The GIC offers workshops almost every week during the fall and winter term. Workshops are open to everyone at McGill, however, they are only free of charge for McGill students.
Below, the tab This term shows you past and upcoming workshops in the term we are in at the moment, 'Past' gets you to previous workshops and events, 'Awards' displays available and past awards and opportunities.
To sign up for a workshop click on More info. Please also see our Terms & Conditions below the table.
| Date | Topic | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 9 | Introduction to Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Jan 16 | Introduction to Remote Sensing with ENVI | Deep Inamdar | More info |
| Thu, Jan 23 | Advanced functions in ENVI | Deep Inamdar | More info |
| Thu, Jan 23 | Introduction to Making Maps with QGIS [@ Mac Campus, MacDonald-Stewart 2-028] |
Tim Elrick | More info |
| Wed, Jan 29 | Introduction to R [@ Mac Campus, MacDonald-Stewart 2-028] |
Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Jan 30 | Introduction to Making Maps with ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | More info |
| Thu, Feb 6 | Introduction to Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Wed, Feb 12 | Introduction to Working with Vector Data in R [@ Mac Campus, MacDonald-Stewart 2-028] |
Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Feb 13 | Introduction to Python | Daniel Goldman | More info |
| Thu, Feb 20 | Building Web Maps with ArcGIS Online | Ruilan Shi | More info |
| Thu, Feb 27 | Introduction to Working with Raster Data in R [@ Mac Campus, MacDonald-Stewart 2-028] |
Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Feb 27 | Introduction to Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine | Fanny Amyot | More info |
| Thu, Mar 5 | Advanced Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Mar 12 | Introduction to Working with Geospatial Vector Data in R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Mar 19 | Introduction to Working with Geospatial Raster Data in R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Mar 26 | Retrieving Data from the Internet with R | Tim Elrick | More info |
| Thu, Apr 2 | Introduction to Working with LiDAR Data | Nicolas Cadieux | More info |
| Thu, Apr 16 | Geoprocessing Vector Data in ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | More info |
| Thu, Apr 23 | Geoprocessing Raster Data in ArcMap | Tim Elrick | More info |
For participating in our workshops, please register on our website by clicking on the 'More information' link and fill in the form. Usually, our workshops will begin at 5:30 p.m. in classroom 511, Burnside Hall (unless otherwise stated). Please note, that workshops with less than 5 registrations might be cancelled (of course, we will inform you about a cancellation).
In case, you cannot make it to the workshop: All registrations can be cancelled until 24 hours before the event starts. Please cancel by writing us an e-mail to gicsupport@mcgill.ca. If you cancel afterwards or do not cancel at all the following applies:
We also offer custom-tailored workshops or single lectures for groups at McGill. Please contact our Director for this offer.
If you cannot find the workshop you are interested in, please come by the GIC and talk to the Director or drop us a line. We might offer it soon.
Will follow in the next days.
| Date | Topic | Instructor | Event registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 10 | Introduction to Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Jan 17 | Introduction to remote sensing with ENVI | Deep Inamdar | |
| Thu, Jan 24 | Advanced functions in ENVI | Deep Inamdar | |
| Thu, Jan 31 | Introduction to GIT | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Feb 7 | Introduction to CSS/HTML | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Feb 14 | First Python tasks | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Feb 21 | Building WebMaps with ArcGIS Online | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, Feb 28 | Geo-spatial data science in Python | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Mar 7 | Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Mar 14 | ArcGIS Pro compared to ArcMap | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Mar 21 | Geoprocessing Raster Data in QGIS | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Mar 28 | Geoprocessing Vector Data in QGIS | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Apr 4 | Introduction to working with LiDAR data | Nicolas Cadieux | |
| Thu, Apr 11 | Working with Spatial Data in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Apr 18 | Introduction to Statistics in R | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, Apr 25 | Introduction to Geospatial Statistics in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, May 2 | Introduction to GIT | Sam Lumley | |
| Tues, June 4 | GIC Summer Workshop Series: Introduction to GIS (Day 1 - GIS and Vector Data in QGIS) | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Wed, June 5 | GIC Summer Workshop Series: Introduction to GIS (Day 2 - GIS and Raster Data in ArcMAP) | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thu, June 6 | GIC Summer Workshop Series: Introduction to GIS (Day 3 - GIS and Finding Data/Troubleshooting) | Jeffery Sauer |
| Date | Topic | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13 | Introduction to ArcGIS Pro | Tim Elrick | |
| Dec 6 | Geoprocessing Raster Data in ArcMap | Tim Elrick | |
| Nov 29 | Geoprocessing VectorData in ArcMap | Tim Elrick | |
| Nov 22 | Introduction to ArcMap | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Nov 15 | Data Visualization with R (ggplot2 package) | Tim Elrick | |
| Nov 8 | Building WebMaps with ArcGIS Online | Ruilan Shi | |
| Nov 1 | Geo-spatial data science in Python | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Introduction to Zotero | Emily Kingsland | ||
| Oct 11 | Introduction to QGIS | Tim Elrick | |
| Thursday, Oct 4 | Introduction to Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thursday, Sep 27 | Introduction to Python | Jeffery Sauer | |
| Thursday, Sep 20 | Introduction to ArcMap | Tim Elrick |
| Topic | Instructor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Working with Text in R | Tim Elrick | ||
| Tim Elrick | |||
| Mike Groenendyk | |||
| Introduction to Data Science with R (tidyverse packages) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| Introduction to Python for ArcGIS | Morgan Lim | ||
| Introduction to Python | Jeremy Steele | ||
| Geoprocessing Raster Data in QGIS | Tim Elrick | ||
| Mapping in OpenStreetMap - Introduction to JOSM | OMG McGill | ||
| Introduction to Endnote | Emily Kingsland | ||
| Data Visualization with R (ggplot2 package) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| Geoprocessing Vector Data in QGIS | Tim Elrick | ||
| Introduction to Data Science with R (tidyverse packages) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| Qualitative Comparative Analysis 3 day workshop, (cost: $275) |
Benoît Rihoux, UC Louvain (Belgium) | ||
| Advanced Functions in ENVI | Lesley Johnson | ||
| Introduction to ENVI | Lesley Johnson | ||
| Introduction to R basics | Tim Elrick | ||
| Introduction to QGIS I (making maps) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| Introduction to More R Basics | Tim Elrick | ||
| Data Handling with R (tidyverse packages) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| OMG McGill | |||
| Introduction to R Basics | Tim Elrick | ||
| Discovering Data for Geospatial Data Science |
Berenica Vejvoda | ||
| Introduction to ArcGIS II (using Geospatial Tools) |
Tim Elrick | ||
| Introduction to Endnote | Jennifer Zhao | ||
| Introduction to ArcGIS I (making maps) |
Tim Elrick |
Nominations are due by February each year. Students who are interested need to contact their supervisor regarding nomination.
