b'Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek Chief Wilfred N. King, speaking, and a group of community members, project partners, collaborators, funders and government officials participated in the Giizis Energy Solar Storage Micro Grid project celebration ceremony on Aug. 16, 2019.We are using [the wind power income] for a number of different things, and one of them is community disbursements, Ashawasegai-Pereira says. The others are to prop up infrastructure, programming and cultural fundingwe are going to beAt all levels of our union, we building a new health centre and a new rec centre, we are improving our roads inrenew our commitment to building the community and well be building arelationships of support and respect ceremonial roundhouse. with Indigenous leaders, activists, Ashawasegai-Pereira says the community is proud about generatingorganizations and communities.renewable energy for people in the prov-ince. As a community, I think we couldntMarty Warren, Directorbe happier to contribute to clean energy forUnited Steelworkers uniongenerations to come, she says. District 6 (Ontario & Atlantic provinces)Paving the Way for Green VehiclesKing says KZA recently installed a solar-powered EV (electric vehicle) char-usw.ca/District6 USWDistrict6 USWDistrict6ging station in the community to pave the way for the introduction of electric vehicles in the community.Its fully charged by solar panels, so there are zero emissions coming from this source of power, King says. Anybody who may have an electric vehicle that wants to go up to a community like Armstrong or Whitesand First Nation can stop in and get their vehicles recharged in [KZA]. Or, if people want to stay in [KZA] for an extended period of time, they now have a station where they can charge their vehicles.King says KZA is looking to convert all of their internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles in the future.We will no longer require gaso-line engines or diesel engines in our community, King says. Our goal is to become 100-per-cent electricwe I ssue2 2021/22C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne l 37'