Sophie Brochu isn’t one to shy away from a fight, and now the president and chief executive officer of Hydro-Québec is facing two: both climate change and a cantankerous oil and gas industry determined to go kicking and screaming into obscurity.

On Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, Blondin-Andrew will join Canada’s National Observer editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood in the year’s first Conversations event to look at how Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship across the country are creating jobs, strengthening food security and inspiring youth.

“Canadians don’t like to hear it, and I don’t like to say it, but even under Donald Trump, the Americans did a better job at tackling the climate emergency over his four years than Canada did,” newly elected Green party Leader Annamie Paul said during a public conversation via Zoom on Thursday.