During the closure of McGill campuses, the GIC offers online workshops through Zoom every week during the term. Workshops are open to the McGill community free of charge.
Below, the tab This term shows you past and upcoming workshops during the current term, '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 for each workshop. Please also see our Terms & Conditions below the table.
| Date | Topic | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 22
5:30 pm |
Introduction to working with Vector Data in ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | To register please send an e-mail to gicsupport@mcgill.ca |
| Wed, Sep 23
5:30 pm |
Introduction to working with Raster Data in ArcMap |
Ruilan Shi | To register please send an e-mail to gicsupport@mcgill.ca |
| Wed, Sep 30
5:30 pm |
Introduction to Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | For registration und more information use this link. |
| Wed, Oct 7
5:30 pm |
Advanced Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | For registration und more information use this link. |
| Wed, Oct 14
5:30 pm |
Introduction to Git | Hongyu Zhang | For registration und more information use this link. |
| Wed, Oct 21
5:30 pm |
Introduction to Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | For registration und more information use this link. |
| Wed, Oct 28
5:30 pm |
Introduction to working with Vector Data in QGIS | Ruilan Shi | For registration and more information use this link. |
| Wed, Nov 4
5:30 pm |
Introduction to working with Raster Data in QGIS | Ruilan Shi | For registration and more information use this link. |
| Wed, Nov 11
5:30 pm |
Introduction to Python | Hongyu Zhang | Registration not yet open. |
| Wed, Nov 25
5:30 pm
|
Advanced Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | Registration not yet open. |
| Wed, Dec 2
5:30 pm |
Introduction to PostGreSQL | Hongyu Zhang | Registration not yet open. |
| Wed, Dec 9
5:30 pm
|
Geospatial processing of Vector Data in R | Tim Elrick | Registration not yet open. |
| Wed, Dec 16
5:30 pm |
Geospatial processing of Raster Data in R | Tim Elrick | Registration not yet open. |
For participating in our workshops, please register on our website by clicking on the 'More information' link and fill in the form until 6 hours before the workshop starts (exceptions are stated on the workshop page). You will get a link to the Zoom meeting shortly before the event will start. 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: Please cancel by selecting the Cannot Go option on the booking page of the workshop that you had registered for.
We also offer custom-tailored workshops or single lectures for groups at McGill. Please contact our Director Tim Elrick for this offer.
If you cannot find the workshop you are interested in, please contact our Director. We might offer it soon.
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| Date | Topic | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Apr 2
5:30 pm |
Introduction to Working with LiDAR Data | Nicolas Cadieux | |
| Mon, Apr 6
10:00 am |
Applied Data Science: Working with real-time Covid-19 data in R |
Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Apr 9
10:00 am |
Introduction to R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, Apr 16
10:00 am |
Introduction to Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, Apr 20
11:00 am |
Making maps with ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, Apr 23
10:00 am |
Introduction to Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, Apr 27
11:00 am |
How to Make a Story Map with ArcGIS Online | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, Apr 30
10:00 am |
Introduction to Advanced Data Visualization with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, May 4
2:00 pm |
Geospatial processing of vector data in ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, May 7
10:00 am
|
Geospatial processing of vector data in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, May 11
2:00 pm |
Geospatial processing of raster data in ArcMap | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, May 14
10:00 am
|
Geospatial processing of raster data in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, May 25
10:00 am |
Applied Data Science with R: Analysing Covid-19 - Take: 2 | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, May 21
10:00 am |
Working with dates and tables in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, May 28
10:00 am |
Working with text in R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, June 4
10:00 am |
Retrieving data from the internet with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, June 8
10:00 am |
Working with Vector Data in QGIS | Ruilan Shi | |
| Mon, June 15
10:00 am |
Working with Raster Data in QGIS | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, June 17
1:30 pm |
Introduction to Statistics with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Thu, June 18
10:00 am |
Advanced Data Science with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, June 22
10:00 am |
Working with Vector Data in ArcGIS | Ruilan Shi | |
| Thu, June 25
10:00 am |
Introduction to GeoSpatial Analysis with R | Tim Elrick | |
| Mon, June 29
10:00 am |
Working with Raster Data in ArcGIS | Ruilan Shi |
| 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.
