The Government of Canada and organizations such as the UN recognize the critical role of standards in geographic information and geomatics to support stewardship and interoperability of information, ensuring that organizations access, use and share […]
Concordia is looking for a highly motivated and research driven student with background in forestry, ecology, environmental geography or a related field for a MSc project. The project will be to compile a pre-European settlement […]
A successful and informative Day Three of the GeoIgnite 2021 conference closed out with an inaugural panel of provincial and territorial geospatial and location technology leaders. In it, panelists discussed priorities and challenges across jurisdictions, […]
Ladies and gentlemen, the GeoIgnite 2021 Volunteer of the Year — Clement Charre! The first time I met Clement Charre was late summer of 2019, a month or so after the inaugural GeoIgnite conference in […]
Day Two of GeoIgnite 2021 started off very strong with this fascinating keynote from Luc Brulé, the Vice President of the Canadian Space Agency. Luc gave a lot of insight into current CSA projects and […]
GeoIgnite presents its annual Diversity Leadership Award to individuals and organizations advancing the evolution of diversity and inclusion in the Geospatial community. We are proud of our leadership in this space. For the third year, […]
Vancouver-based cognitive AI company Minerva Intelligence is working on the first major update to the Canadian National Hydro Network (NHN) since 2004. AI is not typically a tool for this field, but as Jake McGregor, the […]
I’m excited to announce that Morgan Ostrander, GoGeomatics community leader for Calgary, is the 2021 national leadership award winner. Morgan’s outstanding efforts leading the Calgary geospatial community pre-covid, as well as during the pandemic, exemplifies […]