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Graduate Program in Spatial Analysis - Major Research Paper

Graduate Program in Spatial Analysis

Major Research Paper

The MSA program culminates in the submission and oral defense of a major research paper. Through the research paper, students demonstrate a critical understanding of the methodological and practical issues facing users of GIS and spatial analysis methods. The topic of the research paper can result from coursework, research with the student's supervisor, the practicum placement, or other motivations. Details on the research paper can be found in the Yeates School of Graduate Studies policies entitled, "Masters and PhD Policy and Procedures" and "Thesis Regulations."

The following table contains examples of the subjects of past research papers in the MSA program:

Student
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Albarracin, Aura 2006 An Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of the Tree Species on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto Michalak
Alyea, Matthew2011Are Food Banks Located where the most Vulnerable Populations Need them to be? A Case Study of Toronto's CMA using Mulitvariate Regression and Hot Spot Analysis Ceh
Al-Zarouni, Naeema 2005 Dubai Retail Market Structure and the Spatial Evolution of Shopping Centres S. Wang
Anderson, Emily 2007 Perceiving the Core: The Spatial Dimensions of Consumer Behaviour and Attitudes Toward Toronto's Downtown Yonge District Hernandez
Andrews, Laura 2006 Predicting Direct Mail Response of Financial Services Products in Toronto S. Wang
Andrulis, Stephen 2007 Benefits and Limitations of Argument Mapping: The Example of the Ryerson Master Plan Rinner
Archambault, Marie-Claude 2008 Analysing Sediment Property Trends For Three Coastal Bays In Nova Scotia Using Kriging Forsythe
Au-Yeung, Christopher 2001 Evaluation of the Application of Geovisualization in the Retail Sector: A Case Study of the GTA Duerden
Aversa, Joseph2010An Examination of the Location Preferences of Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Supercentres in the Greater Toronto Area Hernandez
Banaszewska, Anna2009A Spatial Investigation of Photosynthetically Active Radiation and its Role in Natural Regeneration of Quercus Rubra: A Case Study of Kew Gardens Park, TorontoMillward
Barrios Jr, Sergio 2008 Urban Sprawl and Neighbourhood Vitality in Toronto: A GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis Forsythe
Baskaran, Ezhil Arasi2010Understanding Spatial Patterns of South Asian Commercial Activity in The Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)Forsythe
Bekele, Tsegaye 2008 Integrating Spatial And Non-Spatial Measures To Examine Accessibility To Family Physicians In Toronto L. Wang
Bermingham, Philip 2006 Incorporating Spatial Proximity into Cluster Analysis Hernandez
Biasiotto, Marco 2004 Change in Retail Structure in Canada: Creative Destruction? S. Wang
Bird, Michelle 2006 Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps: A Case Study of the "Queen West Triangle" Rinner
Blakemore, David 2002 Small Town Canada: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Out-Shopping and Retail Structure Jones
Bourque, Sean 2007 Recent Changes in the Department Store System in Canada and Their Impacts on Shopping Centres, 1993-2005 S. Wang
Bowie, Gregory2011Mapping the Benefits of Urban Trees Using Google Fusion Tables and API Technologies Millward
Boyko, Daniel
2010Food Deserts: Hype, Myth, or Reality.  A Case Study of the City of Toronto Ceh
Bozheva, Alexandra 2007 Retail Development in Post-Socialist Megapolis: Saint-Petersburg S. Wang
Briggs, Suzanne
2010
A Day of Extreme Heat and Humidity: Spatio-Temporal Implications for Public Health Millward
Calder, Lauren 2002 Impact of Youth on E-Commerce Trends in Canada Michalak
Carberry, Grainne2011Crime and Alcohol Accessibility in Various Neighbourhoods of Toronto Carlson
Cardenas, Sylvia 2008 Physical Activity and Sport Oriented Geodemography: A Case Study of the Greater Toronto Area Hernandez
Charles, Andy 2001 Externalities in Shopping Centres: The Case of a Chain Store Yeates
Chen, Hong2011A Spatial Analysis of Discount Supermarkets and Their Implications for 'Food Deserts'S. Wang
Cheng, Willy 2002 Site Selection Methodology for Automated Banking Machine Network: A Case Study of the Royal Bank of Canada Yeates
Chung, Insoo Steven2009The Potential of Online Map-Based Discussion to Engage Residents in Local Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Rinner
Closson, Michael 2006 Global and Local Spatial Patterns in Bloc Quebecois Voting Support Between 1993 and 2006 Michalak
Coleby, Jessica2011Regent Park Gentrification: An Approach to Understanding Levels of Violent Crime Thompson
Craciun, Dan Andrei2009Neighbourhood Geography: An Analysis of Built Area and Land Use Distribution for the City of TorontoBanting
Dangwal, Manoj 2004 Structural and Spatial Changes in Ethnic Indian Commercial Activity in Toronto and Fringe Area, 1994-2004 S. Wang
Daniel, Christopher 2005 A Comparison of Missing Values Estimation Methods for Average Household Income in Canadian Census Data Hernandez
De Girolamo, Giovanna 2008 Determining the Factors that Influence Grade School Enrolment and Projecting Enrolment in Established, Mature Communities in York Region S. Wang
De Souza, Bernard Emanuel2011Spatial Patterns of Early Childhood Development in Toronto: Exploring Global and Local Evidence of Neighbourhood Effects Rinner
Del Bianco, Daniel Paul2011The Impact of School and Community Characteristics on Standardized Test Scores: York Catholic District School Board 2000/01 -2008/09 Laskin
Dietz, Stephen 2001 Canadian Shopping Centre Analyzer: Development of an Exploratory Tool for the Examination and Visualization of the Dynamics of Canadian Shopping Centres During the 1990s Jones
Ding, Yu
2010Interpreting the Corporate Restructuring and Geographic Outcomes of Metro Inc. in the Toronto CMA S. Wang
Di Rocco, Andrea 2006 Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Death Due to Injury for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area: the Role of Socio-Economic Status and Demographics Rinner
Doren, Michael2011Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Forest Response to Hurricane Damage in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia Millward
Dragovic, Igor2011Evaluating the Relevance of Business Improvement Areas for Suburban Toronto Swales
Drayton, Dexter 2005 A Spatial Examination of Traumatic Injuries Admitted to St. Michael's Hospital Trauma Centre 1994-2003 Jones
Du, Baorong 2005 Urban Change Detection and Analysis int he Greater Toronto Area from 1972 to 2004 Using Remote Sensing and GIS Forsythe
Duncan, Glenn 2007 A Redistricting Strategy for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC S. Wang
Dunker, Beau 2004 Spatial Variation in Bank Branch Performance Jones
Erne, Uschi2011A Critical Analysis of Understanding Spatial Innovation using Canadian and US Patent Data Sources for Inventors in Canada, 1991-2006 Ceh
Escobar, Marco 2006 Socioeconomic Characteristics and Homicides: A Case Study in Medellin, Colombia Carlson
Esdon, Aaron 2004 Assessing the Contributing Factors in Serious Traffic Collisions for Durham Region Using Log-Linear Models and Spatial Analysis Carlson
Evans, Elspeth 2007 Quantifying the Influence of Regeneration and Redevelopment in Toronto's Kings Districts: 1996-2006 Hernandez
Farber, Steven 2004 A Comparison of Localized Regression Models in an Hedonic House Price Context Yeates
Farrugia, Margaret 2001 An Assessment of Data Aggregation Effects on the Spatial Patterns of Banking Behaviours: A Case Study in the Toronto CMA S. Wang
Finney, Kevin 2004 Utilizing Pansharpened LANDSAT 7 Imagery to Detect Urban Change in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area: 1999-2002 Forsythe
Florio, Michael 2004 Local Impact of Global Retailers in Toronto Michalak
Folliott, Jadah 2005 Evaluation of Approaches to Depicitng First Nations, Inupiat and Inuialuit Environmental Information in GIS Format Duerden
Fontaine, Katherine 2005 A Spatial Analysis of Supply and Demand of Educational Facilities in the Waterloo Region S. Wang
Fu, Sze Hang2011Neighbourhood Environment, Individual Characteristics, and Mental Well-Being Among Canadian-born and Foreign-born Populations in the Toronto CMA L. Wang
Gawedzki, Adrian2011Assessing Anthracene and Arsenic Contamination in Buffalo River Sediments Forsythe
Gerroir, Scott 2001 Risky Grounds: An Examination into the Spatial Nature of the Insurance Customer Hernandez
Gill, Amrita 2004 Enhancing Immigrant Settlement Service Delivery through GIS S. Wang
Glover, Joseph Ryan2009Statistical Ensemble Weather Forecasts Using The Geostatistical Output Perturbation (GOP) Method Escobar
Goff, Katherine 2008 Market Penetration Analysis Using Spatial Modeling: A Lawn Care Company Yeates
Gomez, Gustavo 2008 Assessment of a Forest Disturbance Algorithm Using Optical Remote Sensing for the Western United States between 1990 and 2000 Chen (UofT)
Greco, Dan
2010A Comparative Analysis of Selected Wal-Marts in the GTA: Neighbourhood Impacts Ceh
Greene, Christopher2009Urban Reforestation Client Characterization: Mulitnomial Regression Analysis of Participation in a Toronto-Based Backyard Tree Planting ProgramMillward
Guarino, Sarah 2005 Bicycle Lanes and their Influence on Cyclist-Motor Vehicle Collisions in the City of Toronto Coppack
Hameed, Atiya2009Mangrove Forest Change Detection Through Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Karachi and its Environs (1975-2001)Banting
Harlow, Michael 2003 Urban Development Detection within the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority for the Period 1991 - 1999 using Landsat TM and ETM+ data Forsythe
Harrington, Christopher 2006 GIS Application for Aquatic Barrier Mitigation in the Upper Thames River Watershed Forsythe
Harris, Brent2009Mulitvariate Spatial Analysis of Smoking Habits in IndiaCeh
Heppleston, Aaron 2005 Spatial Relations and Geographically Weighted Averaging in Multicriteria Decision-making: A Residential Real Estate Case Study Rinner
Hibbert, Hugh2009The Jamaican Diaspora in Toronto: An Application of Geodemographics in Social ScienceSorenson (UofT)
Holmes, Mark 2008 Geographic Information System Implementation as a Decision Support Tool for the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury Hernandez
Hopgood, Cameron 2005 The Application of Performance Metrics to Business Improvement Areas: An Examination of the Downtown Yonge and Bloor-Yorkville BIA Hernandez
Hopkins, Kevin2011Do-It-Yourself: The Impacts of American Home Improvement Retailers in Canada S. Wang
Houston, Connor 2005 High Cost Neighbourhoods: A Perspective on the Health Care Cost of Unintentional Injuries Forsythe
Hussain, Mushtaq2010Toronto's Urban Heat Island: Exploring the Relationship Between Land Use and Surface Temperature Rinner
Ingraldi, Andrew
2010The Impact of Neighbourhood and Social Mix on Housing Affordability in the City of Toronto Ceh
Istanboulian, Alex G.2008A Spatial Analysis of Ethnic Marketing: A Case Study of Establishing Bell Presence within Toronto's Chinese CommunityL. Wang
Istanboulian, Jiro2011A Spatial Analysis of Public Transportation: A Demand Driven Approach to Determining Need for Subway Development across the Toronto CMA Ceh
Jackson, Christine 2005 Modeling Market Penetration of Credit Line Customers: An Aid for Targeting Potential Customers Yeates
Jakubek, Daniel 2002 Predicting the Contamination between Sites of Sediment Core Measurement in Lake Ontario Forsythe
JN-Francois, Sari 2003 Discount Food Retailing in the Toronto Area: A Comparison of the Location Strategies of Price Choppers, No Frills and Food Basics Between 1996 to 2001 Hernandez
Katz, Yonatan2008Factors Affecting Churn Rate of Broadband Services: A Geo-Spatial ModelYeates
Kelsey, Brian 2007 Usability Analysis of Map-Centred Decision Support: An Application in Community Health Planning Rinner
Kendal, Don 2002 The Geodemographics of Population Health: A Case Study of Simcoe County, Ontario Carlson
Kingston, Jillian 2004 The Impact of Spatial Autocorrelation on Confidence Intervals In Group (Cluster) Sampling for Accuracy Assessment Csillag (UofT)
Kitz, Joshua2011Specialty Independent Retail: Hobby Shop Classification and Location Hernandez
Kluke, Amy L.2011Dieldrin Concentrations in Great Lakes Sediment: Spatial and Temporal Trends Forsythe
Kogan, Anna2010Food Deserts and Income in the Greater Toronto Area: A Spatial Correlation Analysis Hernandez
Komaromy, Andrew2011Spatial Analysis Methods for Describing and Comparing the Geographic Distribution of Local News Rinner
Kosior, David William2009Spatial Analysis of Canadian Inventions: A Socio-Economic and Typological Examination, 1991-2006Ceh
Kosticin, Kasia2011Ethnospendology: A Look into Ethnic Spend Profiles Across the Toronto CMA Hernandez
Koutsovasilis, Peter2008An Analysis of The Spatial Relationship Between Domestic Violence Calls for Service and Socioeconomic CharacteristicsS. Wang
Kulon, Sandra 2004 An Investigation of the Spatial Dependence of Mosquito Habitat and West Nile Virus Activity in the City of Toronto Banting
Kumari, Jyothi 2008 Usability Analysis of a Participatory GIS for Environmental Planning: A Case Study for the Kawarthas Rinner
Kutna, Oksana 2005 A Hybrid Spectral Change Identification/Post-Classification Land Cover Change Analysis of the Hamilton Area Michalak
Lebovits, Mark 2006 Applying Geographically Segmented Markets to Retail Sales Forecasts Hernandez
Lee, Andrew Chung-Da2011Visualizing Spatiotemporal Data with Self-Organizing Maps: Changes in Socio-Economic Status of Toronto Neighbourhoods, 1996-2006 Rinner
Lee, Michael 2008 Targeting Potential Grocery Customers In The Gta Using A Market Penetration Model Yeates
Li, Suofei2011Influence of Organic Mulch on Soil Temperature Modernation in an Afforesting Urban Park Millward
Liu, Kevin2009Ethnicity and Accessibility to Linguistically-Matched Family Physicians in Major Canadian Immigrant Receiving CitiesL. Wang
Liu, Weihua 2003 Exploration of Spatial Patterns of Resale Housing Activities in the GTA S. Wang
Maaranen, Richard 2001 Spatial Competition and Retail Death: Dry Cleaners in Toronto Miron (UofT)
MacDonald, Michael 2004 Development of a Custom GIS Application for the Exploration and Analysis of Diatom Data Duerden
Macgregor, Michael2011Proposed Transit Plans in the City of Toronto: A Comparative Analysis Carlson
MacLeod, Daniela 2006 A GIS-Kriging Approach and Analysis of Historical Sediment Contamination in Lake Superior Forsythe
Makar, Mary2011Modeling Sales Performance for a Casual Dining Restaurant Chain in Canada Hernandez
Makarenko, Iryna 2006 Restaurant Sales Cannibalization Estimation: An Application of Spatial Interaction Modelling Hernandez
Makarenko, Valeriia2010Changes in Nearshore Benthic Communities on the Canadian Side of Lake Ontario: An Exploratory Analysis Bardecki
Mangiardi, Angelo 2007 Quantifying the Spatial Association Between Gold Deposits and Continental Scale Lineaments Using a Weights of Evidence Analysis Escobar
Marhasin, George2011Spatial Accessibility to Family Physicians and Geriatricians among the Senior Population in the Toronto CMA L. Wang
Marmureanu, Cosmin2011Does the TDSB need a New Method for Selecting Schools in Need of Increased Canopy Cover? Ghosh
Marques, Joana2009Assessing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dawson City, Yukon TerritoryDuerden
Marshall, Sean 2005 A Study of the Spatial Distribution of Fringe Banks in the Greater Toronto Area Hernandez
Masun, Katharine2010Lithological Discrimination Using Hyperion and Landsat Thematic Mapper Data: A Case Study at Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada Atkinson
Maze, Amanda 2004 Analyzing Geographic Barriers to Mental Health Care Within the City of Toronto Hernandez
McCartney, Grant2011Investigating Forest Disturbance Using Landsat Data in the Nagagamisis Central Plateau, Ontario, Canada Forsythe
Meng, Yuhong 2005 New Development and Spatial Changes of Chinese Commercial Activity in Toronto CMA S. Wang
Menninga, Ingrid 2007 Scotiabank's Female Head Office Commuting Distances in Toronto 1952 and 1960 Carlson
Mhatre, Sangita V.2011Remote Sensing of Invasive Species, Phragmites Australis on Georgian Bay Islands National Park Shorelines Forsythe
Miller, Learie 2004 An Evaluation of the Applicability of Landscape Patch Analysis Using GIS to Evaluate the Centreville Creek Sub-watershed in Ontario Bardecki
Miron, Peter 2006 On Suburban Retail Real Estate Valuation S. Wang
Mitchell, Joshua 2006 Consumer Travel Patterns in the Greater Toronto Area Hernandez
Moini, Mazdak 2007 Geographically Weighted Regression as a Tool in Estimating Auto Insurance Loss Cost Yeates
Molina Aguilar, Juan Carlos2009Coffee Quality Zonation in the Montecillos Mountain Range, HondurasForsythe
Molina Segura, Carolina C.2009Mapping Hurricane Damage in an Urban Forest using Remote Sensing Techniques: A Case Study of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaMillward
Montain, Jacqueline 2001 Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis into Public Health Applications Forsythe
Morrison, Harold 2008 Land Cover Distribution and change in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1985-2005 Millward
Murphy, Stephanie Nicole Mary2011Identifying and Quantifying the Change of Perennial Snowpacks at Melville Island, Nunavut, Canada Atkinson
Nasr, Shiraz2009Social Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in the City of Toronto: An Assessment using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Rinner
Nnabuihe, Rita2010Evaluating Bank Branch Location: A Case Study of Puerto Rico Hernandez
Neher, Laura 2006 Cable Television Services in Canada: A look at Market Penetration and Regional Differences in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver Yeates
Niwand, Yama2009Socio-Economic Implications of a Wal-Mart on an Inner City Location: Dufferin Mall Neighbourhood, TorontoCeh
Norwood, Todd 2005 Can Socio-economics and Spatial Dependence Predict Crime? Csillag (UofT)
Onafrychuk, Craig 2007 Tracking Saturated Areas in the Landscape: A Topographic Approach Banting
Ozuna, Fernando 2005 An Examination of the Geodemographic Element of the Location Strategy of Wal-Mart In the Federal District, Mexico Hernandez
Panitch, Maxim 2007 Hard Spaces: A Geography of Homelessness in Ontario Hernandez
Papas, Gary 2008 Comparing the Spatial (Mis)Match and Modelling Accessibility to Linguistically-Matched Family Physicians Among Immigrants in Toronto L. Wang
Park, Bumjo (Kevin)2009Utilization of and Spatial Accessibility to Korean-Speaking Family Physicians among Korean Immigrants in Toronto and HamiltonL. Wang
Park, Joseph M.2009Exploring the Geography of Television News Consumption in CanadaCeh
Paudel, Kamal 2008 Urban Park Soil Restoration: Geostatistical Analysis Of A Naturalization Strategy For Kew Gardens Park, Toronto Millward
Penczak, Claire
2010Evaluation of Weights-of-Evidence Modelling: A Red Lake, Ontario Case Study Banting
Pinel, Etienne 2005 Comparative Analysis of Trade Areas Techniques for Shopping Centres Assessment Hernandez
Pitre, Mike2011Bridging the Adaptation Deficit; Evaluating the Effectiveness of Geo-Technological Applications for Building Arctic Community Climate Change Adaptive Capacity Duerden
Plawinski, Sylwia2009Today's Thrifty Consumer: A Study of Online Shopping PreferencesHernandez
Podkoscielny, Joann 2005 Food for Thought: The Spatial Profiles of Restaurant Delivery Customers Hernandez
Pong, Kenneth 2008 Sub-Ethnic Succession: Understanding the Spatial Evolution of Chinese Settlement in Toronto Between 1996 and 2006 Doucet
Pothier, Aaron2010Institutional Valuation of Tree Cover in a City Centre: An Urban Forest Management Opportunity Millward
Radkhoshnoud, Nasim 2002 Spatial Patterns of HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis Disease within the African Continent Carlson
Rallis, Timothy J. 2008 Green Roof Performance Analysis Using High Resolution Spatial Data: Applications for Stormwater Modelling Banting
Raos, Robert 2006 Explaining Variations in School Readiness: The Influence of Child Demographics, Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Neighbourhoods In A Spatial Regression Model Carlson
Ren, Wei 2008 Exploring The Spatial Expansion Strategies Of Canadian Wal-Mart Supercentres Hernandez
Ritchie, Isabel2011Ethnic Economies and Residential Contexts: The Case of the Gerrard India Bazaar Bauder
Rodriguez, Peter S.2009Assessing The Geographic Distribution of Mercury and Lead in Buffalo River Sediments Forsythe
Roisman, Deborah 2007 Modelling Spatial Accessibility to Primary Health Care Among Mainland Chinese Immigrants in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area L. Wang
Ross, Kelly 2004 Spatial Lifestyle Correlates of Type II Diabetes in Toronto Jones
Sanders, Cara 2007 A Comparison of the Socioeconomic Status and Housing Characteristics of Aboriginal, Immigrant and Other Canadians Haider
Sani, Aaron P.2011A Scalable Geospatial Web Platform for Argumentation Mapping Rinner
Schreiber, Gregory 2008 Connecting Supply And Demand: Travel Behaviour And Market Segmentation In Profiling Power Retail Consumers Hernandez
Schuster, Andrew 2006 Sales Forecasts Surface Modelling: A Paradigm Shift from Euclidean To Raster Space Hernandez
Sheriff, Craig 2003 Spatial Analysis and Decision Support for Retail Porperty Management Jones
Shock, Peter Bradford2011Spatial Relationships Between Socio-Economic Status and Sources of Hazardous Air Pollution in the City of Toronto, Canada Rinner
Smalec, Alina Ann2011Landscape Change in The Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska and Potential Implications for Resource Development in Parsons Lake, Northwest Territories Atkinson
Spagnolo, Anthony 2004 The Application of Store Segmentation and Sales Performance Modeling to Network Planning Hernandez
Squirrell, Colin 2007 Landscape Extent Response of Adirondack Forest to the 1998 Ice Storm Millward
Stobart, Alex 2008 Spatial Strategy and Growth of Western Retailers in China S. Wang
Sutherland, Stewart2009New-Urbanist vs. Conventional Suburban Development: A Spatial and Demographic Analysis of Residents' Previous NeighbourhoodsHaider
Sutton, Darren 2003 A GIS-Based Glood Forecasting Model for the Duffins Creek Watershed, Ontario Forsythe
Szuba, Daniel C.
2010Comparison of Interpolation Methods for the Spatial Mapping of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Lake Ontario Forsythe
Szyngiel, Robert 2007 The Study of the Obesogenicity of Canadian Communities Using GIS Carslon
Toleti, Brahma 2008 Urban Forest Soil Characteristics: A Geostatistical Analysis of Allan Gardens Park, Toronto, Canada Millward
Tormala, Travis2010Accessibility to Family Physicians within the Sudbury CMA: An Integrated Approach using both Spatial and Aspatial Factors L. Wang
Tsuchiya, Rina 2004 A Spatial Analysis on the Effectiveness of ESL Services and Recent Chinese Immigrants in the Toronto CMA Hernandez
Valencia Saravia, Juan2011Interpreting the Dual-Brand Strategy of Best Buy in its Canadian Operation S. Wang
Vandahl, Erin 2008 A Place for Urbanity in Retail Sales Forecasting Hernandez
Veno, Bonnie 2007 A Comparative Study of Selected Crime Analysis Software: Crime Analysis Spatial Extension (CASE), Crimestat III and Rigel Analyst Carlson
Vuong, Quyen 2001 Exploration of Trade Area Models Case Study: ScotiaBank Coppack
Weatherburn, Thomas2009The Urban Heat Island in Toronto: Interpreting Mesoclimates through Detrended Kriging and Multiple Linear RegressionBanting
Williams, Ian M.2009Identifying The Role of Places of Worship in the Residential Location Patterns of Jewish and Muslim Populations in the Toronto CMAHaider
Wilson, Jonathan 2001 The Impact of New Format Retailers on Shopping Centres: Toronto Area Case Study Truelove
Yee, Derek 2008 Neighbourhood Characterization for Pandemic Planning in Peel Region, Ontario Rinner
Yermakhanova, Olga 2008 The Effect of Spatial Association of Multiple Criteria on Clustering and Sensitivity of Decision Alternatives Rinner
Young, Jacqueline2009Neighbourhood-Level Planning for Newcomer Health Services: The Role of Maps and Indicator Standardization Rinner
Young, Stephen2010Building a Comparable Store Model for Sales Estimation through Trade Area Delineation and Market Classification for a Major Quick Service (QSR) Chain in Canada S. Wang
Zhong, Jason2009Delineating Ethnoburbs: A Framework for Examining The Impacts of Ethnic Settlements on the Commercial and Political Landscape in the Toronto Census Metropolitan AreaS. Wang
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20 March 2013 – Alumni news: Congratulations to GIS Analyst Manoj Dangwal (MSA ’04) on winning a 2012 Employee Excellence Award at Allstate Insurance Company of Canada.

26 February 2013 – She did it again! Second peer-reviewed journal article by Lisa-Jen Ferrato (MSA ’12) on her research “Comparing Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imagery for Land Classification of the Lower Don River, Toronto” with supervisor Dr. Wayne Forsythe.

21 February 2013 – MSA program director Dr. Shuguang Wang led the publication of an article on “Recent Trends of Ethnic Chinese Retailing in Metropolitan Toronto”, which is partially based on Jason Zhong’s (MSA ’09) major research paper on “Delineating Ethnoburbs”.

15 February 2013 – Congratulations to MSA faculty member Dr. Doug Banting, who is part of a team that won a major research contract from the City of Toronto to develop “GIS-Based Hydrologic and Hydraulic Models for Combined-Sewer-System Management”. The Ryerson team will help the City to comply with new federal wastewater systems effluent regulations.

20 December 2012 – Congratulations to MSA faculty members Dr. Wayne Forsythe and Dr. Claus Rinner: Wayne received a 2012/13 Faculty Service Award for exceptional contributions to the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University, and the profession of Geography. He currently serves as Vice President of the Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division (CAGONT). Claus received a 2012/13 Faculty SRC Award for outstanding achievements in scholarly, research, and creative activities. His research program and publication record is driven by MSA student research.

01 November 2012 – Emily Hazell (MSA ’12) gave an invited presentation on “Geographic variation and clustering of gastroschisis in Canada, 2005-2010” at the Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network conference. This work was the outcome of Emily’s MSA Practicum in the Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital.

13 October 2012 – Four 2012 MSA graduates supervised by Professors Forsythe and Swales presented their research at the CAGONT conference this weekend. The work by L. Ferrato, J. Floroff, C. Krnic, and M. Wilson ranged from thermal energy site selection to land cover classification, fire modeling, and the analysis of river sediment contamination. And for the second year in a row, the CAGONT Master’s Research Paper award went to an MSA: Congratulations to Lisa Ferrato on her winning paper on “Comparing Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imagery for Land Cover Classification of the Lower Don River, Toronto”!

10 September 2012 – We are welcoming 24 new MSA students from a variety of education, career, and life paths into the program. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning and collaboration. At the same time, 16 out of 17 fulltime and 2 out of 3 second-year parttime students have defended their major research papers and are working on their final revisions. Best of luck with your future endeavours!


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