ECOIST CLUB

Ecoist Club is a social impact project raising awareness of the challenges of digital ecology. By bringing together experts in green ICTs, sustainable digital technology, psychoeducation, psychoergonomics and physical well-being, Ecoist Club translates scientific knowledge into digital sobriety experiences accessible to companies and individuals. These experiences are presented in the form of workshops and expert support for companies and via a mobile application for individuals.

TEAM

Daria Marchenko
CEO and founder

Photojournalist, entrepreneur in the field of visual production, digital artist, recipient of the CALQ (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) grant. With over 10 years of experience in creating docs, art and advertising multimedia projects, has had the opportunity to work as a photographer/photo director/photo editor for magazines and international media groups in Russia, France, Canada and Hong Kong.
Bachelor in Photojournalism (2007 – Moscow), Master of Science in Communication (2011 – Montreal), Bachelor of fine arts in film production (2015 – Montreal).

Kim Khoa Nguyen
consultant

Professor, Département de génie électrique , L’ÉTS Research interests: Information and Communications Technologies / Environment / Energy Research areas: Smart Technologies / Cloud computing / Network virtualization / Data center architecture / Network optimization / High performance routing and switching / Network modeling / Green ICT / Sustainable computing

Luciano Viana
consultant

Phd student in environmental sciences, at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi. Research interests LCA Social LCA Eco conception Industrial ecology Author of the multicriteria calculator for Ecoist Club, recipient of the CIRODD scholarship.

Lofti Belkhir
advisory board​

Lofti Belkhir is currently an associate professor in entrepreneurship and innovation at McMaster University. He is the founder of Kirtas Technologies, which launched the world’s first automatic book scanner. Lofti is a physicist, researcher, teacher, inventor, and business leader with 17 years of industrial experience. His research and teaching focuses on total sustainable management, eco-entrepreneurship, and the environmental impact of digital convergence.

Caroline Fitzpatrick
consultant

Caroline Fitzpatrick is an assistant professor at Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia where she teaches psychology and statistics. She is also an affiliate researcher at Concordia University's PERFORM Center and an appointed research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, in the department of childhood education. Her work addresses the childhood origins of education and health inequities. The goal of her research is to inform social policies and public health initiatives aimed at improving child physical and mental health.

  • Coopérathon Hydro-Québec Prize 2020
  • Local Laureat of Osentreprndre 2021
  • NATIONAL BANK Women’s Leadership Finalist
  • Entreprism HEC Coup de cœur Award

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