Education & Research
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ViewDavid Parry: March’s GIS Ambassador
Meet David Parry, our GIS Ambassador of the month! Find out what he’s done to support the use of GIS in K-12 education in Edmonton, Alberta.
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ViewJoana Zyberaj: A student shares her GIS journey
Find out why a former student of East York Collegiate Institute in Toronto was inspired to study GIS after high school and what she plans next.
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ViewGet your students involved in a GIS challenge this year!
Find out what competitions are open to students and how they can participate.
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ViewDr Garfield Giff: February’s GIS Ambassador
Find out how Dr Giff has been promoting the importance of geography and GIS to K-12 schools in the Western Arctic!
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ViewGIS Scholarships give students freedom to learn
Learn more about the Esri Canada GIS Scholarship 2019 program and also check out how one of the 2018 recipients has been making use of his award
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ViewDiscover the latest Esri Canada K-12 ArcGIS Online resources
Explore the latest Esri Canada K-12 ArcGIS Online resources covering topics in math, Indigenous history and introductory GIS that you can use in your teaching today!
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ViewNihal Wijesekera: January’s GIS Ambassador
Find out how Nihal Wijesekera, January’s GIS Ambassador helped to ignite the geography spark at a school in Williams Lake, British Columbia.
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ViewHow students at UNB made National Geomatics Competition a reality
Learn how a group of students in Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at UNB organized the first National Geomatics Competition
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ViewJonathan Brown: December’s GIS Ambassador
Find out how Jonathan Brown, a retired community educator has been supporting teachers and students to learn about GIS and open data in Ontario
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ViewWhat’s New with ArcGIS Online: December 2018
Find out what’s new with ArcGIS Online, including user types, user experience and much more: December 2018
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ViewKim Wallace: A true geography heroine in Canada
Learn how Kim Wallace, a passionate educator and author, helped strengthen geography education in the province of Ontario and in Canada
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ViewGIS Day 2018: A celebration of maps
Explore K-12 events that occurred in Canada and find out how GIS Ambassadors, professionals, teachers and students celebrated the day of maps.
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ViewHalton Catholic District School Board: Promoting active travel to school
Find out how a public-facing app can help officials to make better decisions about safety and infrastructure changes in the region.
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ViewRob Langston: November’s GIS Ambassador
Discover how this recipient of the Canadian Geographic Education 2018 Geographic Literacy Award has been supporting GIS in K-12 education in Manitoba.
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ViewLest we forget: Great War history comes alive in story maps
Students learned about World War I through researching school archives, exploring primary resources and documenting alumni experiences in story maps.
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ViewCraig MacLachlan: Putting GIS on the map in K-12 schools in Nova Scotia
How can GIS be used to make important decisions and engage students in learning and understanding the world around them?
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ViewFive reasons to get involved in GIS Day this year
It’s time for professionals, students and educators to share the importance of geographic information system (GIS) technology and spatial learning.
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ViewCanada’s Esri Young Scholar discovers diversity of GIS community at Esri UC
This year’s winner is a marine biologist who uses GIS daily for research, and she benefitted from the spatial data mining workshop and more.
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ViewIntroducing new tools and apps with September’s ArcGIS Online update
Highlights include new spatial analysis tools, configurable apps, data management capabilities and more.
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ViewMeet Matthew Pietryszyn and the City of Brampton’s GIS Ambassadors
How are these GIS Ambassadors promoting GIS and Brampton’s award-winning open data portal called GeoHub to the K-12 community?
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