ECCE Blog – Page 21 – Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence

Using ArcGIS and MCDM to Generate a Residential Solar Panel Suitability Map for the City of Airdrie

Posted 5 years ago

Motivation Behind this Project The world׳s energy demand is growing fast because of population growth and technological advancements. It is therefore important to look for a reliable, cost-effective, and renewable energy source to meet rising energy demand in the future. Solar energy, among other renewable sources of energy, is a cost-efficient energy source. Furthermore, solar […]

Identifying the critical source areas of nitrate load in an agricultural watershed in PEI using the SWAT model

Posted 5 years ago

By Kang Liang in the UNB Blog

Background Nitrate pollution caused by intensive agricultural activities has drawn increasing intention around the world over the past few decades (Liu et al., 2016; Milovanovic, 2007; Ongley et al., 2010; Sith et al., 2019; Van Meter et al., 2017). Nitrate pollution is threatening the health of receiving water bodies leading to hypoxia or eutrophication of […]

Developing A Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) Network using R and ArcMap

Posted 5 years ago

By Rajveer Ubhi in the McMaster Blog

While cycling is a physical activity with recognized benefits, injury events do occur. Between 2006 and 2017, 890 cyclists died in Canada, averaging 74 deaths per year. Collisions with motor vehicles made up 73% of these fatal cycling events. In addition to deaths, about 7,500 cyclists were seriously injured every year during the same period […]

My Top Five Takeaways from the Halifax User Conference

Posted 5 years ago

By Heidi Harding in the UNB Blog

When I heard that ECCE student associates could attend the local Esri Canada User Conference (UC), I jumped at the opportunity. After all, my interest in applying GIS to topics in wildlife ecology and management is what drew me back to school to pursue a graduate degree. I can’t help but find GIS technologies exciting. […]

Valuable Experience from the 2019 ECCE App Challenge

Posted 5 years ago

By Xuyang Han in the YorkU Blog

Check out more details about the App Challenge team ‘Awesome Engineers’ and the app that Xuyang Han writes about below on the team’s profile page. Earlier this year, three engineering students at York University, Xuyang Han, Muhammad Usman and Aman Ullah attended the 2019 Esri App Challenge. I would like to share this valuable experience […]

To Kampala and Beyond

Posted 5 years ago

By Gabrielle Bruser in the Western Blog

Hello Esri family, My name is Gabrielle Bruser and I am a second year Masters student in Health Geography. I am new to the Esri Canada Centre of Excellence (ECCE), and I wanted to introduce myself and share my progress with my research (or lack thereof). I spent the last summer collecting data at the […]

Could the Esri International User Conference use a little more fish?

Posted 5 years ago

By Danielle Derrick in the SFU Blog

I can’t deny it, GIS has played a major role in both my studies and past jobs, but Esri was never on my radar as a place to explore for a future career because of where my academic background stems from. Let me provide you with some context. I’m an aspiring ecologist and conservation biologist, […]

The Changing Landscape of Manufacturing in Canada

Posted 5 years ago

By Nicole Langdon in the McMaster Blog

This past summer I had the pleasure of working with a professor from McMaster University’s Labour Studies Department to map the labour sheds of manufacturing workers in populous parts of Canada. The intersection of a shrinking manufacturing sector, higher commute times, stagnating wages, and increased housing costs makes for a rich discussion of the ways […]

The Privacy Implications of Smart Cities: Developing a Web App and Interactive Survey

Posted 5 years ago

By Rajveer Ubhi in the McMaster Blog

Smart cities, and smart technologies, are emerging in many local contexts across Canada. Smart city technologies have quickly moved from development to adoption, often outpacing the social and political deliberations necessary to consider their effects in detail-particularly their effects on the privacy of Canadians (Bannerman, 2018). Dr. Sara Bannerman and her research team at McMaster […]

My plan for ECCE blogging in 2020

Posted 5 years ago

By Alexander Wray in the Western Blog

Hello! I am excited to be back for another year of being a Student Associate of the Esri Canada Centre of Excellence program. I am a second-year Masters student at Western University, working with Dr. Jason Gilliland in the Department of Geography and Human Environments Analysis Lab. I have an Honours Bachelor’s of Environmental Studies […]