Exploring Mental Well-being for Immigrant & Refugee Families in Peel
Posted 3 days ago
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 5 days ago
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, […]
Introduction: Simon Hunter
Posted 3 weeks ago
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 […]
Unfolding the Map: Khawlah Ali’s Path to GIS
Posted 1 month ago
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 1 month ago
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 […]
“About Me” – New Student Associate
Posted 1 month ago
Hi everyone! I am excited to be taking part in Esri Canada’s student associate program! To begin, here is a little about me: I am currently in my 4th year at the University of Toronto pursuing a double Major in Human Geography with a focus in Planning, Environmental Geography, and a GIS Minor. I’m passionate […]
Quantifying Nationwide Greenspace Accessibility with CANUE
Posted 4 months ago
Introduction Over the past year, I worked with student collaborator Emily Moffat and supervisor Joey Syer from the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) to produce a national greenspace provision layer as part of the University of Toronto’s geography professional experience placement course. Greenspaces refer to varied land designations such as parks, nature reserves, […]
Unveiling Parking Ticket Disparities in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Posted 11 months ago
This blog will present the findings from a project completed during a graduate course, co-authored with Leila Denise Uy. A parking ticket is a citation for an inactive motor vehicle violating local laws, such as parking in a prohibited space or an unauthorized manner (Mucciolo et al., 2023). Usually, tickets are issued by police officers […]
Remote and Direct Sensing: Merits of Mixed Method Protocols in Ecology
Posted 11 months ago
This summer I had the opportunity to design and carry out a week-long research project at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, Colorado—as part of an ecology and evolutionary biology field course. RMBL is a renowned site for long-term ecological research, especially that pertaining to global climatic change. Gothic is situated in a […]
Exploring Historical and Modern Toronto With ArcGIS Pro
Posted 2 years ago
Visualizing historical and modern land use along lost rivers in Toronto.
