User Community

Talking with other users is a great way to get answers to your questions or identify ways to enhance your GIS program. ESRI Canada supports user interaction by participating in a variety of conferences or events, hosting ESRI Regional User Conferences holding special interest group meetings, presenting for Professional Development Days (PD Days), delivering workshops, and hosting web seminars. ESRI Inc. also hosts user communication forums.

ESRI Schools & Libraries Discussion Forum 
An online forum where you can post questions about GIS in education or read about projects others have done.

Partners and Projects involved with GIS

Many of these projects or groups are making use of GIS in powerful ways for helping education. Some are producing data that is tailor-made for use with GIS. All of them work to help teachers engage their classes in activities that involve critical thinking about spatial information.

• National Geographic Society (NGS) 
• National Geographic Society Geography Alliance Network
• Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre (a joint project of Ducks Unlimited Canada and Manitoba Conservation)
• Watershed Legacy Project (Web Based Lesson)
• WWF Canada
• Bird Studies Canada (Check out their bird maps!)
• Ducks Unlimited Canada (Data available on ArcCanada)
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (NRVIS data available on ATLAS Ontario)

Associations and Professional Societies

These organizations sponsor conferences and other professional development opportunities where you can learn more about GIS.

Provincial Teacher Associations

• Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association - Technology Education Special Interest Council 
• Nova Scotia Social Studies Teachers Association
• Société des professeurs de géographie du Québec
• Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education (OAGEE)
• Manitoba Social Studies Teachers' Association
• Saskatchewan Council of Social Studies
• Alberta Social Studies Council
• BC Social Studies Teachers Association