Education & Research

Are you looking to improve your ArcGIS skills over the summer? Well, check out our new resources and some upcoming virtual events to attend.

Paul Hackl, a Toronto teacher is this month’s honorary GIS Ambassador. Find out how’s he’s influenced past students to study GIS in university.

Two Ontario teachers have shared what they and their students have done using ArcGIS to learn about COVID-19 and topics in physical geography.

Basemaps provide context to your maps. We have put together a group of cool ArcGIS Online basemaps that you can use in your next web map.

Karen Parker from Edmonton, Alberta is this month’s GIS Ambassador. Find out what she did to get kids engaged in a mapping activity through discovering window art in their community.

Give your students an opportunity to explore the exciting ways GIS is used in the real world. Try the first lesson on GIS in Health.

Discover how two GIS Ambassadors are supporting their kids’ learning at home with ArcGIS during this COVID-19 lockdown.

Spring is a time for renewal and change. Why not try our latest resources that will develop ArcGIS skills of students, educators and parents?

Earth Day is around the corner. We want to you to share your favourite place in Canada with us. Find out how you can add your location to a map!

Dr. Liliana Perez is April’s GIS Ambassador. Find out how this professor has helped her son’s learning through citizen science, and what’s she done to support local schools.

With students at home during this pandemic, we encourage educators, parents and students to share the ArcGIS activities they’re working on.

Find out how Tony Cushman, a grade three teacher incorporated cross-curricular learning for a school wide project using ArcGIS tools available to K-12 schools in Canada.

As schools are closed across the country, discover ArcGIS resources for at home online learning for K-12 students, educators and parents.

Discover how Natasha Parsons – March’s GIS Ambassador of the month is promoting GIS use across curriculum at her school

Happy International Women’s Day! Explore this year’s theme “An equal world is an enabled world” with story maps selected for this special day.

Discover how Andre Boutin-Maloney, a teacher from Saskatchewan is using ArcGIS to support the teaching of Truth and Reconciliation at his school.

It’s 2020! The beginning of a new decade means a new look for Esri Canada’s K-12 web site. Explore the updated site for teachers using GIS from kindergarten to grade 12.

Discover how GIS Ambassadors’ Chelsey Cu and Andrea Zagar from Esri Canada’s Vancouver office have been supporting teachers in British Columbia