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Vancouver Island University's geographic information program faces cancellation

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Geographic Information Systems program at Vancouver Island University is the third largest in Canada.

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The advanced diploma and masters in GIS are the third-largest program of its kind in Canada, after the B.C. Institute of Technology and Fleming College in Ontario, he said. A memo to the board of governors from Michael Quinn, VIU provost and vice-president academic, and Elizabeth Brimacombe, the dean of social sciences, estimates the two GIS programs will run a $150,000 deficit in the 2024-2025 school year.“They have not provided justification for why they think that the program is going to lose money.”

The use of GIS is now embedded into virtually every sector, she said. ”People just don’t realize how much they use it on a daily basis.” “Right now, a lot of it is managed by consultants like ourselves. But the goal is to have them be able to work with it on their own.”

 

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