Platial Analysis Lab

A platial and geospatial data science research lab at McGill University. Now at:

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We are happy to announce our new paper published in Health & Place, where we found that while some travel behaviour changed during wildfire smoke advisories in 2023 and 2025, the change was small.

More details: https://t.co/JtJAfN28W7

[Platial Analysis Lab @platialanalysis]

Earlier this week we hosted the 2nd Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal. A day of spotlight talks, lightning talks, and dynamic discussion with participants from across North America and Europe. Read the full recap here: https://t.co/e4r3ydzx9x

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A quick reminder that the #SDSS2025 deadline for Thematic Session proposals is coming up quickly. We'd love to see a proposal from you on a topic of your choice. The symposium is free, online, and typically has large numbers of engaged attendees.
https://t.co/w7PhTAp6kE

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Congrats to lab member
@danielRomm_twt, whose study on Montreal’s bike lanes is gaining national and international media coverage.
https://t.co/Ce00zW6f5t

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The Cars are Going to be Alright
https://t.co/HTZnVyelAl

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PhD candidate Daniel Romm recently attended the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF)... https://t.co/1cmOgM8KAk

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We are recruiting a fully funded Master's student interested in equity in shared e-micromobility (Fall 2025 start). Click through the link for details. https://t.co/JUDBrL5xAy

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New research from our team highlights gender differences in urban running: https://t.co/7pQ7Ecb3S3

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Excited to kick-start our new collaborative, CDSI-funded project "Lights Out: Examining Power Outages and Vulnerability Across Quebec."
https://t.co/S0WAbm6HYi

[Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie]

The call for participation in our 2nd Workshop on "Geoprivacy for Personalized Health" is online. It will be in Luxembourg this year, Feb 26 - Mar 1. Limited travel funding is available. Details at the link below. @EK_geog

https://t.co/Yv9Z6xTdp8

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Lab member Priyanka Verma presented her work "A comparative analysis of US micromobility usage with socioeconomic and build environment factors" at #TRBAM2025 this morning. #TRBAM

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La version française du rapport de l’atelier sur la confidentialité des données géospatiales pour la santé personnalisée est désormais en ligne à https://t.co/bklJrULniq

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In a Position Paper prepared for Ontario’s #Metrolinx, lab member, @danielRomm_twt provides an overview of current shared #micromobility systems. https://t.co/HvoEymhR2d

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We are organizing a session at next year's American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG 2025) on Urban Mobility Analytics. If you are attending, consider submitting an abstract to our session:
https://t.co/nEDO7Ecchi

[McGill Department of Geography @mcgillgeography]

Congratulations to former PhD student Hongyu Zhang and Prof. Grant McKenzie on their paper "Geoprivacy knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in contemporary china" recently published in Geographical Review. @Hong_Yu_Zhang @grantdmckenzie @platialanalysis https://t.co/H0bnnBvFS6

[Platial Analysis Lab @platialanalysis]

Great turn out for #GISday @GIC_McGill. Huge thanks to Lauren Bennett from @Esri for her keynote this afternoon. @mcgillgeography @mcgillu

[Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie]

The report from the 2024 "Workshop on #Geoprivacy for Personalized Health" I co-organized with @EK_geog has been published and is available at https://t.co/eAWrTXYuVI. The 2nd workshop will take place in Luxembourg in late February. Details TBA.

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Day two of the 5th Spatial Data Science Symposium is underway. Another great day of thematic sessions, panels, and presentations. #SDSS2024. https://t.co/CcaCyWTDtJ

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Congratulations to @mikaelbrunila on successfully defending his PhD dissertation "Information & Meaning in the Social Sciences: Enclosure, Capital, Metaphor & Method."

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The 5th Spatial Data Science Symposium (#SDSS2024) is this week (Wednesday & Thursday)! There are still a few spots left but they are going fast. The symposium is free and online/distributed. Register here: https://t.co/fXvofowfxS