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GISday 2015: Program

GISday 2015

GIS Day Program - November 18, 2015

Preliminary Program

All sessions take place in Archives & Special Collections, 3rd floor, Elizabeth Dafoe Library

9:00 am

Introductions: Cynthia Dietz, Nicole Michaud-Oystryk and Mary-Jo Romaniuk

Award of Excellence: Dr. Greg McCullough

9:15 am

Christopher Green, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Using GIS to Address Emerging Public Health Issues Through Place Based Analyses

9:45 am

Greg Carlson, GeoManitoba
Geospatial Data and GIS Technology-An Overview and Application With the Government of Manitoba

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Victoria Grima, University of Manitoba
GIS Tools for Traditional Knowledge Keepers

11:00 am

Rob Gerry, Manitoba Hydro
Using Historical Air Photos and Topographical Mapping for Determining Change of Waterways

11:30 am

Jacques Marcoux & Inayat Singh, CBC Manitoba & Winnipeg Free Press
Mapping and Data in Journalism

12:00 Noon

Bring your own brown bag lunch

12:30 pm

Andrew Kaufman, University of Winnipeg
The Divided Prairie City: Income Inequality Among Winnipeg's Neighbourhoods

1:00 pm

Jim Silver & Darren Lezubski, University of Winnipeg & UltraInsights
Neighbourhood Population Change: Winnipeg's Inner City

1:30 pm

Adrian Werner, University of Winnipeg
Rooster Town, the Métis, and Fringe Settlement in Southwest Winnipeg 1880-1960

2:00 pm

Grant Wiseman, Stantec
Change Detection through Satellite Imagery

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Stephen Oberlin, University of Manitoba
Unmanned Aerial Imaging and Mapping

3:15 pm

Michelle Ewacha, University of Manitoba
Using ArcMap 10.2 and Geospatial Modelling Environment to Quantify Disturbances and Habitat Types within Woodland Caribou Ranges

3:45 pm

John Iacozza, University of Manitoba
Changes to the Marine Cryosphere in the Arctic

4:15 pm

Claire Herbert, University of Manitoba
Lake Winnipeg Basin Data Network

4:45 pm

Jeremy Sewell, Manitoba Municipal Government
The Changing Landscape of Land-Use Planning