Caitlin Stall-Paquet

1 month ago | marsdd.com | Caitlin Stall-Paquet

The medical system currently accounts for close to 5 percent of global greenhouse emissions. But new strategies suggest it’s possible to clean up our act. When you think of climate change, hospitals and care clinics may not be the first things that come to mind. But if global healthcare were a country, it would be the fifth largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter in the world, the Canadian Medical Association has found — which somewhat undercuts the sector’s presumed focus on good health.

Jan 24, 2025 | thewalrus.ca | Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Y WE TRAVELWhy do we travel? For too long, we took this question for granted. Travel can make our large world small, and we forgot what a gift this is until it all got taken away from us not too long ago. Today, we’re returning to the skies in record numbers, but with a more appreciative mindset. It’s a perfect moment to take stock. The contributors to the “Y WE TRAVEL” series are accomplished writers from all walks of life.

Nov 26, 2024 | ellecanada.com | Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Turning her work personal isn’t in the scientist’s habits. But adding her life and family to the mix illustrates the power of humanity, even in the face of something as seemingly unsurmountable as climate change, or the highest mountain in Canada, for that matter. “I have drawn some of the best young minds in the country to work in this group, not only because they’re interested in the science that I’m doing, but they’re interested in working with me as a person,” Criscitiello says.

Nov 4, 2024 | enroute.aircanada.com | Caitlin Stall-Paquet

The architect behind landmark projects like Prime Seafood Palace and the viewing deck at Peggy’s Cove gives us a taste of the town he calls home. Nova Scotia’s windswept maritime landscapes kept this Brampton, Ontario-raised architect in town after he finished his master’s at Dalhousie University. “I loved the scale of the city,” he says.

Jun 27, 2024 | marsdd.com | Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Ottawa startup Hyperion is piloting a system that turns pollution into high-grade minerals. Heather Ward, the CEO and co-founder of carbon tech company Hyperion, has spent a lot of time looking at smokestacks. She didn’t always have a passion for the industrial sector, mind you — her father started Canada’s first environmental engineering program at the University of New Brunswick in the 1980s; growing up, she was his sidekick on visits to manufacturing plants and other industrial sites.