President & CEO
Canadian Renewable Energy Association

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association is the voice for wind energy, solar energy and energy storage solutions that will power Canada’s energy future. We work to create the conditions for a modern energy system through stakeholder advocacy and public engagement. Our diverse members are uniquely positioned to deliver clean, low-cost, reliable, flexible and scalable solutions for Canada’s energy needs.
 

Mission

To advocate on behalf of the wind energy, solar energy and energy storage industries to benefit Canada’s economy and energy future.

To increase stakeholder understanding that renewable electricity and energy storage are clean, low-cost, reliable, flexible and scalable solutions for Canada’s energy needs.

To provide a forum devoted to dialogue, collaboration, stewardship and growth of the industry.
 

Vision

To ensure wind energy, solar energy and energy storage play a central role in transforming Canada’s energy mix.
 

History

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association was established on July 1, 2020 when the Canadian Wind Energy Association and the Canadian Solar Industries Association united to create one voice for wind energy, solar energy and energy storage solutions.

 

Governance / Key Leadership

Board of Directors

As a non-profit association, the Canadian Renewable Energy Association is governed by a Board of Directors. There are fifteen board members, which includes four executive positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. As leaders of the industry, board members offer their expertise and knowledge and serve as advocates to promote and harness wind energy, solar energy and energy storage in Canada.

• Jason Chee-Aloy Board Chair
  Power Advisory LLC
• Jen Aitchison Board Vice-Chair
  Marsh Canada Limited
• Ian MacRobbie Treasurer
  Liberty Power
• Lisa Asbreuk Secretary
  Cunningham Swan LLP
• Michelle Chislett Past Chair
  Northland Power
• Jennifer Ashawasegai-Pereira
  AECOM
• Cory Basil
  EDF Renewables
• Sarah Bresolin
  ENGIE Canada Inc.
• Frank Davis
  Pattern Energy
• Jackie Forrest
  ARC Energy Research Institute
• Suha Jethalal
  Bullfrog Power
• Jeff MacAulay
  Charge Solar
• Roslyn McMann
  BluEarth Renewables
• Terri-Lee Oleniuk
  Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Adam Rosso
  Boralex Inc.
• Eva Lotta Schmidt
  ENERCON
   

CanCORE

The Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity (CanCORE) is a point of intersection between the Canadian Renewable Energy Association and other major sectors that contribute to renewable electricity generation in Canada. Our two predecessor organizations – the Canadian Wind Energy Association and the Canadian Solar Industries Association – were among CanCORE’s founding members in 2015, along with WaterPower Canada and Marine Renewables Canada.

There is a particularly strong complementarity between the wind energy, solar energy and energy storage industries, but the abundancy and diversity of Canada’s renewable electricity resources do not end there. Hydroelectricity is the long-established backbone of several provincial generating fleets. Wave, tidal and river-current generation also have a role to play in Canada’s renewable energy future.

Wind, water, waves and sun collectively provide an inexhaustible, reliable and no-cost supply of fuel to power our homes, businesses and economy; and are a major source of Canadian competitive advantage.

CanCORE is our forum for dialogue and collaboration with these additional clean energy partners. We regularly find opportunities to work together to engage with the Canadian federal and provincial governments, and to advance our nation’s climate change leadership through the further development and use of renewable electricity.

See CanCORE’s recent commentary in the Globe & Mail – Renewable energy should be the cornerstone of Canada’s net zero strategy, February 2020.