I don’t go to many conferences during the year, but the June 2017 Earth Observation (EO) Summit in Montreal is one I’m glad I attended. This was a special geomatics event that brought together practitioners, […]
Since 1951, the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) is a non-profit, charitable organization that is committed to the dissemination of geographic research and the promotion of geography as a key discipline in education, research, and in […]
Access to timely and quality health care is an important determinant of health and well-being. Despite universal health coverage in Canada, there exists socio-demographic, financial and physical geographic barriers that limit the accessibility to health […]
One of the benefits of being a contributing writer to GoGeomatics Canada is that I am able to attend, and subsequently write about, events in our community. I’m a Ryerson University Student taking Applied Geography […]
On April 14, 2017 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry issued a memorandum directing preparation of a study to examine whether the retirement of many baseload plants (mostly coal-fired) are premature and whether their retirement reduces […]
It’s been a while since I wrote an article about finding work in GIS and geomatics, so I thought I’d take some time and put pen to paper. As a career coach for GIS and […]
Innovation in spatial technology is transforming some of the world’s most important economic sectors. The world will need to spend $57 trillion on infrastructure through 2030 just to keep up with global GDP growth. To […]
The world’s global coal-fired power generation plants provides around 40% of the world’s electricity. This fleet is the youngest it has been for decades, with more than 500 GW added since 2010, mostly in emerging […]