This year Canada will celebrate its 150th birthday on July 1st. Most of you, like me, will be out celebrating with friends and family, enjoying the amazing firework displays. Therefore, in honour of Canada’s 150th […]
The Community Maps Program (CMP) was introduced by Esri Canada in 2009 allowing organizations to share and host geographic data. The CMP is accessible to public and private organizations and web users. The platform for […]
The UBC Faculty of Forestry is excited to announce that the official approval of the Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM) Program. We are now accepting applications and will welcome our first cohort in August, […]
This is the first of two articles on the release of ParcelMap BC Data, which we see as a significant event in the movement towards Open GIS Data in Canada. This month we’ll cover the […]
Recently, I read an article about the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) that seeks to explain why the CGDI, among many things, is relevant. While the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) who is […]
Our growing network – the Network of Concerned Geographers – is pressuring the American Association of Geographers to study and take action on the growing engagement of geography with the US military and intelligence communities. […]
After completing an undergraduate degree in 2015, (Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto) I needed to determine which direction to take in the next chapter of my academic and professional career. I […]
When construction began on Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in 2001, the spectacular natural surroundings belied a particularly difficult problem for the construction companies tasked with erecting the 107-meter tall hotel tower. Situated directly near the […]