ECCE Blog – Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence

Displaced Seniors and Healthcare Access: The Impact of Rising Housing Costs in Hamilton

Posted 5 days ago

Introduction Affordable housing is a big issue in Canada. Low income senior renters face more challenges because they often have fixed incomes. As housing becomes increasingly unaffordable, many seniors are displaces from their central neighbourhoods, moving to more suburban areas with fewer services and resources. This shift, driven by rising rents and housing instability, creates […]

Exploring Mental Well-being for Immigrant & Refugee Families in Peel

Posted 4 weeks ago

By Khawlah Ali in the UofT Blog

I recently took a course called GGR381: Digital Mapping & Principles of Cartography with Professor Matthew Adams, and it completely changed how I view maps. Before, I thought they followed a simple formula, to represent a geographic place, add a title, legend, and other map elements, and call it a day. However, I learned that […]

Introduction

Posted 1 month ago

By William Chan in the UofT Blog

Hi everyone, my name is William Chan, and I’m thrilled to be joining ECCE as one of the new student associates! I’m currently in my fourth year at the University of Toronto, majoring in Human Geography and Political Science, with a minor in GIS. My academic interests are rooted in economic geography and political economy, […]

Meet Zehui Yin: ECCE New Student Associate at McMaster University

Posted 1 month ago

By Zehui Yin in the McMaster Blog

My name is Zehui Yin, and I am one of the new ECCE student associates at McMaster University. I am pursuing a PhD in Geography at the School of Earth, Environment & Society, under the mentorship of Dr. Darren Scott.

About Me: Mapping the Seas

Posted 1 month ago

By Roxanne Dorris in the Dalhousie Blog

Hello! My name is Roxy Dorris and I am honoured to be one of the new student associates for Esri Canada’s GIS Centres of Excellence representing Dalhousie University. I am currently finishing my fifth year at Dal where I am completing a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, with a minor in Geography and a […]

Introduction: Simon Hunter

Posted 1 month ago

By Simon Hunter in the UofT Blog

Hello everyone, My name is Simon Hunter, and I’m thrilled to introduce myself as a University of Toronto student pursuing a diverse and interdisciplinary academic path. I’m majoring in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (CCIT), and Computer Science. This combination fuels my passion for exploring how spatial data, technology, and communication […]

My Journey to GIS – Skyler Grasley

Posted 1 month ago

By Skyler Grasley in the McMaster Blog

The geospatial relationship between datapoints is a powerful medium over which you can connect seemingly disparate data, to try and tease out a casual or correlative relationship. Space is the nexus of many datasets, and it allows us to generate deep and useful insights into many things, from social issues, to plate tectonics and orogenies, to economics, to weather and more.

Natural Asset Mapping Project (NAMP) of Georgian Bay Biosphere Mnidoo Gamii: Testing Land Cover Classification

Posted 1 month ago

By Alex Furukawa in the McMaster Blog

This work is Part 2 of an ongoing project conducted in collaboration with the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere (GBB) alongside Dr. Brandon Van Huizen and Dr. Chantel Markle of University of Waterloo and my supervisor Dr. Mike Waddington. This portion and Part 1 on data gap analysis was presented on GIS Day at McMaster […]

Unfolding the Map: Khawlah Ali’s Path to GIS

Posted 2 months ago

By Khawlah Ali in the UofT Blog

About me Hello there! My name is Khawlah Ali and I’m excited to be one of the student associates for Esri Canada’s GIS Centres of Excellence on behalf of the University of Toronto. I am currently in my third year pursuing a double major in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Technology Coding & Society (TCS), and […]

Telling You Something About Me.

Posted 2 months ago

By Zhuoxinran Li in the UofT Blog

Hi there! My name is Zoe, and I’m a fourth-year undergraduate student in Human Geography at the University of Toronto. I’m thrilled to be one of UofT’s student associates with the Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence and look forward to sharing my interests and research on the ECCE Blog, as well as participating in […]