quash
Arctic Shift to Clean Energy
Follow an Inuit community on the coast of Hudson Bay as it moves from dependence on diesel fuel towards energy sovereignty.
Academic lead: Aphrodite Salas
Aphrodite Salas is an Associate Professor of Journalism and part of the management team of Volt-Age, a $123-million national research program on the electrification of society. Her work focuses on constructive climate reporting and collaborative, decolonial approaches to journalism and media leadership.
She is founder and director of the Climate Leadership Story Hub, developed in response to Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action 86. Aphrodite also leads student research teams in collaborations with Indigenous communities, producing stories that center climate solutions with listening and reciprocity at the core.
Aphrodite built her career over two decades in broadcast journalism as a video journalist, national correspondent, and anchor at CTV, Global, and CityTV. She has reported from Parliament Hill, anchored national news, and produced documentaries from Africa to the Arctic, earning six RTDNA awards along the way.
