Education & Careers
My COGS GIS Education
What About COGS The Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) is one of the best colleges in Canada for learning GIS. As a COGS graduate myself I am writing this article to help future students make […]
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Education & Careers
Grand Banks to the Gulf of Mexico: My Canadian Geomatics Career
I often contemplate what it would have been like working at the same job for an entire career. Mind you, the thought of the same job day in and day out never appealed to me. I’m […]
Education & Careers
Vancouver Geospatial Career Seminar February 23rd
GoGeomatics Canada is bringing our popular career seminar to Vancouver this February. This is only the second time we have offered our Career Seminar in Vancouver, and we’re looking forward to meeting all the new […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
UBC Unveils New Masters of Geomatics for Environmental Management
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, […]
Education & Careers
Graph Databases – Recent development in Neo4j may help accommodate the Geospatial Community
Graph Databases and GIS & Technology (GIS&T) In the era of big data, graph databases are becoming very popular as they can address important challenges in terms of data size and data complexity. A graph […]
Community
Making is Connecting: the social meaning of creativity
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 […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
March 23 Career Fair: Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) Industry Expo
It’s that time of year again where geomatics students in Canada are starting their final semesters of school, many are turning their thoughts to finding a job after graduation. In March, the Centre of Geographic […]
Education & Careers
How to Start Your Career in GIS
You are reaching the point of your life where you are finishing up your last year of college or university and your next step is finding a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) entry-level job. You are […]