The GIC
Mission
The goal of the new Geographic Information Centre (GIC) is to actively support the teaching, learning and research activities of McGill University in the areas of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing.
The facilities where the Centre is currently located used to host the Walter Hitchfield Geographic Information Centre, a satellite of McGill libraries. Since September 2012, the Centre is under the management of the Department of Geography and will be transforming and evolving towards being the “go to” centre for Remote Sensing and GIS in the McGill community.
Opening Hours
May 1- June 30, 2013
Outside opening hours, it is possible to request after-hour access for members of the McGill community in needs of the facility (specifically for GIS and RS work) by email us at GICsupport@mcgill.ca. Students are required to join a professor request to their email. The GIC can rescind this access at any time if deemed necessary.
Burnside Hall building is open to the public from 7am to 10pm on weekdays. On the weekends, the building is closed to the public, but it is accessible from 12pm to 5pm to the McGill community with a valid McGill id card by the North entrance.
The GIC team
Pablo Arroyo – GIC Director
PhD. 
University of Connecticut. USA. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Advisor: Dr. Robin Chazdon. Thesis: ”Natural forest management plans in Costa Rica: A potential framework for assessing tree diversity”
M.Sc. University of Alberta Alberta, Canada. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Advisor: Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa. Thesis: ”Forest cover assessment, fragmentation analysis and secondary forest detection for the Chorotega region, Costa Rica”
B.Fo. School of Forestry. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica. Advisor: Dr. Julio C. Calvo. Honors Thesis: ”Ensayos de Adaptabilidad de especies nativas en la zona sur the Costa Rica”
Area of Knowledge: Tropical forestry, Forest ecology, Diversity assessment, GIS, Remote sensing and Landscape ecology, Project management
Contact him by phone at 514-398-6052 or email him at pablo.arroyo@mcgill.ca
Camille O.Dallaire – Research Assistant
M.Sc. McGill University. Canada. Geography and freshwater ecosystem. Advisor: Dr. Bernhard Lehner. Thesis : Development and evaluation of a global river classification at high spatial resolution.
B.Sc. Geogragphy. Universite Laval. Specialization in Geomorphology and GIS. Thèse de baccalauréat: Interactions entre les avalanches et les événements météorologiques à la station de ski Marmot Basin, Jasper, Alberta.
Area of Expertise: Freshwater Ecosystems, Global Scales, Raster GIS, Hydrology
Interests: Environmental flow requirements, their definition and their application at large scales; the influence of spatial hierarchy in riverine systems; the impact of human alterations on the riverine systems.
Contact her by phone at 514-398-7438 or email him at GICsupport@mcgill.ca
Ruilan Shi – GIS technician
- M.U.P. – McGill University -School of Urban Planning. Advisers: Jeanne Mary Wolfe and David Brown. Thesis Title : Spatial Analysis of Urbanization in Greater Montreal.
- Bachelor of Economics - Renmin University, China
Area of expertise: Provide help on using ArcGIS, troubleshooting ArcGIS versions, ArcGIS licenses, GIS software solutions.
Contact her by phone at 514-398-7438 or email him at GICsupport@mcgill.ca