Electricity and the Environment
- Online delivery
- eClass
- 14 hour course, no prerequisites
This course has no prerequisites
Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.
Offered:
Course duration
May 17, 2021May 30, 2021
Asynchronous online learning, eClass
14 hours of instruction
In asynchronous online courses, students are expected to move through the course material at the same pace as their peers, but there are no real-time virtual classroom sessions to attend. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details

Your Instructor
Gabriel JohnID: gabriel-john
Gabriel John is a professional agrologist with extensive experience in program design and implementation in the areas of climate change, emissions management, clean energy, and emerging technologies. His government and academic work in the past decade has focused on developing strategic policies and innovative programs in the complex energy-environment nexus. Gabriel currently works on strategic environmental and sustainable energy policies and programs, including leading the development of policies relating to renewable development and the de-carbonization of the electricity sector.

Your Instructor
Shehin RahemtullaID: shehin-rahemtulla
With a background in renewable energy engineering, Shehin Rahemtulla specializes in microgrid design, feasibility, and technical due diligence. Her extensive experience in the area includes working at organizations like Wood Clean Energy, Innergex Renewable Energy, BC Hydro Applied Innovation, Suncor, and the UBC Clean Energy Research Centre. Shehin currently works as the renewable energy specialist at Coast Funds, where she supports First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii in transitioning their fossil fuel-dependent electrical grids to renewable energy sources.
Class info
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There will be a one hour Live Q&A session at 5 pm MST, Tuesday, May 25.
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Cost assistance: May be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant and the Canada Training Benefit. (view all)
Corporate multi-registration packages (groups of 4 or more) are available for most Extension courses. Contact us at corporate.learning@ualberta.ca for preferred pricing. -
Open for registration until May 17, 2021. Register at least one week before the course start date to secure your spot. If space is available you may register until the day the course starts.
Currently counts towards
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Renewable Energy Essentials
└ core course
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Certificate
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Environmental Resource Management
└14-hour elective course
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Wind Energy Development and Design
└14-hour course option
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Solar Energy Development and Design
└14-hour course option
* If you are already enroled in this program, please refer to your specific program requirements as outlined at the time of your admission: Bear Tracks > Academic Advisement.
You can register for and take a course without applying and enrolling into the program.
We recommend that you apply to the program as soon as possible to lock in your course requirements as they are subject to change.
Looking for different course dates?
New course schedules are released each June and November.
- Online delivery
- 14 hour course, no prerequisites
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