Please note that the workshop agenda is a work-in-progress and is subject to change. Tuesday July 28th 8-9am: Registration and breakfast 9-9:30am Welcome and introduction 9:30-10am: Our shared spaces—Rod Whitlow, Chiefs of Ontario 10-10:30am: You show me yours: a litigator's perspective on indigenous mapping—Cathy Guirguis and Senwung Luk, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP 10:30-10:45am: Coffee break 10:45-11:30am: Panel Presentations, facilitated by the Firelight Group
11:30-12:30pm: Lunch 12:30-1pm: Introduction to Indigenous mapping with Google Presenter: Raleigh Seamster, Google Earth Outreach In this session we’ll give an overview of how indigenous communities have been using Google mapping tools to collect and visualize their data.1-3pm: Tools for traditional land use & occupancy mapping: Direct-to-Digital Mapping with Google Earth Presenters: Steve DeRoy, the Firelight Group and Raleigh Seamster, Google Earth Outreach This session will cover how to use Google Earth to map places of cultural importance discussed during a field interview. Participants will learn the basics of how to use Google Earth - a 3D virtual globe — and how to create all the basic feature types for mapping sites of significance during a field interview: points, lines, and polygons, and image overlays using the direct-to-digital method. Then participants will practice new skills by building a cultural map layer through a field interview with one of your classmates. 3-3:30pm: Coffee break 3:30-5pm: Tools for traditional land use & occupancy mapping: Making and sharing your maps Presenters: Christiaan Adams and Raleigh Seamster, Google Earth Outreach This session will build on the direct-to-digital method taught earlier in the day. Participants will learn how to style and add to the richness of your map through multimedia, custom icons, legends and logos; and we’ll discuss sharing and presentation techniques. 5pm: Closing for the day Wednesday July 29 8-8:45am: Breakfast 9-9:15am: Opening prayers 9:15-10am: Using GIS to inform First Nation decision making processes—Cheryl Recollet, Wahnapitae First Nation 10-10:15am: Coffee break 10:15-11am: Panel Presentations, facilitated by the Firelight Group
11-11:30am: Lightning round 11:30-12:30pm: Lunch 12:30-2:30pm: Tools for traditional land use & occupancy mapping: Managing your map data in Google Earth Presenters: Christiaan Adams, Google Earth Outreach; Brian Thom, University of Victoria; and Steve DeRoy, the Firelight Group This session will teach participants how to visualize in Google Earth various types of datasets such as historical maps, shapefiles, GPS data and raster images. The tools covered during this session will include Google’s professional software Google Earth Pro, which is now available for free. 2:30-3pm: Coffee break 3-4:30pm: Tools for environmental monitoring: Open Data Kit as a field data collection tool Presenter: Raleigh Seamster, Google Earth Outreach This session will cover how to collect geospatial information about the natural world while in the field and sync it to a map, using Android mobile devices and the Open Data Kit tool suite. 4:30-5pm: Lightning round 5pm: Closing for the day 6-8pm: Welcome dinner Thursday July 30 8-8:45am: Breakfast 9-9:15am: Opening prayers 9:15-9:45am: Mapping the digital terrain: Towards Indigenous geographic information and spatial data quality indicators—Dr. Rachel Olson and Steve DeRoy, The Firelight Group 9:45-10:30am: Panel Presentations, facilitated by the Firelight Group
10:30-10:45am: Coffee break 10:45-11:30am: Lightning round 11:30-12:30pm: Lunch 12:30-2pm: Breakout sessions (choose one)
2-2:30pm: Coffee break 2:30-4pm: Breakout sessions
4:10-4:30pm: Closing session 4:30pm: Closing of workshop |