William Gagnon works on health-care systems decarbonization. He obtained a bachelor in building engineering (Concordia 2017) and a master’s of science in bioresource engineering (McGill 2023). He is an expert on green buildings (Accredited Professional in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), and health-care systems decarbonization.
William chairs the Northern Council for Global Cooperation, and was named Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders by Corporate Knights Magazine in 2018.

Until recently, William was the energy transition adviser for Doctors Without Borders. Although he calls Yellowknife home, he is moving to Singapore to work as the director of implementation at the National University of Singapore’s School of Medicine’s new Centre for Sustainable Medicine.
When not tackling greenhouse gas emissions in the health-care system, he spends time outside skiing and camping in the Northwest Territories.