GIS Research Day is hosted annually by MaDGIC. The purpose of this event is to present to the university community the possibilities of using GIS and related spatial technologies and techniques in research. Students and researchers from all disciplines share their research practices including the importance of linking space and place to their work.
We look forward to another great event in November 2023, and will post further information this fall. Please contact MaDGIC if you would be interested in giving a research talk or assisting with the day. Everyone is welcome!
Past GIS Research Day Events
On November 17 2022 the MaDGIC Unit hosted GIS Research Day: the annual opportunity for students and researchers to share the many ways in which they, with the Unit's support, apply Geographic Information Systems in their research and teaching. Several presenters explained how GIS techniques contribute to their work in disciplines ranging from geography to anthropology to limnology: using StoryMaps to cultivate students' "geographic imagination," mapping shoreline history and archaeological sites in the Kawarthas, and surveying the biological and chemical characteristics of lakes. Students in the Environmental and Life Sciences Program described their research on topics such as land use mapping in Southern Ontario, the distribution of shorebird habitats, the roosting sites of wild turkeys, and the distribution of mercury in the Mackenzie River Basin. Most important, the day offered an opportunity for researchers from across the university to learn about work underway beyond their own specialties. And of course, the traditional GIS Day Cake was served!
We are pleased to share the program for GIS Research Day 2022 with links to talks below.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
SpeaKer SCHEDULE
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 9:00 | Library | Coffee & Welcome | |
| 9:15 | Roshelle Chan | Environmental & Life Sciences | Automating the characterization of watershed land use across southern Ontario |
| 9:25 | Una Jermilova | Environmental & Life Sciences | Mercury in the Mackenzie River Basin: ArcGIS Mapping to model release via soil erosion and other potential sources Link to talk |
| 9:40 | Dr Roger Picton | Trent School of the Environment | Using StoryMaps to cultivate a "geographic imagination" Link to Talk |
| 9:55 | Dr Nolan Pearce | Biology | Constructing the 3D distribution of limnological variables within three interconnected lakes in the Kawarthas Link to talk |
| 10:10 | Dr James Conolly | Anthropology | Archaeology, lake evolution and shoreline history in the Kawartha Lakes |
| 10:30 | BREAK | ||
| 11:00 | Shilah LeFeuvre | Environmental & Life Sciences | Two Eyed Seeing: Weaving knowledge systems to understand the genetics, distribution and behaviour of Eastern wolves (Canis lycaon) in collaboration with Magnetawan First Nation, Shawanaga FIrst Nation, and Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory |
| 11:15 | Dr Raul Ponce-Hernandez | Trent School of the Environment | GIS in the age of big data, artificial intelligence, automation and climate change: the leap forward for geomatics |
| 11:35 | Lyn Brown | Environmental & Life Sciences | Using Field Maps to examine foraging habitat quality for a coastal shorebird Link to talk |
| 11:50 | Dr Kaitlyn Fleming | Trent School of the Environment | Using ArcGIS to determine the effect of land-use on benthic macroinvertebrate community composition Link to talk |
| 12:05 | Kayla Martin | Environmental & Life Sciences | Mapping wild turkey roosting sites Link to talk |
| 12:20 | Kiefer Thalen | Biology, BEMA | Addressing citizen science through a priori sample design |
| 12:35 | Geoff Andrews | MaDGIC (Alumni) | Two roads diverged on a map ... |
| 12:50 | Justin Barker | MaDGIC | Species distribution models: Administrative Boundary centroid occurrences require careful interpretation Link to talk |
