Awards
Recognition - MApps Award - Best Challenge Award - Bursaries
Awards and RecognitionNumerous awards for a variety of achievements and challenges each year. Awards are handed out at our annual BeSpatial Event. Click here for a Print version |
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Best Challenge Awards
Best Public Sector:The Best Public Sector GIS award is presented to organizations that have demonstrated the use of GIS in improving effectiveness and efficiency in enterprise GIS for public sector operations
Innovation in GIS: The Innovation in GIS award is presented to individuals or organizations who have newly demonstrated or refined innovation in GIS and geospatial technology through a specific piece of work or project.
Best Web GIS: The Best Web GIS award is presented to organizations that have demonstrated advanced internet/intranet mapping services that enable publishing and sharing of geographic information through the integration of multiple business systems
Best Public Sector GIS 2023 Gold Award: City of Greater Sudbury 2022 Gold Award: City of Hamilton 2021 Gold Award: City of Guelph 2020 Gold Award: Town of East Gwillimbury | Innovation in GIS 2023 Gold Award: Infrastructure Ontario 2022 Gold Award: Region of Peel 2021 Gold Award: City of Richmond Hill: Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) tool 2020 Gold Award: City of Kitchener | Best Web GIS 2023 Gold Award: Town of Newmarket 2022 Gold Award: Town of Milton 2021 Gold Award: Town of East Gwillimbury: Parks and Trails Web Story Map 2020 Gold Award: City of Richmond Hill |
People's Choice MApps Awards2023 Best App: Town of Orangeville - Street Tree Reporter Best Map: Municipality of Clarington - Distribution and Abundance of the Caribou in the Yukon 2022 Best App: City of Mississauga - eParks Interactive Map Viewer Application Best Map: Shahzaib Saleem - City of Rotterdam Thematic Map 2021 Best App: District of Muskoka - Floodline and LiDAR Mapping Best Map: Nebyu Woldeyohanes -Debris Flows in the Bow River Valley, between Banff and Lake Louise, using DEMs 2020 Best App: City of Kitchener - Kitchener's Speed Zone Analysis Best Map: Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services - 2018 In Review Link to MApps (Maps and Apps) Award page 2023 - Hannah Flores, University of Toronto 2022 - Melissa Jade Greco, University of Waterloo 2021 - Xuyang Han, York University 2019 - Devon Kleinjan, Guelph University |
 35 Year Members - Founders Club Alex Miller, President, Esri Canada Jury Konga, Go Open Data, Executive Director Lou Milrad, Legal Advisory services Ron Jaros, Former Region of Peel Sandra Crutcher, BeSpatial Ontario, Executive Director, former City of Toronto  30 Year Members - Diamond Jubilee Club Raphael Sussman, Raphael Sussman Consulting Services Jerry Crawford, True North Digital Mapping John Houweling, York Region Andy Mackie, Teranet Inc.  25 Year Members - Silver Jubilee Club Jason Davis, County of Renfrew Jaroslaw Losko, Independent Janet Vittie, GISP, City of Niagara Falls Garry T. Hunter, Hunter and Associates Dave Salter, Niagara Region |
URISA International Chapter Award |
URISA Ontario Wins 2011 Chapter of the Year Award from URISA InternationalThe 2011 award marks the third year that URISA Ontario has won Chapter of the year (also won chapter of the year in 2003, and 1996). URISA Ontario Service Awards 2020 - Catherine Fitzgerald (2009-19) 2019 - Dianne Adams (2017-19) 2019 - Jasna Filipovic (2012-19) 2019 - Jeremy Luymes (2015-19) 2019 - Scott Barbacki (2017-19) 2015 - Lena Gomes (2008-15) 2013 - Susan Port: (2006-2013) 2013 - Chris Wilkinson: (2006-2013) 2012 - Dianne Adams: (2008-2012) 2012 - Melanie Wawryk (2008-2012) 2001 - Antoni Wisnioski 2001 - Patrick McDade
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President Lena Gomes accepting the Chapter of the year award from Cy Smith, 2011 URISA International president. at URISA International's annual general meeting. |
Current Management Board & Past Presidents of the Ontario Association |
Top to bottom: Lou Milrad, Sandra Crutcher, Jury Konga, Ron Jaros, Nigel Roberts, Lena Gomes, Al Little and Catherine Fitzgerald. President's Club (1987-2023)Peter Hettstedt (Current) Susan Muleme Kasumba (Immediate Past President) Catherine Fitzgerald Al Little Lena Gomes Catherine Baldelli Tim Hu Nigel Roberts Ron Jaros Donna Edwards Jury Konga Sandra Crutcher Lou Milrad John Houweling George Lysenko |
Back row: left to right: Hanna Sjostrom, Susan Muleme Kasumba, Courtney Dunn, James Burn, Melanie Wawryk, Jeff Norris, Jackie Smith, Jax Vollmer, Andrew Lyszkiewicz Front row: left to right: Wendy Baldin, Peter Hettstedt, Sandra Crutcher, Brooke Hewitt Missing: Jennifer Gross, Michael Daleo, Andrea McEachern |
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