{"id":1118,"date":"2021-06-07T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/?page_id=1118"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:48:48","slug":"welcome-to-the-georeach-lab-at-upei","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the GeoREACH Lab at UPEI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who We Are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The GeoREACH Lab supports Geospatial Research in Atlantic Canadian History and other projects of the Applied, Communications, Leadership &amp; Culture (ACLC) program in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director of the Lab is Dr.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upei.ca\/arts\/aclc\/profile\/josh-macfadyen\"> Joshua MacFadyen<\/a>, Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities and faculty member in the ACLC program.&nbsp; Dr. MacFadyen\u2019s area of research interest is Digital Approaches to Environmental History, which examines significant social-ecological transitions in Canadian agriculture using innovative digital history and geospatial analysis of case study areas in the Maritime, Eastern Great Lakes, and Prairie regions. It explores how rural Canadians exchanged one energy system for another by mapping the transition from an extensive organic frontier to intensive food and energy systems. By increasing our capacity to understand both the physical transformations of place and their social impacts, this research will help to inform better land use planning, resource co-management, and risk management in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about our team, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/people\/\">People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers in the GeoREACH Lab are engaged in a variety of projects, from faculty-directed mapping initiatives to student research assistance on the lab\u2019s core projects.  The lab team uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to digitize historical maps and geospatial characteristics of rural food and energy systems in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The lab is also a base for several public engagement projects, from community mapping to the participatory research initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/back50\/\">The Back 50 Project<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about our current activities, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/projects\/\">Projects<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Posts<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/09\/BPR-Finding-Home-book-cover.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/09\/BPR-Finding-Home-book-cover.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/09\/BPR-Finding-Home-book-cover.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/09\/BPR-Finding-Home-book-cover.jpeg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/08\/17\/new-from-the-dunes-of-peis-north-shore-congratulations-barbara\/\">New Research and Art from the Dunes of PEI\u2019s North Shore: Congratulations Barbara Palmer Rousseau, MA<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-08-17T12:56:27-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 17, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The GeoREACH lab\u2019s Graduate Research Assistant Barbara Palmer Rousseau has been busy sharing her research, and her art, from the north shore of Prince Edward Island to audiences around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/08\/17\/new-from-the-dunes-of-peis-north-shore-congratulations-barbara\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2024\/07\/cropped-Greenwich-floating-boardwalk-2022-scaled-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2024\/07\/cropped-Greenwich-floating-boardwalk-2022-scaled-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2024\/07\/cropped-Greenwich-floating-boardwalk-2022-scaled-1.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2024\/07\/cropped-Greenwich-floating-boardwalk-2022-scaled-1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/05\/27\/upcoming-gulf-ecologies-workshop-with-a-peek-at-last-years-workshop\/\">Upcoming Gulf Ecologies Workshop (with a peek at last year&#8217;s workshop)<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-05-27T09:00:00-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region c.1500-Present project is gearing up for its next summer meeting. In July 2025 the group will gather at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/05\/27\/upcoming-gulf-ecologies-workshop-with-a-peek-at-last-years-workshop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/02\/MacFadyen-2023-Time-Flies-Index-Map-of-All-Sites-and-Online-Edition-Sites.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/02\/MacFadyen-2023-Time-Flies-Index-Map-of-All-Sites-and-Online-Edition-Sites.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/02\/MacFadyen-2023-Time-Flies-Index-Map-of-All-Sites-and-Online-Edition-Sites.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2025\/02\/MacFadyen-2023-Time-Flies-Index-Map-of-All-Sites-and-Online-Edition-Sites.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/03\/31\/news-from-the-geolab\/\">News from the GeoLab<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-03-31T11:13:25-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 31, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">GeoREACH Lab Director Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, and Graduate Research Assistant D. Bailey Clark have been busy these past few months! In early February, Josh and Bailey, with the assistance of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/2025\/03\/31\/news-from-the-geolab\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are The GeoREACH Lab supports Geospatial Research in Atlantic Canadian History and other projects of the Applied, Communications, Leadership &amp; Culture (ACLC) program in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island. The Director of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to the GeoREACH Lab at UPEI - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome to the GeoREACH Lab at UPEI - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who We Are The GeoREACH Lab supports Geospatial Research in Atlantic Canadian History and other projects of the Applied, Communications, Leadership &amp; Culture (ACLC) program in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island. 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