The proceedings of the 9th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information (#SKI2026) Canada are now online (open access). zenodo.org/communities/...
Platial Analysis Lab
@platialanalysis.bsky.social
A platial and geospatial data science research lab at McGill University https://platial.science
Big news from the lab! We've been awarded two @sshrc_crsh grants: an Insight Grant on equity in shared micromobility (who actually gets access to e-scooters/e-bikes across 10 cities) and an Insight Dev Grant on location privacy (how privacy concerns shift by place + who's watching).
New funding: Lab awarded two research grants
The lab has been awarded two new grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada...
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Last week lab members attended The World Conference on Transportation Research (#WCTR) in Toulouse, France and the International Time Geography Conference in Toronto, Canada... platial.science/toulouse-tor...
Toulouse & Toronto: The Lab at WCTR and ITGC
This week lab members attended conferences in Toulouse France, and Toronto, Canada...
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Congratulations to Priyanka Verma on successfully defending her dissertation titled "Shared Micromobility as Spatial Similarity: A Comparative Approach for System Planning and Knowledge Exchange!"
Great start to the 6th International Conference on Time Geography at the University of Toronto.
Great week at #CAG2026 in Victoria, BC! Mentorship, mobility research, and a packed lightning talk session on Mobility Data Science. Always energizing to connect with the Canadian geography community. See you in York! platial.science/cag2026-catc...
CAG2026: Catching Up with Canadian Geography
The lab made the trip out to Victoria, BC for this year's Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting...
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The Platial Analysis Lab made it to San Antonio for #ScooterLab2026! Prof. McKenzie delivered a keynote on charged cities and e-micromobility equity. platial.science/platial-at-t...
Platial at the ScooterLab Workshop 2026
On May 18th, Prof. McKenzie travelled to San Antonio, TX to participate in the 2nd annual ScooterLab Workshop...
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We are excited to have the lab represented twice in the newly published book, Geography According to Foundation Models (IOS Press) - an open-access collection bringing together some great thinking on where foundation models and geography intersect. ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/geogr...
IOS Press Ebooks - Geography According to Foundation Models
As generative AI continues to evolve, the geographic community has an important role to play in shaping how these technologies represent space, understand place, and influence how people engage with…
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Pedal Poll is looking for volunteers across Canada this summer. Count cyclists and micromobility users in your city to help build better infrastructure. pedalpoll.app
Pedal Poll Counter
Help track bicycle traffic in your community by anonymously logging counts with your phone's GPS.
pedalpoll.app
We are happy to see this work, lead by @hyzhang.bsky.social, published. This paper discusses the polarity of #geoprivacy attitudes on Chinese social media. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This week, doctoral candidate Daniel Romm presented his work on Street Space Allocation at McGill's 3rd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable.
The Platial Analysis lab is involved in organizing two workshops at this year's Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe Annual Meeting (#AGILE2026). We would love to see you there! stko-lab.github.io/agile2026-ge... mobilitybank.org/events/mobil...
We are pleased to share that the reports from the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics (#DDMA2025) Workshops 2025 (both Montréal & Aalto) have now been published and are openly available on OSF.io platial.science/ddma-2025-mo...
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We are pleased to share that the reports from the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics (#DDMA2025) Workshops 2025 (both Montréal & Aalto) have now been published and are openly available on OSF.io platial.science/ddma-2025-mo...
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Last week, four members of the Platial Analysis Lab participated in the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada Conference (SKI2026) in Banff, AB. Blog post and photos here: platial.science/platial-at-s...
Platial at SKI Conference 2026
Four members of the team attended the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference in Banff, AB...
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Next Friday (Feb 13), three lab members will present their work as part of the Geographic Information Centre "Mini Conference." 10am-12pm ET in Burnside Hall 512.
The program for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) is now online. Quite a variety of topics. See you in Banff, AB next month. skiconference.ca/2026/#progra...
Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
skiconference.ca
Prof. McKenzie will be presenting, in-person, as part of the University of Victoria (BC) lecture series on Friday this week. Come by if you are in town. The talk is titled: The Pulse of a City: Understanding Access and Inclusion through Urban Mobility. Details below. events.uvic.ca/geography/ev...
Geography Lecture Series: Grant McKenzie
Cities are dynamic systems, constantly shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas. In this talk, Grant explores these movements to better u...
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Early bird registration for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) ends on Friday. Register here: skiconference.ca/2026/
Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
skiconference.ca
We are seeking 5-minute lightning talks for a Mobility Data Science session at the Canadian Association of Geographers meeting in Victoria, BC this summer. Anything mobility related! You can submit multiple abstracts, so why not give a short talk in our session as well as others. buff.ly/x1SCmU5
How do city events move e-scooters and e-bikes? Our new paper answers that with causal inference + millions of trips. platial.science/measuring-ho...
Measuring How Events Shift Micromobility Demand
In our latest paper published in the Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis...
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Registration is now open for the 9th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) Canada #SKI2026. skiconference.ca/2026/#regist...
Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
skiconference.ca
The 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is this week! Thursday and Friday depending on your time zone. Registration is free but filling quickly. We have a wide range of sessions, panels, and talks this year. Check them out: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net
Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025
December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking…
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Registration is now open for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium (#SDSS2025)! Registration is free but space is limited, so register soon. Check out the list of thematic sessions, accepted papers, keynotes, and interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net#register
Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025
December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking…
sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net
Nice to see this Shared Micromobility partnership come together. This is a project with colleagues from McGill, Toronto Metropolitan, Simon Fraser, and UAlberta exploring the use and impacts of shared micromobility services in a Canadian suburban context. platial.science/sem-can-buil...
Shared Micromobility: Redefining suburban Transportation - Shared Micromobility
Explore the concept of Shared Micromobility and how it is transforming urban transportation options. Shared Micromobility %
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The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html
The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html
1/3📍Sharing the report on the 2nd Geoprivacy Workshop for Personalized Health held @liser.lu (published on May 31) with @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social & 20+ international participants. - Full report: osf.io/xrfk4/overview - Workshop webpage: sites.google.com/view/ekgeog/...
