{"id":1021,"date":"2023-02-14T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T20:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:00:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1675107795712{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-color: #dedede !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”40″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]About Us[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” divider_width=”custom_width” custom_width=”86″ thin_single_color=”#80bd01″ thickness=”5″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center” el_class=”justifier” css=”.vc_custom_1770317342998{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Gabriel Deshaies-Daigneault, a forest engineer specializing in urban forestry for nearly 20 years<\/strong>, is the founder and president of Xyl\u00e8me Inc. He has extensive experience in assessing urban trees, having inspected and analysed tens of thousands of trees to date and written as many reports \"\"with a professional signature (inspections, tree-cutting permits, preservation recommendations, tree appraisal, impact studies, etc.). Gabriel Deshaies-Daigneault has very good knowledge of the municipal environment through working as a consultant in urban forestry and arboriculture in many cities and municipalities,\"\"<\/a> ever since the beginning of his career. In addition, he has been involved in the inventory and characterization of the tree heritage of many owners of large-scale tree populations.<\/p>\n

Since 2015, Gabriel Deshaies-Daigneault has been certified by the ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) as a Certified Arborist<\/strong>. He has participated in numerous workshops and conferences related to arboriculture and urban forestry in order to maintain the highest standards of technical knowledge. He holds the vast majority of professional certifications available in Quebec, particularly in the area of risk management related to urban trees.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center” el_class=”justifier” css=”.vc_custom_1770317357913{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Biologist and arborist certified by the ISA, Caroline Roy has over 20 years of experience<\/strong> in plant biology and ornamental horticulture.\"\"<\/p>\n

She joined the Xyl\u00e8me team full-time in 2022 after having worked for 15 years in municipal urban forestry with the Town of Rosem\u00e8re, for which a Canadian award of exceptional merit for tree management was awarded in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Caroline Roy specializes in plant expertise of all kinds (tree inventories, alternatives to pesticides, ornamental horticulture) as well as project planning, particularly for tree planting.<\/p>\n

In recent years, she has participated in numerous training courses in arboriculture, horticulture and the management of invasive exotic species.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”justifier” css=”.vc_custom_1770318017362{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]A graduate of the Laval Horticultural Training Centre (pruning)<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jonathan Laurier worked as an arborist for several years before joining the\u00a0<\/span>Xyl\u00e8me<\/span> team. Passionate about urban tree conservation, he has extensive experience in complex cabling, tree planting, and pneumatic excavation. Jonathan is an ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) certified arborist and holds Quebec qualifications in tree risk assessment (TRAQ) and in the monetary valuation of ornamental trees and plants.<\/span><\/span>
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Si<\/span>nce joining the company in 202<\/span>5,\u00a0<\/span>Jonathan has\u00a0<\/span>participated<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>numerous<\/span>\u00a0tree inventories in municipal, institutional, and private sett<\/span>ings. He has<\/span>\u00a0ins<\/span>pected h<\/span>undreds of trees and formulated just as many recommendations and arboricultural prescriptions. He has supervised\u00a0<\/span>numerous<\/span>\u00a0projects on iconic sites and has effectively supported site and municipal<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mana<\/span>gers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center” el_class=”justifier” css=”.vc_custom_1675106713821{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Xyl\u00e8me also counts on the support of other arboriculture professionals who collaborate on various projects throughout the year.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”60″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][mk_image src=”http:\/\/beta.xyleme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/forest.jpg” align=”center” margin_bottom=”0″ crop=”false”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1675107795712{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-color: #dedede !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”40″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]About Us[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” divider_width=”custom_width” custom_width=”86″ thin_single_color=”#80bd01″ thickness=”5″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center” el_class=”justifier” css=”.vc_custom_1770317342998{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Gabriel Deshaies-Daigneault, a forest engineer specializing in urban forestry for nearly 20 years, is the founder and president of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":-1000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1021","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xyleme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}