Dominique Ritter

Montreal

Writer, editor, consultant; éclair whisperer; she/her. https://t.co/n5ttOE1j0t Formerly: @readersdigestca, @BookmarkContent, @CdnEncyclopedia, @Adbusters

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The long reach of AI

Jan 13, 2025 | marsdd.com | Dominique Ritter

How AI and other emerging technologies are poised to change our productivity, physical wellness and power grids in 2025. While the sheer number of new innovations has been dazzling us for decades, the adoption of AI has greatly accelerated the pace of change. With 2025’s rate of innovation set to stun, we reached out to four experts for their forecasts on the tech trends that will influence the way we work, the care we receive and how we will power it all in the year ahead.
“We’re a decade behind on the energy transition”

Nov 29, 2024 | marsdd.com | Dominique Ritter

How innovation is being deployed to save the world from the worst effects of global warming — and where it’s still falling short. On the heels of COP29, which wrapped last week in Baku, Azerbaijan, the future of the planet is anything but certain. The talks ended with a deal to provide U.S.$300 billion per year to developing nations to decarbonize their economies and cope with the effects of climate change.
Compromise and family ties are at the heart of this dreamy cottage build in Quebec

Nov 14, 2024 | cottagelife.com | Dominique Ritter

Georgeville and Georgeville. Those are the answers to the where and why of the story behind this cottage. Georgeville—a charming village on the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Quebec’s Eastern Townships—also happens to be a big part of how it all happened. Leigh Partington and her husband, Mark Smith, built their modern-yet-uncompromisingly-comfortable 900-sq.-ft. cabin on a sprawling piece of land that had belonged to Leigh’s aunt Mary on her dad’s side. But that’s just the start.
The design tweaks that could move the needle on the climate crisis

Oct 8, 2024 | thestar.com | Dominique Ritter

One way to consider the climate crisis is to scan the horizon: every building, road, power line and subway station has played a part. Our built environment contributes nearly (around 40 per cent) of global carbon emissions per year, and is responsible for a similar portion of energy use. And with a growing population, the demand for raw materials is expected to double by 2060.
Can sustainable architecture move the needle on the climate crisis?

Oct 2, 2024 | marsdd.com | Dominique Ritter

The building and construction industry’s outsized contribution to carbon emissions presents massive challenges — and opportunities. One way to consider the climate crisis is to scan the horizon: Every building, road, power line and subway station has played a part. Our built environment contributes nearly (around 40 percent) of global carbon emissions per year and is responsible for a similar portion of energy use.
‘Canada is the place to be if you’re interested in AI’

Sep 24, 2024 | marsdd.com | Dominique Ritter

Christine Allen, head of biotech firm Intrepid Labs shares her perspective on how this country has become an AI powerhouse, and how the technology can radically improve the drug development process. Christine Allen, a chemistry professor at the University of Toronto and the CEO of biotech firm Intrepid Labs, is uniquely situated at the intersection of academia and about-to-boom business.
Labour gains: Why improving accessibility and inclusion in the hiring process benefits everyone

Aug 7, 2024 | thestar.com | Dominique Ritter

When Eugene started his job search midway through 2023, he didn’t expect it to be easy. The prospect of looking for work can be daunting at the best of times, and this is not the best of times. Unemployment in Canada is hovering around 6.4 per cent, a problem that’s compounded by factors like biased AI resumé vetting that is ableist or magnifies other human prejudices, and a strong downward trend for youth, whose unemployment rate hit 13.5 per cent in June.
New moves: Tech solutions that can help solve Toronto’s gridlock

May 27, 2024 | marsdd.com | Dominique Ritter

Toronto has some of the worst traffic in the world. These startups are working to fix that. Gridlock is a special kind of grief, with its own unique stages: inventing expletives, using the horn as an expression of your internal wail and, eventually, begrudging acceptance.
How do you solve a problem like Toronto traffic?

Apr 24, 2024 | thestar.com | Dominique Ritter

Gridlock is a special kind of grief, with its own unique stages: inventing expletives, using the horn as an expression of your internal wail and, eventually, begrudging acceptance. (You’ll know you’ve reached the final stage when you can say the words “Hwy. 401” without twitching.)For years, Toronto has been grappling with a skyrocketing population, crumbling infrastructure and chronically underfunded public transit. And these compounding challenges have created a massive traffic-induced deficit.
Diet for a healthier planet

Dec 20, 2023 | thestar.com | Dominique Ritter

We make decisions about our food based on a range of factors — cost, health, ethics, convenience, cultural norms and, of course, taste. But what we choose for dinner is also intrinsically linked to the state of the planet. “The changing climate poses an existential threat to the food system,” says Lenore Newman, director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.