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K-12 Educators: Share your GIS adventures with us

Calling all K-12 educators who are using GIS in their teaching! We want to hear about the GIS adventures you have taken this year with your students. Find out how you can fill out a quick survey to share your story, and you may be highlighted in a future blog post.

Are you a K-12 educator currently using ArcGIS to enhance your geography, science, math, business, economics or history classes? Well, we want to hear from you. We are looking to highlight your GIS adventures in a future Esri Canada Education and Research blog post. Share your story with us by filling out this two minute survey. Explore the results on this web app displaying teachers using GIS across Canada.

Fill out the survey to include your information to this web app, and be part of the GIS K-12 education community in Canada.

Read the latest blog posts on some Canadian GIS adventurers:

Teacher Karen Talbot uses ArcGIS Online to engage her students in hands-on and minds-on learning about their history.

Check out education presentations from some Esri Canada User Conferences:

  • Daniel Martinic from St. Augustine Secondary School
  • Craig Brumwell from Kitsilano Secondary School
  • Bruce Miller from Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre and Academy


Bruce Miller’s students from Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre and Academy working on their right whale project using ArcGIS Online.

Are you a K-12 teacher who’s new to GIS? Well, learn more about ArcGIS Online for the K-12 Classroom and request an ArcGIS Online account today! Get started with the following tutorials:

We’re looking forward to reading about your adventures in the survey.

About the Author

Angela Alexander is a K-12 Education Specialist in the Esri Canada Education and Research group. She has over 15 years of experience working with educators across Canada. Angela focuses on producing geographic information system (GIS) and curriculum-specific resources, and conducting and creating custom workshops for educators. She manages the GIS Ambassador Program and is the Technical Chair for the annual Skills Ontario GIS competition. Angela also writes monthly posts for the Esri Canada Education and Research blog, highlighting K-12 educators and partners, new ArcGIS resources and GIS-related events.

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