School of Earth, Environment & Society GIS Award Winners

Esri Canada Center Of Excellence Student Of The Year

Name	Year
Zehui Yin	2024-25
Alex Furukawa	2023-24
Daniel Van Veghel	2022-23
Madinakhon Sulaymonova	2021-22
Raj Ubhi	2020-21
Sean Leipe	2019-20
Matthew Brown	2018-19
Anastassios Dardas	2017-18
Anastassios Dardas	2016-17
Karl Chastko	2015-16

 

Esri Development Center Student Of The Year

Name	Year	Project
Karl Chastko	2016-17	ECCE App Challenge participant, Story Map Challenge Winner
Spencer Elford	2015-16	Provenance tools for Isoforensics Investigations & ECCE App Challenge participant
Craig Allison	2014-15	Uncertainty tools for topographic region delineation & ECCE App Challenge participant
Matthew Adams	2013-14	Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) web mapping service
Matthew Adams	2012-13	Landuse regression tools
Michael Zablocki	2011-12	Terrain Analysis tools
Ron Dalumpines	2010-11	GPS Tools
Ron Dalumpines	2009-10	GPS Tools
Chris McGuire	2008-09	Mobile air pollution monitoring database creation and toolkit

 

Esri Canada Higher Education Scholarship In GIS Winners

Recipients receive funding, access to software, books and training. Awarded to the individual who excels in the core GIS courses offered in the School of Earth, Environment & Society

Name	Degree	Year
Nolyn Lakhanpal	Honours Environment & Society	2025-26
Jenna Mallinson	Honours Earth & Environmental Science CO-OP	2024-25
Audreana Rossi	Honours Environmental Science	2023-24
Frank Wang	Honours Health Science	2022-23
Olivia Maddigan	Honours Geography & Environmental Science CO-OP	2021-22
Lysha Boudreau-Pirsich	Honours Earth & Environmental Science CO-OP	2020-21
Sherry Chen	Honours Biology & Environmental Science	2019-20
Nicole Langdon	Honours Geography	2018-19
Sean Leipe	Honours Earth & Environmental Science	2017-18
Spencer Elford	Honours Earth & Environmental Science	2016-17
Iwona Widurska	Honours Earth & Environmental Science	2015-16
Craig Allison	Honours Geography & Environmental Science	2014-15
David Kynaston	Honours Earth & Environmental Science	2013-14
Carlo Cilia	Honours Earth Science	2012-13
Alexandra Milanetti	Honours Environmental Science	2011-12
Alyssa Harder	Honours Arts & Science	2010-11
Dave Pridham	Honours History	2009-10

 

Esri Canada Young Scholar Award Winners

The Esri Canada Young Scholar competition is annual competition held across Canada to identify excellence in research using Esri’s GIS technology. It is a judged competition with 1 grand prize (a trip to the Annual User Conference in San Diego). There is special recognition given to the following categories: Ph. D., Master’s, Undergraduate, and College. The links below take you to the prize winning posters submitted to the competition. All students are members of our department except where noted.

Name	Year	Project
Christine Davidson  (Classics Department) (National Runner Up)	2020-21	Mapping Farmstead-Sanctuary Connectivity using Least Cost Path in an Ancient Landscape
Sean Leipe (National Runner Up)	2019-20	Evaluating vegetation change in a subarctic catchment through fusion of remotely sensed data
Nicole Langdon (National Runner Up and Undergraduate Winner)	2018-19	Urban Agriculture & Food Accessibility in McQuesten, Hamilton, ON
Anastassios Dardas (National Runner Up)	2017-18	Accessibility to Vital Services for Caregiver-Employees
Sean Leipe (Undergraduate Winner)	2016-17	Badland Susceptibility in Basilicata, Italy
Craig Allison (Undergraduate Winner)	2014-15	Delineating Topographic Regions in Italy

 

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