William Gagnon
B.ENG. X DECARBONIZATION
BEng. Building Engineering (Concordia University 2017)
MSc. Bioresource Engineering (McGill University 2023)
Cornell Climate Fellow, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ND
decarbonization, healthcare systems decarbonization, climate mitigation, green buildings, renewable energy, carbon sequestration, decolonization, innovation, Sustainable Development Goals, strategic foresight, sustainability.
Corporate Knights’ Magazine
Top 30 under 30 Sustainability Leaders
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> Entrevue: “Pénélope” avec Pénélope McQuade à Radio-Canada (FR) (2024)
> Opinion: The Climate Brain Drain / La fuite des cerveaux du climat (2024)
Canada’s National Observer (EN)/ Le Devoir (FR)
> Article: Fighting Fire with Fire: Carbon-Negative Heat Production in Canada's North Using Pyrolysis of Fire-Killed Trees (2023)
> Thesis: Fire by fire— Reaching the Paris Targets: pyrogenic carbon capture & storage for combined biochar and heat production in the Canadian North (2023)
> Evacuating Yellowknife (2023)
Talk @ COP28xWHO with Dr Courtney Howard (2023)
The World / 24heures / 98.5FM / RCI / RadCan BC
> Sign my petition for HIV PrEP to be covered in NWT (2022)
Sept’22, Sept’22, Oct’22, Jan’23
> GNWT Whistleblower (2022)
> McGill University 2022 PyCCS research proposal (2021-2022)
> Climate : Updating the Canadian Engineering Curriculum (2022)
> Decarbonizing the North : pyrogenic carbon capture & storage (2022)
> Queer Climate Changemakers in Canada. COP27, Egypt. FR / EN. (2022)
> Webinar: Calming Ecoanxiety with Climate Action (Concordia University) (2021)
> Talk : WHO-COP26 with Dr Courtney Howard (2021)
> Weaving Worldviews : Parks Canada & Métis National Council (2021)
> LEED Preliminary Analysis (2021)
> Campaign Management: Dr Courtney Howard (2020)
> Eco-Anxiety Workshops (2020)
> VICE Magazine Profile : “Habiter loin, voir loin” (2020)
> Getting the NWT Off Diesel, with Alternatives North (2020)
> Speech @ Concordia Donor & Student Awards Ceremony (2019)
> Concordia University: “Climate action alleviates eco-anxiety” (2019)
> Yellowknife Smart Cities Challenge (2019)
> Webinar : Pyrogenic Carbon Capture & Storage (2019)
> CBC North : “Why a Yellowknife man created a Twitter bot…” (2019)
> Radio-Canada: “Un écoanxieux passe à l'action sur Twitter…” (2019)
> Radio-Canada: “Êtes-vous victime d'éco-anxiété?” (2019)
> Concordia University: “Transforming the Canadian North…” (2019)
> Radio-Canada: “L'écoanxiété et les changements climatiques” (2018)
> Northern Building Retrofit Economy (2018)
> Northern Centre for Sustainability (2017-2019)