Geographic Information Centre

05/01/2023

We are so excited for the start of urban agriculture season here at McGill! Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to participate in this opportunity, more information can be found at the McGill Office of Sustainability’s website: https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/learn/sustainability-tips/garden
As proud residents of Burnside Hall, the GIC is looking forward to watching the staff gardens bloom outside! Happy gardening!

Whether you’re based at the downtown or the Macdonald campus, there is a wide variety of gardening and agricultural opportunities. There are plenty of ways to get involved and learn about the garden spaces available to students, staff, and faculty. Student-Run Gardens Staff Gardens Greenspaces Stu...

11/09/2022

We're looking forward to seeing everyone at GIS day on Monday, November 14th!!

10/15/2022

The deadline for short papers/abstracts is one month away for the 8th Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) conference, and early bird registration is now open! The SKI conference will take place Feb 16-19, 2023 in Banff, Alberta. Check out this link for more information!

February 16-19, 2023 in Banff, AB. Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and the geoweb who live and work in Canada.

10/04/2022

📣Workshop October 5th📣

Come learn about working with vector data in R from Dr. Tim Elrick this Wednesday at 5 pm !

https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/event/2022-10-05/

10/04/2022

Check out this workshop on targeted advertisements on Facebook and Instagram as survey recruitment tools for hard-to-reach populations by the Centre on Population Dynamics (CPD) & Centre of the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC) on October, 21st.

Starting with a discussion of this method’s potential and limitations, the workshop will focus on the practicalities of targeting specific populations through Facebook and Instagram. Special attention will be paid to issues important to consider when planning a sampling strategy using Facebook/Instagram. The workshop will be based on several recent research projects targeting, among others, German emigrants globally, health sector workers in Germany and Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Poland.

Register HERE Event Location: Room 129, McGill Education Building, 3700 McTavish Street, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1Y2 Sponsored by: Centre on Population Dynamics (CPD) & Centre of the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC) Cost: Free Backgrounder: Surveying specific sub-populations within a society i...

09/14/2022

📣Opportunity Alert!📣
The Geospatial Modelling Lab (GML, http://arcgis.mta.ca) at Mount Allison University seeks a spatial analyst to construct a coastal islands geodatabase for Atlantic Canada, as well as plan and execute customized spatial analyses to support the detailed characterization of coastal island environments. This is a 6-month, full-time position.

09/14/2022

You can register for our weekly workshops on *QGIS*, *ArcGIS Pro*, *R*, *Python* and *PostGreSQL* at https://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/workshops. Workshops are open to the McGill community free of charge (make sure you register with your university e-mail account). They are held in person in Burnside Hall BH511 this fall on Wednesdays at 5:30 PM and usually last 2 to 3 hours.



If you want to hone your geospatial skills, check out our upcoming *QGIS workshop* coming Wednesday at 5:30 PM.

04/05/2022

FIRST PULSE ISSUE OUT!

And we’re live!

Pulse Volume 1, Issue 1 has officially launched.

Congratulations to all the contributors, editors, and designers who transformed this journal from a germ of an idea into the cutting-edge publication it is today. Special thanks to the Department of Geography, McGill University and the Geographic Information Centre for all the support and encouragement.

We can’t wait for you to see what is in store for us—keep your eyes peeled for more Pulse content to come!

Click the link in the comments for our first issue.

03/07/2022

MARCH OPENING HOURS
We hope your break went well!
The GIC will be open 8.30am to 9pm Monday to Friday and 12pm to 6pm Saturday & Sunday as of today March 7th, 2022.

02/27/2022

READING WEEK OPENING HOURS
The GIC will be open 9.30am to 4.30pm from Monday, February 28th to Friday, March 4th and will be closed on Saturday, March 5th, and Sunday, March 6th.

Have a nice break everyone!