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The Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) wishes to bring to your attention to several student competition opportunities. Every year the CCA announces awards, prizes and scholarships for students involved in various forms of cartography or map-making and GIS applications. We encourage you to share this news with your colleagues and students.
This year the following prizes are being offered:
This year the following prizes are being offered:
- The President’s Prize Competition consists of two prizes of $250
- The Carto-Quebec Prize consists of two awards of $500
- The CCA Web Map Award Competition consists of one prize of $250
In addition to the mapping competitions, students are also encouraged to attend and present papers at the 2020 CCA Annual Conference which is taking place at the University of Victoria, B.C., May 25-28, 2020. The conference is a joint collaboration with the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) and the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA). Deadline for abstracts is February 29, 2020.
Students will have the opportunity to be considered for a best paper award of $250.
To further encourage student participation, the CCA is offering travel funding grants of up to $300 for students meeting the grant criteria. Students may submit a direct request to Roger Wheate, along with their submission form (see below).
Participants are asked to email their project URL to CCA 2020 to Conference organizer Roger Wheate [email protected] no later than 11 p.m. May 20th, 2020.
To further encourage student participation, the CCA is offering travel funding grants of up to $300 for students meeting the grant criteria. Students may submit a direct request to Roger Wheate, along with their submission form (see below).
Participants are asked to email their project URL to CCA 2020 to Conference organizer Roger Wheate [email protected] no later than 11 p.m. May 20th, 2020.
You are encouraged to share this news with all your students in Geomatics, mapping, earth sciences and remote sensing.
If you have any questions or wish to have additional information, do not hesitate to contact me directly.
The CCA President’s Prize
The CCA President’s Prize recognizes excellence in student map design and production and is open to all students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who have completed and produced a cartographic project in the preceding school year. The President’s Prize Competition consists of two prizes of $250, one for entries from college-level or CEGEP students, and one for entries from university-level students in the thematic map category
Click here for more details and to submit an application for the CCA President’s Prize
Carto-Québec Prize
The Carto-Quebec Prize is an annual competition to promote and recognize excellence in map designs in French. The competition is open to all post-secondary students in Canada who have completed and produced a cartographic project in the preceding school year. The Carto-Quebec Prize consists of two awards of $500, one for entries from college-level or CEGEP students, and one for entries from
university-level students.
Click here for more details and to submit an application for the Carto-Quebec Prize
CCA Web Map Award
This award recognizes excellence in web mapping and is open to all post-secondary students who have
completed and produced a web map in the preceding school year. The CCA Web Map Award Competition consists of one prize of $250 for entries from either college-level, CEGEP students, or university-level students.
Click here for more details and to submit an application for the CCA Web Map Award
