CUPE 3903 Palestine Solidarity Working Group: Palestine Open Maps Mapathon

From one of our rank-and-file working groups:

Join the CUPE 3903 Palestine Solidarity Working Group and Palestine Open Maps for a mapathon with geography PhD student Majd al-Shihabi, an interactive hands-on workshop where you will learn about open mapping tools and extracting data from Mandate-era maps of Palestine. No experience necessary, just bring along your fully charged laptop (and a mouse, if you have one). 

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Majd Al-Shihabi is a technologist and urban planner, and a PhD candidate in the geography and planning department at the University of Toronto. His research asks how cities could be built to foster human flourishing while promoting climate action at the municipal level. He is the co-founder of Palestine Open Maps, and the MASRAD Collective. He holds a Master’s degree in urban planning from the American University of Beirut, and a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.