geographers

Geography Education: Travels to England and Nunavut

Geography education is about understanding our relationship to the world around us. We need to seek out the best examples…

Day of Geography Set to be an International Online Event

There’s a brand new geography event in the works, and the best part is you don’t even have to leave…

Join us for the “Day of Geography” – Nov 17, 2014

Back in January 2014, as I was catching up on episodes of the CRM Archaeology podcast hosted by Chris Webster,…

Canadian Geomatics Twitter Channels: Friends with Benefits

This piece is generated by my experiences with my own account @RebelGeo and as Tweeter for Canadian Geographic Education @CanGeoEdu.…

All the Geomatics Acronyms You Wanted to Know but were Too Afraid to Ask

Here in Canada, there are many geomatics acronyms that get tossed around. During the recent “Team Canada” event that the…

Kirsti Oja, Edmonton group leader

GoGeomatics Social Leader Profile: Kirsti Oja, Edmonton

GoGeomatics Canada is pleased to welcome Kirsti Oja to the team as our newest Edmonton Social group leader. She’s coming…

Geospatial Niagara – Geographic Education Town Hall Meeting

So, what do you do when approximately 8,000 practitioners of the Humanities and Social Sciences domain converge at the university…

2014 Canadian Geomatics Events & Conferences

This is our list of Canadian geomatics conferences and events for 2014.  Here you will find events pertaining to GIS,…

The Caravan Thunders Onward

“The caravan thunders onward On my way at last, on my way at last I can’t stop thinking big” –…

Fixing Geography Education in Canada: The First Step

Earlier this year, a CBC report brought to light a disturbing trend among Canada’s student population. Fundamental geographic knowledge (as…

Report on Geography & Education, St. John’s Meeting at Memorial

A seminal event that has the potential to have a powerful impact on geography, geographic education, and all related geospatial…

GoGeomatics Social Leader Profile: Darren Platakis, Niagara

Darren Platakis has been the group leader for GoGeomatics Canada in Niagara since November 2011. He has written five articles…