Angela Alexander

Angela Alexander is a K-12 Education Resource Developer on the Esri Canada Education and Research team. She has over six years of experience working with educators across Canada. Angela is responsible for producing geographic information system (GIS) and curriculum specific resources, conducting and creating custom workshops for educators and judging and developing the question for the annual GIS Skills Ontario competition in Waterloo, Ontario. Angela has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Sociology from the University of Western Ontario and completed the Applied Digital Geography and GIS certificate program at Ryerson University.

  • August’s GIS Ambassador: Molly Pratt

    August’s GIS Ambassador: Molly Pratt

    Discover how she uses story maps to engage students in learning about healthy living in the Yukon.

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  • Discover the results of the first Esri Canada Student Story Map Competition

    Discover the results of the first Esri Canada Student Story Map Competition

    The top 10 story map submissions included topics in history, geography and the environment.

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  • GIS Ambassador Larisa Johnstone helps students in Essex County think spatial

    GIS Ambassador Larisa Johnstone helps students in Essex County think spatial

    Meet a passionate GIS professional who supports teachers and students in Essex County, ON applying mapping and spatial analysis to real-life concerns.

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  • What’s new in ArcGIS Online – June update

    What’s new in ArcGIS Online – June update

    K-12 educators will be interested to know this latest update includes new functionality including relationship mapping

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  • Discover mapping resources for National Indigenous History Month

    Discover mapping resources for National Indigenous History Month

    What ArcGIS Online education resources can you share with your students?

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  • Get ready for GIS Day 2018! It’s never too early to begin planning

    Get ready for GIS Day 2018! It’s never too early to begin planning

    Find out how Esri Canada can support your event, and explore some of our ready to use education resources.

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  • GIS Ambassador Steven Hills supports GIS education in Manitoba

    GIS Ambassador Steven Hills supports GIS education in Manitoba

    Find out his involvement with the Skills Manitoba GIS competition and beyond.

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  • Skills Canada GIS 2018 competition wrap up

    Skills Canada GIS 2018 competition wrap up

    Find out what the challenge was in each province, which school boards participated and how you can get your students involved next year.

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  • GIS Ambassador Hayleigh Conway supports education in the NWT

    GIS Ambassador Hayleigh Conway supports education in the NWT

    Discover Hayleigh’s GIS adventures up north and how she wants to connect with K-12 educators across Canada.

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  • K-12 educators: Get involved in the inaugural Student Story Map Competition

    K-12 educators: Get involved in the inaugural Student Story Map Competition

    Find out how students can enter to win one of our top three prizes, and educators have a chance to win a trip to the 2018 Esri Education Summit.

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  • K-12 Educators: Share your GIS adventures with us

    K-12 Educators: Share your GIS adventures with us

    Find out how you can fill out a quick survey to share your story, and you may be highlighted in a future blog post.

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  • What’s new with ArcGIS Online: April 2018 update

    What’s new with ArcGIS Online: April 2018 update

    Find out what’s new with the Map Viewer, story map templates, data and other features.

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  • GIS Ambassador Michael Mayer: Promoting GIS in Surrey Schools

    GIS Ambassador Michael Mayer: Promoting GIS in Surrey Schools

    Find out how Michael’s love for geography led him to GIS and why he volunteers his time as an ambassador.

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  • Discover Mappy Activities for Earth Day

    Discover Mappy Activities for Earth Day

    These story maps and activities explore an important aspect about our environment.

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  • GIS Adventures with Wade Leonard

    GIS Adventures with Wade Leonard

    Learn how spatial technologies like drones, digital mapping and surveying can enrich students’ learning experiences.

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  • Discover map infused lessons to teach history

    Discover map infused lessons to teach history

    Maps enable your students to understand and analyze a historical event.

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  • GIS Ambassador Jennifer Link: Supporting GIS in Thunder Bay

    GIS Ambassador Jennifer Link: Supporting GIS in Thunder Bay

    Discover how she’s been promoting GIS to K-12 schools and working to establish a network of GIS professionals to support teachers

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  • Spring activity: Get outside with Survey123 for ArcGIS

    Spring activity: Get outside with Survey123 for ArcGIS

    Get your students into the field collecting data for land use in your community, healthy food options and more

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  • Celebrate Black History Month with story maps

    Celebrate Black History Month with story maps

    Discover ideas to inspire students to learn about the contributions of Black Canadians.

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  • Nicholas Pulsone’s journey: From Skills Ontario GIS competitor to GIS Ambassador

    Nicholas Pulsone’s journey: From Skills Ontario GIS competitor to GIS Ambassador

    Find out how a Ryerson University student spurred his GIS journey by entering Skills Ontario, an annual GIS competition for high school students.

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