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Research Interests

  Cartography & Data Visualization
  Geographic Information Systems
 

Visualizing Environmental History

  Teaching Geography: in highschools and teaching spatial concepts to elementary school aged children

 

Teaching

  2005-present Senior Instructor, UBC Geography
  2000 - 2005 Instructor I, UBC Geography
  1996 - 2000 Sessional Instructor, UBC Geography
  1996 - 1997 Instructor, Continuing Studies UBC
  1986 - 2003 Instructor, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) GIS and Cartographic Workshops
  1986 - 1994 Instructor, ESRI Canada for GIS software (ARC/INFO)
  1984 - 1985 Sessional Lecturer, University of Victoria

 

Education

  M.A. (1984) Geography/Cartography Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
  B.A. (1982) Geography Queen's University, Kingston Ontario

 

Professional Experience

  1986 - 1994 ESRI Canada, Consultant for GIS Implementation, Training, Customer Support
  1985 - 1986 BC Ministry of Environment, Survey and Resource Mapping, Consultant

 

Presentations

  2007 April New Cartographies, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, England
  2006 Nov Utilisation du SIG à visualiser avec des cartes l’histoire de l'environnement, UJF,Grenoble Fr.
  2006 May Using Metadata in Teaching and Research, Western Assoc. Map Librarians
  2006 March Historial GIS, new approaches to old problems, AAG Chicago
  2006 Feb Visualizing Environmental History, Camosun Bog, UBC Green College, Nature, History and Society
  2005 Nov The Nature of an Urban Bog, Vancouver, BC, Pacific Spirit Park Meeting
  2005 Sept Visualizing Environmental History, Camosun Bog, UBC Geography Colloquium
  2005 July Teaching Cartography (and Proud of it), CCA Annual Meeting, St. John's Nfld
  2005 July Teaching Metadata, CCA Annual Meeting, St. John's Nfld
  2005 June The Nature of an Urban Bog, CAG Annual Meeting, London Ontario
  2005 Feb Careers in Geotechnology Panel, Chair, GeoTec2005, Vancouver BC
  2005 Feb Educators and Employers Sharing Perspectives, Chair, GeoTec2005, Vancouver BC
  2004 Nov Teaching Social Studies: Using Geography to Teach History, UBC Faculty Education (annual lecture)
  2003 Nov Environmental Organizer Workshop, with M. North, BC Social Studies Teacher Association, Burnaby BC
  2003 May Cartography Comeback, CCA/CAG Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC
  2001 Aug Teaching Mapping Skills to Elementary School Aged Children, National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC
  2001 Feb GIs Education: Joint Programs, GIS2001, Vancouver BC
  2000 June GIs Education and Training: Monograph 43, 10 years later, CCA Annual Meeting, Edmonton Alberta

 

Publications

  2005 Fall Hermansen, S., Wynn, G. "The Nature of an Urban Bog" Urban History Review, vol XXXIV, no 1 fall 2005

 

Consulting Activity

  2003 May Yukon Territorial Government, Data Visualization Workshop
  1999-2003 British Columbia Institute of Technology, Cartography Workshop
  1998 Weldwood, Cartographic Workshop
     

 

Professional Memberships

  Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA), Member, 2004/05 Executive
  North American Cartographic Information Society (NAIS), Member
  Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), Member

 

 

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