Please join us for the next School of Environmental Studies Colloquium of the 2023/24 academic year, on Thursday November 9 at 1:00 pm featuring Craig Onafrychuk, Director, Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance.
Date and time: Thursday, November 9, 1:00 - 2:30 PM in Botterell Hall, Room B143
Title: The Power of Where: GIS in Environmental Studies, Planning and Management.
Craig Onafrychuk graduated in 1998 from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology with courses in Indigenous Learning. He completed an Applied Digital Geography and GIS Certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) in 2005 before completing a Masters in Spatial Analysis in Physical Geography from TMU and University of Toronto in 2007.
Craig is a geomatics professional trained in Ecological Land Classification and Remote Sensing and has worked across private, public, non-government and non-profit sectors. He believes that people and communities benefit from a sense of place. He is keen in nature interpretation, ecological science, traditional knowledge and ethnobotany. He has 20 years of experience in working with topographic data to produce hydrology mapping. He is particularly interested in the hydrological connectivity of streams, water bodies, wetlands, and their groundwater interface through seeps and springs. He has contributed to integrated environmental monitoring and environmental data management across the province having worked in private, non-profit, and provincial government.
He is currently a Mapping and Geomatics Project Manager for the Ontario Elevation Mapping Program of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. He is also a volunteer Board Director of Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance, a federally incorporated Environmental Non Government Organization.
Craig is active in the outdoors enjoying hiking, canoeing, camping and appreciating Ontario’s natural and cultural heritage.