Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2026 Spring/Summer Semester | Trimestre printemps/été

Faculty:

Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts

Unit:

Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics_Part Time Professors

Course Title:

Spatial Data Science

Course Code:

GEG4120

Section:

A00

Course Description:

Spatial data science is useful in many fields, including big data, population health sciences, biological sciences, earth sciences, medicine, engineering and social sciences. In this course, you will learn how to manipulate, analyze and model spatial data. Sections of the course focus on stochastic simulation and Monte Carlo methods in point-pattern analysis, spatial autocorrelation and geostatistics. Practical applications utilize the open-source software and data science computing languages (e.g. R, Python), no previous experience required. At the end of this course, you will have a toolbox of spatial analytical skills and a solid understanding of their appropriate applications to real-world questions.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/02/16

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/03/19

Expected Enrolment:

20

Approval date:

2026/02/16

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

D

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

N/A

Course Schedule:

Mardi | Tuesday 14:30-17:30 Jeudi | Thursday 14:30-17:30 -

Requirements:

Requirements

M.A. or M.Sc. in geography, environmental studies, or related discipline. Experience with GIS, remote sensing, spatial data analysis, and programming for geospatial data processing. An acceptable level of education/experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational requirement and/or demonstrated experience

Course and exam dates

Course: June 22 to July 31

Exam: August 4 to 6

Additional Information and/or Comments:

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

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