Message from Rebecca  Degagne at SCGIS (Society for Conservation GIS):

We hope you're staying well and will join us for our upcoming SCGIS-CBI Webinar Series, which kicks off in two weeks.
 
We have a wonderful line-up, featuring a diverse group of speakers with presentations on using citizen science data to monitor threatened species, tracking land degradation with remote sensing, building relationships for career development, creating partnerships with Indigenous communities, and mapping bird migrations and threats.
 
If you register for a webinar and can't make the live presentation, you'll be sent a link to the video recording to watch at your convenience. The whole recording archive can be accessed here: https://scgis.org/webinar/index/past/1. 
 
SCGIS-CBI 2021 Spring Webinar Series:
 
March 4th, 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific
Using community science to predict extinctions and monitor threatened species
Peter Soroye, University of Ottawa. 
REGISTER: https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/using-community-science-predict-extinctions-and-monitor-threatened-species
 
March 11th, 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific
Measuring progress in land condition from space with Trends.Earth
Gabriel Daldegan, Moore Center for Science at Conservation International
REGISTER: https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/scgis-webinar-measuring-progress-land-condition-space-trendsearth
 
March 18th, 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific
Building Relationships that Matter for Geospatial Career Success
Eva Reid, Eva Reid Consulting, LLC
REGISTER: https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/scgis-webinar-building-relationships-matter-geospatial-career-success
 
April 1st, 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific
Building Effective Partnerships with Indigenous Communities
James Rattling Leaf, Sr., Group on Earth Observations Indigenous Alliance
REGISTER: https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/scgis-webinar-building-effective-partnerships-indigenous-communities
 
April 8th, 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific
Mapping Bird Migrations and Threats Across the Western Hemisphere
Erika Knight & Lotem Taylor, National Audubon Society
REGISTER: https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/scgis-webinar-mapping-bird-migrations-and-threats-across-western-hemisphere
 
We make our webinars free & open to everyone, so please share these links with your networks and consider joining SCGIS as a member, to support our work. 
We're also planning on holding more SCGIS-CBI mixer-style meetups later in the year at rotating times, so folks from around the world can join in.
 
If you want to fast-track your involvement in the conservation community, volunteer for SCGIS! - Reliable people with time to contribute (though fall 2021, at least) are especially needed to support our virtual SCGIS Conference activities. If you're interested in volunteering for the Conference Committee, please email vsclater@scgis.org.

OSU is hosting this 5 Under 5 Alumni Panel tomorrow evening, 2/9! They have some amazing alumni lined up. All five are OSU CEOAS graduates and four of them also earned the GIS Certificate. Check them out here:  https://www.osualum.com/5under5
I welcome all of you to attend, support, and ask them questions!
 
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 5:30-6:30pm
Event Details and registration: 5 Under 5 https://www.osualum.com/5under5
Theme: Mapping your future: Careers in GIS and Geospatial Technology
 
At this 5 Under 5 student-alumni event, hear from and network with five recent graduates from College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences with careers in GIS and Geospatial technologies. In this interactive panel, you’ll learn about the early career paths of others from your discipline and find support for your day to day college life and as you transition from education to industry.

Esri has an upcoming webinar on February 24th that is geared towards Urban & Regional Planning and Geodesign faculty.
 
The webinar will feature a panel of faculty members discussing their work with GIS and ArcGIS Urban this past year:

• Gary Coutu, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, West Chester University 
  
• Shin Kue Ryu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Idaho State University 
  
• James Sipes, Lecturer in Geodesign, Department of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University 
  
• Dan Meehan, Geodesign Program Manager, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Penn State University 

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Registration link: https://go.esri.com/urban-planning-higher-ed-webinar

This webinar series highlights women in geospatial fields and provides a platform to tell their unique professional growth stories and career paths.

This guided discussion will cover the speaker’s career challenges, current projects, and career growth.

How to Discover Your Career Niche
Monday, March 29 | 11 AM-12 PM PT

Instructor:
Dr. Maria Fadiman
Professor Florida Atlantic University and National Geographic Explorer

In this webinar, two time TEDx speaker and National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Maria Fadiman will discuss the evolution of her career in working with cultural and ecological conservation. Her stories will cover how success is not always a straight path, how to tell your unique story, and how to use your own skills to grow professionally.

In this webinar you will: 

• Learn how the speaker incorporates GIS and geography into her work in Ethnobotany
• Explore how to work with different cultures, genders, and social norms while conducting fieldwork
• Understand the importance of pursuing your interests & passion
• Learn about the field of ethnobotany (people and plants) 

Register For This Webinar


Finding Your Authentic Voice for GIS, Data and Life
Tuesday, April 27 | 11 AM-12 PM PT

Instructor:
Helen Thompson, CRE
Group Lead, Content and Applied Analytics at ESRI

In this webinar, you will learn about parallel transitions in life, gender, and GIS. Helen Thompson will talk about the transitions in her life, including gender and societal change, while experiencing the global changes in society, industry, and more recently the increasing awareness of spatial literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

​In this webinar you will: 

• Discover the gendered approach to technology and GIS, persevering through a male-dominated field
• Learn how to allow your authentic self to be reflected in your work
• Gain strategies for discovering and communicating the story in data using analytics
• Learn how to apply spatial literacy to help solve real-world problems

Register For This Webinar

Interested in networking with five recent graduates about careers in GIS and Geospatial technologies? The OSU alumni association is pleased to offer this 5 Under 5 student-alumni event. We encourage you all to attend. See details below and let us know if you have any questions.
 
Mapping your future: Careers in GIS and Geospatial Technology
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 5:30-6:30pm
Event: 5 Under 5 https://www.osualum.com/5under5
 
At this 5 Under 5 student-alumni event, hear from and network with five recent graduates from College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences with careers in GIS and Geospatial technologies. In this interactive panel, you’ll learn about the early career paths of others from your discipline and find support for your day to day college life and as you transition from education to industry.
 
Register at: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QCLVgX_vQCapiLu1GFquXg
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https://orurisa.org/event-3886396

​Emerging Professionals Mappy Hour

• When
  July 09, 2020
• 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Location
  https://meet.google.com/dus-wukr-yrs

Ready for some much needed socializing with your GIS community? Join your favorite group, Emerging Professionals, for an evening of reconnecting, socializing, sharing new project ideas, or just saying hi! Bring your favorite drink, snacks and stop by anytime during our Mappy Hour. 

​MappyHourPub.pdf

The UK FOSS4G community is having a 1-day virtual conference on this coming Wednesday June 17th, with 3 tracks of presentations across a wide variety of topics:

tracks and times:
https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/programme.html

read the abstracts here:
https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/sessions.html

Due to the time difference, the schedule runs from about 1am to 10am Pacific time, and presumably recordings will be available for most things after the fact. Registration is open for the next 24 hours:

registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foss4guk-2020-online-registration-105523419388

Cost is free, though they do recommend a few charities that they would like to direct donations to if you are able.

Message from: David Asbury | Esri | storymaps.arcgis.com

For those of you who might be interested, Esri is hosting the 5th edition of the webinar series StoryMaps Live! tomorrow, June 17th. This session will feature the work of the Grand Canyon Trust as they work to amplify the voices of Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, and Zuni storytellers and will include SCGIS’s very own Stephanie Smith as a guest!

• Get up to speed on the latest enhancements to ArcGIS StoryMaps, and see what’s coming next
• Hear how our featured storytellers, Stephanie Smith and Ellen Heyn are using story maps in their work.
• Let the StoryMaps team answer your questions live

Learn more and sign up for the webinar here: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-storymaps/sharing-collaboration/storymaps-live-june/
 
Be sure to check out their excellent story map Voices of the Grand Canyon as well as an informative interview with the authors as they talk about their process.