Why work with us?

The Faculty of Forestry at UBC provides world-class geomatics laboratories and access to software and data to put geomatics research into action. Students enrolled in the Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management program are challenged to undertake applied research projects in collaboration with a community partner. We provide everything needed to make your next geomatics project idea a reality. Students receive state-of-the-art training in geomatics, remote sensing, landscape ecology, and statistics during their program. Each student is also supported by a technical mentor who provides day-to-day support on finding data, implementing methods, writing code, and much more. Students also have access to all of the resources of a leading research university including project consultation with professors in our program, library datasets, software licenses, cloud computing resources, and a laptop.

What is the mentor’s role?

As a community partner, you identify the research project scope, objectives, and deliverables. Once your proposal is accepted, it will be advertised to our incoming cohort of graduate students, who will apply directly to your project and you select the student you would like to work with. Over the 9-month program, you commit to mentoring the student and meeting at least twice per term or four times total. You will report on student progress using our online reporting process, which contributes towards their grade.

How do I get involved?

We solicit project proposals during the summer each year prior to the start of the academic year. All projects are vetted to ensure they provide 250 hours of student time commitment and meet our program expectations. We welcome well-defined project proposals from UBC faculty members (librarians, professors, postdocs, etc.) as well as expert community partners from around the world.