Canada

There are many people involved in OSGeo who are from Canada. This page is to try to gather interest in establishing a nation-wide OSGeo chapter. The Ottawa Local Chapter has focused on the nation's capital, and other cities are sure to have particular smaller groups of interest as well.

= Mission =

= Objectives =
 * Support development of local OSGEO chapters
 * Support National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO
 * Organize National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO
 * Participate in National Geomatics events to promote FOSS4G and OSGEO

= Resources =
 * Starting a local Chapter
 * Local Chapter Guidelines
 * Proposed Membership Rules
 * Interest Groups
 * Like Minded Regional Organizations
 * One Organizational Model
 * International Outreach

= Representation (Prov/Terr) = A good goal would be for full representation across the country. Please change the list as we add missing representation. Either a group or single individual can be considered a representation. Next to the abbreviation we can list regional chapters that are also represented in this group. A regional chapter is not required for representation but can help network people to local activities.

Present

 * AB: Alberta Chapter - we plan on establishing one in April/May 2010
 * BC: British Columbia Chapter,
 * NB: Atlantic Canada Chapter - beginning formation June 2010
 * NL: Atlantic Canada Chapter - beginning formation June 2010
 * NS: Atlantic Canada Chapter - beginning formation June 2010
 * ON: Ottawa Chapter,
 * PE: Atlantic Canada Chapter - beginning formation June 2010
 * QC: Chapitre québécois (Discussions started in Reflexions Quebec, with a meeting on June 4, 2008).

Absent

 * MB
 * NT
 * NU
 * SK
 * YT

= Interested Individuals =
 * Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo, Williams Lake, British Columbia


 * Dave Patton, CIS and Degree Confluence Project, Victoria, British Columbia


 * Dave Sampson, Ottawa Chapter


 * Tom Kralidis, Charter Member, Toronto, ON


 * Scott Mitchell, Ottawa Chapter, Carleton University,  GRASS project (PSC)


 * Mike Adair, Ottawa Chapter, Charter member,  MapBuilder project, DM Solutions Group


 * Daniel Morissette, Mapgears, Chicoutimi, QC


 * Mark Leslie, LISAsoft, Sydney, AU (but I'm still Canadian)


 * Bob Bruce Province of Manitoba, HWPS, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Interests: MapServer, QGIS, uDig, Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI), Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI) Webmap, MLI WMS Server


 * Thierry Badard, Conference Committee,  Francophone and  Quebec chapters, Laval University (Centre for Research in Geomatics) and Spatialytics inc., Quebec City, QC


 * Ken Sanderson, Miistakis Institute, Hope River, PEI


 * Alexandre Leroux, Canadian Meteorological Centre and Slashgeo, Montreal, Qc


 * Shawn Wallbridge Hobbyist, SynAck Hosting, Winnipeg, Manitoba.


 * Stefan Steiniger, Calgary, AB. OpenJUMP Volunteer, my UofC homepage
 * Jeff McKenna, Gateway Geomatics, Lunenburg, NS
 * Robert Weise, Integrated Informatics Inc., Calgary, AB

= Links =