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MEMBRES DE L'EXÉCUTIF ET DU CONSEIL(nos excuses, les textes seront affichés dans la langue reçu) L'EXÉCUTIF Anthony (Tony) Sani is the President of Sani-International Technology Advisors Inc. (a Canadian surveying, mapping and consulting company) and of Spatial Geo-Link Limited a software company marketing remote sensing products in Canada). He holds a Master of Applied Science degree from University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering and pursued full-time Doctorial studies at the University. He is a Chartered Land Surveyor, an Ontario Land Surveyor, Canada qualified in the disciplines of Photogrammetry and Geographic Information Management and a Commissioned Land Surveyor, Jamaica. Tony has over 30 years of professional land surveying experience since migrating to Canada and has worked at engineering and mapping companies in positions ranging from Mapping Supervisor to General Manager and Vice President. He has been very active in the surveying and remote sensing professions. Some of his more recent involvement includes: Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Association of Ontario (AOLS), Chair of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics, Toronto Branch, President of the Ontario Association of Remote Sensing; Member Board of Examiners of the AOLS and Director of the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada. Tony has presented and published in the Americas, several technical papers in remote sensing, digital photogrammetry and Geographic Information Systems, one of which was published by the United States National Institute for Standards and Technology, Publication 4688, 1991. Other achievements include: Winner of the Harold F. Edwards Prize for the highest overall marks in Land Surveying in 1974, University of Technology, Jamaica; winner of the Crawter Prize for the second highest overall marks in the final Chartered Surveyors examination in the British Commonwealth. 1978, U.K. , and the University of Technology, Jamaica - Distinguished Alumnus, 2006. George P. McFarlane, Président Élu George P. McFarlane was elected as President of the Canadian Hydrographic Association in February 2007 and was reelected for a second three year term in February 2010. George is an Ontario Land Surveyor (June 1979) and a Canada Lands Surveyor (April 1983), as well as an Ontario Land Information Professional and Geographic Information Manager. He is also licensed in several Caribbean jurisdictions as a Professional Land Surveyor. He is a Past President of the Land Surveyors Association of Jamaica, past Vice-President Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) representing Canada and the Caribbean in Land Surveying. He also served as a member of the Land Surveyors Boards of Jamaica and of the Cayman Islands and of the Advisory Committee (Land Surveying) at the College of Arts, Service and Technology (now UTECH), Jamaica. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Building Construction Engineering Committee and as a member of The Town and Country Planning Association of Jamaica. George began his career in Hydrography in 1964 when he was assigned to the Hydrographic Unit of the Survey Department of Jamaica. More recently, he served several years as the Manager of the Hydrographic Section of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Architecture and Engineering Services, Ontario Region, overseeing shallow water surveys in harbours, rivers and the interconnecting channels of the Great Lakes. He is presently Head, Surveys and Mapping of PWGSC’s Real Property Geomatics Services, Ontario Region. He has been a Canada Lands Surveyor for over 28 years, and a long-standing member of the Canadian Hydrographic Association (CHA) and is a regular attendee at National and International Conferences. He served as CIG’s Head of Delegation to the recent FIG Working Week in Marrakech, Morocco and is currently Canada’s representative on FIG’sWorking Group on Voting Rights. George previously served as CIG’s Toronto. Branch Chair and South Central Group Chair of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. He remains active as a member of the latters Underground Utilities Committee and as one of their representatives (Co-Primary, Land Surveying) on the Best Practice Committee of the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA). He is also a Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Brampton Ontario. Steeve Guillemette, Vice Président Steeve Guillemette est bachelier en géographie de l’université de Sherbrooke. Depuis, 14 ans, il œuvre dans les différentes sphères de la géomatique comme la télédétection, les systèmes d’information géographique, les GPS et la photographie aériennes. Il a notamment travaillé dans le milieu municipal, la foresterie, l’ingénierie et l’environnement. De plus, il a coordonné les activités géomatique pour des projets internationaux en Amérique latine et en Afrique. Durant 3 ans, M. Guillemette fût gestionnaire de compte pour deux compagnies québécoises en géospatial. Ces années lui ont permis d’augmenter son réseau de contact tant au Canada qu’aux État-Unis Depuis 2010, il travaille comme conseiller en système d’information à la ville de Québec. Plus spécifiquement, il est responsable d’intégrer, de diffuser et de supporter la maquette 3D de la ville de Québec. De plus, M. Guillemette coordonne les opérations courantes de la division géomatique de la division des systèmes du développement durable et des infrastructures. M. Guillemette est membre en règle de l’ACSG depuis 2005. En 2008, il s’implique en plus et devint membre du bureau de direction de la section Champlain. Steeve Guillemette s’est impliqué dans plusieurs activités comme le GéoGolf, la Soirée Champlain et le concours de cartographie pour les élèves du secondaire de la province de Québec. Steeve Guillemette est un passionné de géomatique. Il a participé à des émissions radiophoniques pour parler de l’univers de la géomatique au près du grand publique. --------------------------------------- Matthew P. Tait, Président sortant Matthew is a Civil Engineer who specialized in close-range Photogrammetry for his doctoral thesis at Leeds University, England. After graduation, he spent several years in Belgium employed by Globe NV, developing the business of 3D measurement for clients such as BASF, Norsk Hydro, and Veba Oil. During this time he managed Photogrammetry, 3D modeling, and CAD products for projects in Norway, Germany, Belgium and Italy. Matthew returned to University in late 2001 as an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, Department of Geomatics Engineering. He studied laser scanning, radar Interferometry, micro-scale DTM, and vision measurement systems. During this time, he received two awards from the engineering students’ society for teaching excellence. Since January 2008, Matthew has been the Manager of Projects for WorleyParsons Geomatics (formally Colt Geomatics Solutions Ltd.). Matthew has been an advocate for Geomatics for many years; he has been on conference committees and chaired sessions for CIG, Geotech, and FIG. He was a founding member of the Calgary Geomatics Cluster. Mr. Champoux is a graduate of the first Survey School
at Algonquin College and has worked for survey firms in the private sector
before joining the federal government. He has gained extensive knowledge
in photogrammetry, aerial photography, orthophoto mapping, and geophysical,
control, topographic, construction, and engineering surveys. An honours
economic geography graduate from Ottawa University (Bachelor of Arts & Sciences—Cum
Laude), Mr. Champoux is a member of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics,
former Treasurer on the Board of Executive of the Real Property Institute
of Canada, and the departmental delegate on the Geographical Names Board
of Canada, Co-Chairing a Working Group and member of three other working
groups and has represented Canada at two UN meetings (Vienna and New
York) of geographical experts and member of three UN Divisions. He has
recently completed a Certificate of Achievement in Leadership at the
Canadian Management Centre. Since September 2005 to April 1, 2010, he was the departmental representative on several Aboriginal Land Claims files including Land Use Planning and Land Management Regime for the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut files, Mr. Champoux has been the departmental Senior Advisor for Aboriginal Affairs under the Director of Realty Facilities Management group and was the departmental representative on the federal Interdepartmental Working Group on Consultation and Accommodation. In 2010, he returned to his substantive position as the Program Manager- Zonings. Mr. Champoux’s volunteer activities have included Secretary/Treasurer and President Circle K (University of Ottawa), Member of Treasury Board Advisory Committee on Real Property, Member of Treasury Board Real Property Management Information System Sub-Committee, Member of Executive Committee for Annual Conference on Real Property, coach of Gloucester Hornets soccer team; goalie coach, assistant coach and Treasurer of Vanier Minor Hockey Association, Alternate Chair and Interlock Coordinator for District 6 for Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association, and President/Owner of the East Ottawa Thunder Junior “C” Hockey Club with two back-to-back Eastern Ontario Junior “C” Hockey League championships (2006-2007 and 2007-2008). CONSEILLER PRÉSIDENT DES SECTIONS Peter Burns is the Chairman for the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics. He is a Canada Lands Surveyor and a Professional Engineer. He studied at the University of New Brunswick and completed his Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering in 1983. Peter joined the Department of Natural Resources Canada, Legal Surveys Division, in November of 1983 and has worked within this organization in Yellowknife, Toronto and Ottawa. Soon after joining Legal Surveys he received his commission as a Canada Lands Surveyor and a Professional Engineer. He is currently located in Vancouver, where he manages legal survey projects for Indian Reserves and National Parks. Whenever possible, he enjoys getting away from his desk and into the field to do some real land surveying. Peter has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics for many years and has served as the Chairman for the Vancouver Branch for the past two years. He joined CIG when he was a student at UNB; back then, it was known as the Canadian Institue of Surveying and Mapping. As the Chairman of the Vancouver Branch he is committed to providing Vancouver CIG members with informative and interesting events each year. This fall the Vancouver Branch started a brown-bag lunch series for the students at BCIT. Vancouver has a vibrant Geomatics industry and Peter would like to see a growth in CIG membership from this region. Annick Jaton has been the chair of the Champlain Branch of CIG since June 2004 (www.acsg-champlain.ca). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing from Sherbrooke University. She has been working at Laval University in Quebec City since 1989, after a few years in the private sector. She is currently assistant director for the undergraduate programs in Geomatics, as well as the research advisor for the Department of Geomatics Sciences. Annick has contributed in the organization of many activities in geomatics in Quebec; most notably, she helped in creating the GEOIDE Network of Centres of Excellence. She has been involved in different national and international initiatives/associations like the new French Federation of Surveyors. Annick was the co-president of the GeoCongress Quebec 2007, held in Quebec City in October 2007: www.Quebec2007.ca. After completing his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the Université de Moncton, Yves went on to obtain his M.Sc. in Geography from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Yves has over 12 years Geomatics experience in the private and public sectors and also has some international experience having worked in the Côte d’Ivoire. Yves has worked as a Project Manager, Geomatics Specialist and GIS Consultant before taking on his current role as GIS Manager with the City of Saint John. Yves has been the GIS Manager for the City of Saint John since 2000. In addition to being a member of CIG, Yves is also a member of URISA and GITA. The Canadian Remote Sensing Society has recognized him as a Certified Mapping Scientist in GIS and he has also been certified as a GIS Professional by the GIS Certification Institute. Tim Webster is a Research Scientist with the Applied Geomatics Research Group at the Centre of Geographic Sciences of the Nova Scotia Community College. He obtained his PhD in Earth Sciences from Dalhousie University in 2006, where he is working on using LiDAR to aid in mapping geological landforms. His research interests are in the area of high-resolution digital elevation models and satellite and airborne imagery, and the application of those technologies to environmental and natural resource problems. Prior to this research role, he taught in the Remote Sensing and GIS programs at COGS, since 1991. He has a Master’s Degree in Science from Acadia University, an Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing from COGS, and a BSc in Geology and Physics from UNB. He has worked in private industry, both as a geologist and for a GIS vendor prior to joining the college. CONSEILLER TECHNIQUES Janet E. Mersey, Cartographie et CNC ICA Janet Mersey is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph, Ontario, where her responsibilities include teaching courses in geographic information systems, remote sensing and cartography, and managing the department’s GIS laboratories. Recently, her research interests have focussed on the application of GIS and mapping technologies to the management of protected areas, including the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, and the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve in Canada. Other research initiatives focus more specifically on map communication and cartographic symbolization. Published work has investigated the utilization of geographic models, such as a soil erosion potential model, to plan effective conservation strategies in ecologically sensitive areas, and the importance of community-based participation in the success of such projects. Janet’s interest in the use of the Internet in GIS education is also reflected in her work, and she recently developed a series of GIS/RS modules for an on-line course in GIS and Landscape Restoration at the University of Wisconsin. Janet grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, and completed undergraduate studies in mathematics and economics at Mount Allison University. A post-graduate program in cartography attracted her to the University of Wisconsin—Madison, where she earned a Master’s (1980) and a PhD (1984) degree, under the tutelage of Arthur Robinson and David Woodward. A long-time member of the Canadian Cartographic Association, Janet has served on its executive as Chair as the Cartographic Education Interest Group, Chair of the Map Design Interest Group, and as President (1995-96). She was a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Cartographica for seven years, and was its book review editor for fifteen years. Currently, Janet belongs to the Editorial Board of the journal Cartographic Perspectives, and has served on the Board of Directors of the North American Cartographic Association. Costas Armenakis, Photogrammétrie Costas Armenakis is currently an assistant professor in Geomatics Engineering, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University and an adjunct professor, Disaster and Emergency Management Program, York University. His research interests are in the areas of rapid mapping, monitoring and tracking using digital photogrammetry and remote sensing methods involving change detection and feature extraction from imaging and ranging sensors and the use of unmanned aerial mapping systems. Other research interests are in digital topographic mapping and visualization, data integration and fusion, image mapping, DEM, and hypermedia cartography. Costas is involved with the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), where he served as President of the Technical Commission IV on Spatial Information Systems and Digital Mapping (2000-2004). From 2004-2008, he is serving as a member of the ISPRS Financial Committee and as Regional Coordinator for the ISPRS WG VIII/6. Costas received his Dipl. Ing. (1979) in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University, Athens, Greece, and his MScE (1983) and PhD (1988) in Surveying Engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario. Jean-Noël Lechasseur est arpenteur-géomètre et arpenteur des terres du Canada inactif à Banff, Alberta, et actif pour différentes associations professionnelles au Canada depuis 1999. Jean-Noël Lechasseur a gradué en arpentage à l’Université Laval, Québec, en 1976 et a reçu sa licence d’arpenteur-géomètre la même année. En 1981, il a obtenu son brevet d’arpenteur fédéral. Il poursuivit ses études et obtint sa maîtrise en administration des affaires, option finance, de l’École des hautes études commerciales (HEC) de l’Université de Montréal en 1986. De 1971 à 1976, il a été à l’emploi de la firme Béliveau-Couture, arpenteurs géomètres, à titre de stagiaire arpenteur géomètre et à titre d’arpenteur-géomètre responsable de 1976 à 1981. En 1975, il a été professeur à temps partiel au Département de cartographie du Cégep de Limoilou à Québec. En 1981, il s’est lié à Gendron Lefebvre inc. à titre de directeur adjoint du Service de géomatique et directeur du même service la même année jusqu’à 1992. De juin 1992 à 1999, suite à une restructuration du service et au regroupement avec la firme Tecsult, il œuvre à titre de directeur adjoint et responsable des projets spéciaux aux niveaux national et international. Pour résumer ses activités para-professionnelles au cours de sa carrière, Jean-Noël a été : président du Comité de la revue de l’Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec (OAGQ) (1978-1982); président du Conseil des levés cartographiques du Québec (CLECQ) (1983); président du Comité des techniciens et technologues de l’ACSG (1985); président de l’Association des arpenteurs des terres du Canada (AATC) (1988-1990); membre de la Commission des examinateurs des arpenteurs des terres du Canada (1991à 1997 et 1999 à aujourd’hui); président du Comité des publications de l’ACSG (1995); coprésident du Comité des bourses d’études de Géomatique Canada pour l’ACSG (1999-2008); coprésident du Comité des bouses commémoratives du fond Hans Klinkenberg (1999 à aujourd’hui); membre du Comité des prix David Thompson pour les arpenteurs des terres du Canada (2010 à aujourd’hui); membre de l’ACSG depuis 1976 et membre du Conseil d’administration de l’ACSG, section de Montréal (1981 à aujourd’hui); président de la section (1983) et président de l’ACSG (1996-1997). Engagé dans un domaine qui le passionne, c’est avec enthousiasme
qu’il atteint ses objectifs. L’un dira qu’il possède
un bon jugement à planifier, l’autre affirmera qu’il
a le sens de l’organisation. Enfin, il a la constante préoccupation
de se perfectionner et de se réaliser dans de nouveaux défies
comme la photographie et le montage vidéo sur DVD, le ski alpin
et le golf. Izaak de Rijcke , Éditeur GEOMATICA Jean Thie has worked over 30 years in ecological land classification, geographic information systems, management of science programs, policy and program development. After initial studies in forestry and rural engineering in the Netherlands, he completed an M.Sc. in Soil Science / Biophysical Land Classification at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Remote sensing and land resource surveys and monitoring were the themes of his studies at the International Centre for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC, the Netherlands) and the Laboratory of Application of Remote Sensing (LARS, Purdue, US). While being responsible for the forestry sector of the Canada Land Inventory in Manitoba, the newly emerging remote sensing technology drew him to the field of spatial information management. He was instrumental in establishing the Manitoba Remote Sensing Centre and became the first Head of Applications Development of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. His research was focused on permafrost melting in the subarctic and rapid ecological monitoring and assessment systems for Canada’s North. As Director and Director General of the Lands Directorate, Environment Canada he managed the world leading Canadian Geographic Information System (CGIS). He was responsible for the completion of the Canada Land Inventory Program, the Canada Land Use Monitoring Program and the Northern Land use Information Mapping (covering most of Canada’s arctic with a socio-economic and environmental reconnaissance mapping). He was responsible for the development of national and federal land use and wetlands policies. Later as Director of the National Atlas Information Service, his team launched the first world wide web based-GIS in 1994, providing wide public access to national and socio-economic data bases for education (SchoolNet), community planning (Community Atlas), and policy application. As a consultant he worked extensively on the development of knowledge infrastructure and corporate decision support systems for science organizations and the private sector using the internet and intranet. He was CIO for the IUCN-The World Conservation Union, the largest environmental organization and multi-stakeholder knowledge network in the world, with a focus on knowledge management, collaborative internet strategies and digital divide issues. He led a special workshop on Digital Opportunities for Sustainable Development at the UN World Summit on SD. He is a past President of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society and was the founding President of the Canadian Society for Landscape Ecology and Management. He was Executive Director of the Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification which initiated many of the ecological, integrative frameworks, approaches and principles which now form part of integrated resource planning and State of the Environment reporting at the local, regional, provincial and national levels in Canada. He is presently President of Ecoinformatics International Inc, and Chief Editor of Geomatica, The Journal of Geopsatial Information Science, technology and Practice published by the Canadian Institute of Geomatics. Songnian Li, (Président provisoire, Section Toronto ) Comité national canadien SIPT Songnian Li is associate professor in geomatics engineering in the Department
of Civil Engineering at the Ryerson University. His current research
interests include web mapping and geospatial services, collaborative
GIS systems and decision support, geospatial data acquisition, and spatiotemporal
analysis applications. Other recent research interests have focused on
urban solar modeling and mapping, event-driven GIS based on publish/subscribe
architecture, and road database updating and traffic modeling using GPS
trace data collected from smart phones. Songnian has been involved with
the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ISPRS) since 2004. He has served as the Co-Chair and Chair of ISPRS
Working Group IV/5 on “Web-based
Geoinformation Services and Applications” from 2004 to 2008, and
is currently the Chair of the same Working Group. As a member of the
Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), Songnian has served the Institute
in a number of capacities including associate editor of Geomatica, Treasure
and Interim Chair of the Toronto Branch, and council member. Songnian
received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Wuhan Technical University
of Surveying and Mapping (now merged into Wuhan University), China and his PhD from the University
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