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A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut
For the last five years, I have annually had the opportunity to spend time in Iqaluit, Canada’s fastest growing community in Canada’s fastest growing territory or province. On arrival, I check out the selection of new books at Arctic Ventures and the screening of new movies about the North. This year, there was the chance to see John Walker’s Passage and to buy a copy of Darrel Varga’s book of the same name in the Canadian Cinema series.
URISA BC – Engage: Make It So With GIS in Community Engagement
What: Engage: Make It So With GIS in Community Engagement Where: Vancouver, BC When: Thursday, 15 June 2017 from 8:00…
One of the Best Geomatics events in Canada: GeoAlberta 2017
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first…
Ottawa April 29th: Geospatial Career & Job Hunting Seminar
Saturday: April 29th – 9:15 AM Ottawa Library, Main Branch Basement Conference Room 120 Metcalfe, Ottawa, Ontario We will be…
CANMAP, and SHIFTing gears at COGS
At the end of last month, John Wian hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CANMAP Research Institute in…
Event Recap: The 2017 Canadian Surveyors Conference in Ottawa
On March 1st and 2nd land surveyor professionals, as well as industry exhibitors, headed to Ottawa for the 2017 Canadian…
URISA BC: Vancouver Call for Presentations on GIS Trends in Community Engagement
Call for Presentations Following the success of our December event, the URISA BC Executive Team is busy planning our next…
GIS in Action: How Does BC Pinot Noir Express Terroir?
Editors note: In this previously published article, Karl Kliparchuk, BCIT GIS Program Head & Instructor uses GIS to explore the…
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,…
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…
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…
Interview with Sam Scovill, GIS Technician and 3 Day Champion on Jeopardy
Every weeknight, my mom and I watch Jeopardy together. Jeopardy always starts with the announcement of the contestants by their…
