GISday 2015 at Elizabeth Dafoe Library

November 5, 2015 —

Elizabeth Dafoe Library will host a GISday (Geographic Information Systems) and brownbag lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 18. “Mapping Change Over Time” will feature 14 speakers from organizations across Winnipeg, along with several U of M students.

Presentations include:

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

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

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

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

Claire Herbert, University of Manitoba
Lake Winnipeg Basin Data Network

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

For more information, and to register, see:

http://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/gisday2015/program

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