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Meanwhile, Danielle Derrick’s A Race for Survival story map, which received an honourable mention, reveals how current issues such as habitat loss and climate change affect tiger species recovery.
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Karl Chastko’s Food, Water and 7 Billion People story map, which won second place, looks at how agricultural practices can be improved to ensure sustainable water supply. The students dominated the land category by receiving second place, third place and an honourable mention. “Through the program, students gain access to resources and support beyond what’s available in academia. They can control the form of their education, rather than just accepting what’s offered.” They know that they’re part of a select group, and that they’re getting the skills they need to be successful in the job market.”ĭan Patterson, instructor, Carleton University, agrees. “The program has certainly made our students more confident. “The Esri Canada Centres of Excellence program gives student associates access to additional resources, as well as conferences and events such as Esri’s Global Content Challenge and the annual Esri Canada Centre of Excellence App Challenge,” says Patrick DeLuca, GIS specialist, instructional assistant and lecturer, McMaster University. Institutions nominate exceptional students to represent their school as student associates, who gain access to Esri technical expertise, resources and software. The program supports Canadian universities and colleges in producing innovative geographic information system (GIS) research, while fostering excellence in teaching spatial data management and analysis. McMaster University attributes their students’ success in part to the Esri Canada Centres of Excellence initiative. “From improving water resource allocation to studying urban population growth and promoting wildlife conservation, it’s remarkable how Canadian students are using geographic analysis and visualization to understand and propose solutions to our world’s most pressing challenges.” Brent Hall, director of Education and Research, Esri Canada. “The quality of story maps by Canadian participants was truly impressive,” said Dr. The students’ story maps were chosen among 70 submissions from participants in over 50 countries. Carleton University’s Danielle Derrick won an honourable mention in the land category. McMaster University received more awards than any other school, with six individual submissions by Karl Chastko, Kayla Wong, Kevin Yang, Michael Kirchin, Spencer Elford and Christopher Koido-Bunt selected in the land, ocean and population categories. The international competition searched for projects that made the best use of the Esri Story Map Journal app and Living Atlas of the World content to tell compelling scientific stories.
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TORONTO – Decem– Esri Canada congratulates students from McMaster University and Carleton University for placing among the winners in Esri’s first Global Content Challenge. University students from McMaster and Carleton recognized for developing compelling, scientific story maps