Program

Schedule Speakers Abstracts Events

Tuesday, 20-June | Wednesday, 21-June | Thursday, 22-June | Friday, 23-June

Tuesday, 20-June

Location: SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre - Computer Lab 1350 (Register outside Room 1350)

Time Speaker(s) Title
0830-0900 – Registration
0900-1600 Rebecca Bartlett, Carleton University, Gordon Beck & Jason Brodeur, McMaster University, Trevor Ford, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geoff Hayes, University of Waterloo Workshop: Building “Deep” Maps of The Great War
1800 – Icebreaker: TAPshack - Coal Harbour, 1199 W Cordova St

Wednesday, 21-June

Location: SFU Vancouver - 1400-1420 Segal Centre

Time Speaker(s) Title
0830-0900 – Registration
0900 Gwen Bird, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Simon Fraser University Opening Remarks & Welcome
0915 Andrew Thompson, The Firelight Group Keynote Address: Indigenous Mapping in Canada
1015 – Morning Break
1030 Presentation Session 01: Supporting Digital and Spatial Humanities
Quin Shirk-Luckett & Teresa Lewitzky, University of Guelph Spatial Humanities: Exploring Opportunities in the Humanities at DH@Guelph
Deena Yanofsky & Nathalie Cooke, McGill University Spatial tools in the humanities classroom: Tales from the frontlines of a faculty-librarian collaboration
Julie Jones, Simon Fraser University Bringing Spatial Approaches into the Humanities
1200 Lunch (on own)
1300 Presentation Session 02: Digitization, Digital Mapping, and Historical GIS
Marcel Fortin, University of Toronto HGIS Using ArcGIS Online
Rebecca Bartlett, Carleton University & Trevor Ford, Wilfrid Laurier University Vimy at 100: New Methods for Understanding and Communicating the Battle of Vimy Ridge
Kara Handren, Scholars Portal, Sarah Simpkin, University of Ottawa, Jason Brodeur, McMaster University Preserving Ontario’s Past, Today: Outcomes of the OCUL Historical Topographic Map Digitization Project
1430 Afternoon Break
1445 Julie Jones, Simon Fraser University Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, 22-June

Location: SFU Vancouver - 1400-1420 Segal Centre

Time Speaker(s) Title
0830-0900 – Registration
0900 Andy Yan, Director, The City Program, Simon Fraser University Keynote Address: Closed to Open: A Data and Geographic Information System Metanarrative on Real Estate in the City of Vancouver
1015 – Morning Break
1030 Presentation Session 03: Reconsidering and Revitalizing Map Collections
Francine Berish, Morag Coyne, & Graeme Campbell, Queen’s University Unearthing Geological History: Revealing and Protecting GSC Research Through Improved Metadata and Stewardship
Gordon Beck & Jason Brodeur, McMaster University OK, We’ve Scanned the Maps–What Now? Reflecting on Five Years of Map Digitization
Rachel Bergquist & Emily Sugerman, University of British Columbia Time to Talk: Seeing, Holding and Sharing Print Map Collections
1200-1400 ACMLA-ACACC Annual General Meeting (Lunch provided to all registered attendees)
1400 Presentation Session 04: Developing and Promoting Spatial Literacy
Special Introduction by Peter Keller, Vice-President, Academic and Provost, Simon Fraser University
Barbara Znamirowski, Trent University Spatial Thinking by the Numbers
Cynthia Dietz, University of Manitoba Digital Content and Marketing Strategies to Boost GIS Workshop Attendance
Francine Berish, Queen’s University Mapping en Plein Air: Painting the Way to Experiential Learning
1530 – Afternoon Break
1545 Jason Brodeur, McMaster University Breakout Session

Friday, 23-June

Location: SFU Vancouver - 1700 Labatt Hall

Time Speaker(s) Title
0930-1000 – Registration
1000 Presentation Session 05: Improving Access to Government Information
Martin Gingras, Surveyor General Branch, Natural Resources Canada Transformation of Legal Canada Lands Surveys Records to Authoritative Digital Records
Sue Bigelow and Sharon Walz, City of Vancouver Archives Map Digitization at the City of Vancouver Archives
More speakers TBA
1130 – Closing Remarks
1200-1700 – Field Trip: Boat tour of False Creek, lunch at Granville Island Public Market, and behind the scenes tour of the City of Vancouver Archives