Improving Communication Between Citizens and Authorities During Disasters During GeoIgnite, Winter Geo livestream on March 2, 2022, Nick Kellet, Founder and CEO of Deploy Software Solutions Inc, spoke about the communication gap between citizens and […]
Our Changing Climate The world we live in is changing, with global warming reshaping climate and causing more frequent, more extreme impacts and natural disasters. Climate change is the driving environmental challenge of our time […]
A Climate Change Problem: The Communication Gap between Citizens and Authorities At a time of rising climate change impacts, there is a vital and growing need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural […]
Canada, like so many other countries around the world, is embracing the idea of smart cities. This spring Industry Canada closed a competition for the Smart Cities Challenge. They describe it as “…a pan-Canadian competition […]
What: Engage: Make It So With GIS in Community Engagement Where: Vancouver, BC When: Thursday, 15 June 2017 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT) From private companies to municipal and national governments, from parents […]
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first geospatial event and I had heard from Jonathan Murphy, the Managing Director of GoGeomatics, that […]
Call for Presentations Following the success of our December event, the URISA BC Executive Team is busy planning our next seminar for the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown. Join us in mid-June, 2017 for URISA BC’s […]
I spent Christmas in Sydney, Cape Breton. While there, I had the time to read David Gauntlett’s book ‘Making is Connecting’. Gauntlett is Professor, Creativity and Design at the University of Westminister, UK. He starts with […]