Education

Geographic information system (GIS) technology empowers education and research institutions across Canada to advance learning, discovery and innovation.

How can GIS support education and research?

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Education programs & initiatives

GIS for K–12

Esri Canada builds curriculum-aligned tools, ready-to-use resources for teachers and professional development opportunities that support spatial literacy and inquiry-based learning.

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GIS for higher education

Discover how post-secondary students, instructors and researchers at colleges and universities across Canada are using GIS in a range of disciplines.

In the foreground are many people seated at tables parallel to the bottom of the frame with their backs to the camera, all wearing business casual clothing. They are facing a man at a podium labelled “Hart House” at the very back of the room they are in. The man, who wears a green shirt, is facing a projector screen with a colourized map of North and Central America on it and speaking into a microphone.

Esri Canada education partnerships

Esri Canada collaborates with organizations committed to advancing geographic literacy and real-world learning across Canada.

Surrounded by the outdoors, two long-haired educators wearing lanyards stand over a laptop on a folding table. Across the table from them are two students, one preteen-aged and one much younger, who are looking at items on the table with interest.

Campus & school board administration

Esri Canada supports campus administration at post-secondary campuses and K–12 school districts alike with tools for campus operations management, facilities management, planning and more.

A web map of the University of Saskatchewan that summarizes the total area of different asset types, including driveways, bus stops and different types of parking lots.

GIS Ambassadors

Get involved in your education community by becoming a GIS Ambassador and supporting local schools and youth organizations.

Women with laptops sit in a classroom facing the instructor at the front of the room. The instructor is teaching from a projector screen with an ArcGIS Online resource displayed on it.

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