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.

Four students and a teacher sit outdoors on a picnic blanket. The teacher is showing a leafy sample to the students, who are leaning in curiously. A laptop accompanies the lesson.

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.

Four women sit around a table, two in the foreground and two in the background. All four women have open laptops in front of them. The women in the foreground are using their laptops to operate ArcGIS software.

Esri Canada education partnerships

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

Two girls sit beside one another at computer workstations that show GIS applications onscreen.

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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