Cathy MacLellan - Green Party
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Apr 13, 2011 11:58AM
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Cathy MacLellan (49) is a social, business and political entrepreneur.
Graduating in Health Studies (B.Sc. 1985 UW) laid a foundation for a life of learning, working, serving, leading and participating in a wide variety of contexts.
Community is where life is fully lived and Cathy, with here husband Ian and their three grown children have lived in three great Canadian cities over the last 27 years: Ottawa, Vancouver, and Waterloo.
Cathy and Ian founded ARISE Technologies in 1996. ARISE is a publicly traded solar energy company. With the recent completion of a solar cell manufacturing plant in Germany, and a systems and silicon division in Waterloo, ARISE continues in its mission to make solar energy part of the electricity supply mix in Canada. It is Cathy's experience and exposure to the German renewable energy story and government policies (including the Green Party of Germany's contribution) that moved her to become a Green Party Candidate here in Canada.
Cathy has lived in a grid tied solar home for 11 years producing green clean energy throughout the year and in particular during peak summer hours. Cathy and Ian were one of the original participants in a local Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) program and continue to support small local food producers and markets.
Cathy is active in her community volunteering as a Board member of the Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support (MCRS) and as a Co-chair of the Waterloo Community Environmental Advisory Council (WCEAC). She spent 5 years volunteering with Hospice of Waterloo Region.
Cathy is the Natural Resources and Energy Critic for the Green Party of Canada. In the 2008 federal election Cathy received 12.1 % of the vote in what turned out to be the closest contest in our country.
When not working in her community or campaigning for a healthier, more democratic and greener Canada, Cathy can be found in her garden, reading or writing, or out on her bike or cross country skis.
Cathy MacLellan is the Green Party of Canada's nominated candidate for Kitchener - Waterloo.
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