Last week, four members of the Platial Analysis Lab participated in the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada Conference (SKI2026) in Banff, AB. Blog post and photos here: platial.science/platial-at-s...

Next Friday (Feb 13), three lab members will present their work as part of the Geographic Information Centre "Mini Conference." 10am-12pm ET in Burnside Hall 512.

The program for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) is now online. Quite a variety of topics. See you in Banff, AB next month. skiconference.ca/2026/#progra...

Prof. McKenzie will be presenting, in-person, as part of the University of Victoria (BC) lecture series on Friday this week. Come by if you are in town. The talk is titled: The Pulse of a City: Understanding Access and Inclusion through Urban Mobility. Details below. events.uvic.ca/geography/ev...

Early bird registration for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) ends on Friday. Register here: skiconference.ca/2026/

We are seeking 5-minute lightning talks for a Mobility Data Science session at the Canadian Association of Geographers meeting in Victoria, BC this summer. Anything mobility related! You can submit multiple abstracts, so why not give a short talk in our session as well as others. buff.ly/x1SCmU5

How do city events move e-scooters and e-bikes? Our new paper answers that with causal inference + millions of trips. platial.science/measuring-ho...

That is a wrap on the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS205. Thanks so much to the presenters, panellists , and participants. Great turn out this year. We look forward to seeing you all next year at #SDSS2026.

Registration is now open for the 9th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) Canada #SKI2026. skiconference.ca/2026/#regist...

The 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is this week! Thursday and Friday depending on your time zone. Registration is free but filling quickly. We have a wide range of sessions, panels, and talks this year. Check them out: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

Registration is now open for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium (#SDSS2025)! Registration is free but space is limited, so register soon. Check out the list of thematic sessions, accepted papers, keynotes, and interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net#register

Happy GIS Day 2025 #gisday

Nice to see this Shared Micromobility partnership come together. This is a project with colleagues from McGill, Toronto Metropolitan, Simon Fraser, and UAlberta exploring the use and impacts of shared micromobility services in a Canadian suburban context. platial.science/sem-can-buil...

The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html

The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html

1/3📍Sharing the report on the 2nd Geoprivacy Workshop for Personalized Health held @liser.lu (published on May 31) with @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social & 20+ international participants. - Full report: osf.io/xrfk4/overview - Workshop webpage: sites.google.com/view/ekgeog/...

On Tues, Nov 4, Prof. McKenzie will give a virtual presentation as part of the BEGIN seminar series hosted by the University of St. Andrews. The title is "Place, Privacy, and Mobility: Navigating the Intersection of Location Science and Human Dynamics." Register: tinyurl.com/begin-mckenzie

In a new blog post published via the Mobilizing Justice Partnership, our team discusses the impact of Grand Rapids’ Free Fare Pilot Program, launched in partnership with Lime to expand access to shared micromobility for low-income residents. mobilizingjustice.ca/findings-fro...

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: platial.science/reflections-...

Excited to share that our chapter “Trust in Foundation Models and GenAI: A Geographic Perspective” will be featured in the upcoming book Geography According to ChatGPT. While the book is in press, you can check out the full chapter on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.17942

Our new paper, “Measuring and Moving on the Street: A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies,” published in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, maps global efforts to measure and reimagine urban street allocation. platial.science/a-scoping-re...

Last week, @daniel-romm.bsky.social participated in the North American Bikeshare and Scootershare Association #NABSA Conference in Montréal. He presented our work exploring Grand Rapids Michigan's free fare #escooter pilot program.

Congratulations to former lab member @mikaelbrunila.bsky.social on the recent publication of one of his dissertation chapters "Cosine Capital: Large language models and the embedding of all things." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Some of our recent work on street space allocation was referenced in an @economist.com article this week, focused on the global rise (and controversy) of cycling. www.economist.com/internationa...

Just two more days to submit your Statement of Interest for the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal later this month. Details and submissions accepted here: ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025-mon...

Want to help shape the future of sustainable mobility? On Oct 27, 2025 we are meeting at McGill for the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop. Submit your Statement of Interest now: ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025-mon...

Montréal’s bike infrastructure hardly takes up any space from cars on city roads. New piece in 'The Conversation' by Lab Member Daniel Romm. theconversation.com/montreals-bi...

We are excited to welcome Jenny Zhu to the lab as a Master's student researcher exploring equitable access to micromobility. platial.science/welcome-to-j...

Do you work with mobility data? Come discuss! ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025-mon... October 27, the @platialanalysis.bsky.social at McGill will be hosting the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics workshop (DDMA2025). Free participation but limited space, so please declare your interest by October 3!

Highlights from GIScience 2025 | platial.science/highlights-f...

Congrats to lab member @daniel-romm.bsky.social, whose study on Montreal’s bike lanes is gaining national and international media coverage. platial.science/media-spotli...

"The Cars are Going to be Alright" - New publication. platial.science/new-pub-the-...

PhD candidate Daniel Romm recently attended the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF)... platial.science/platial-at-c...

Last week, Prof. McKenzie participated in the 19th International Conference on Location Based Services, held in Espoo, Finland… #lbs2025 platial.science/lbs2025/

PhD candidate Dan Qiang and former student Dr. Hongyu Zhang will travel to Dresden, Germany in June to present their recent papers at #AGILE2025. #GIScience platial.science/platial-lab-...

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. @kmanaugh.bsky.social platial.science/msc2025/

Nice piece in the Tribune about our analysis of gender and running in Montreal (and Washington, D.C.) www.thetribune.ca/sci-tech/wha...

Interested in sustainable cities, data, and creative solutions for urban mobility? Join the Sustainable Urban Mobility Challenge at the #DDMA2025 workshop May 5 (Espoo, FI) for a chance to showcase your skills, win prizes, and contribute to discussions in the field! ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025#cha...

New research from our team highlights gender differences in urban running: platial.science/new-research...

Getting stoked for #GIScience2025 in Christchurch. @giscience-conf.bsky.social just announced student travel scholarships as well: giscience2025.org#scholarships.

A great read on the value of decentralized (and opaque) AI models by recent PhD grad @mikaelbrunila.bsky.social www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...

Excited to kick-start our new collaborative, CDSI-funded project "Lights Out: Examining Power Outages and Vulnerability Across Quebec." @mcgillgeography.bsky.social platial.science/lights-out-e...

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. @geoai.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/ekgeog/...

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

A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #openaccess

La version française du rapport de l’atelier sur la confidentialité des données géospatiales pour la santé personnalisée est désormais en ligne à osf.io/cuawr

We held the Lab+ holiday gathering this week. Great to step off campus and celebrate the team.

In a Position Paper prepared for Ontario’s #Metrolinx, lab member, @daniel-romm.bsky.social provides an overview of the potential for current shared #micromobility systems. platial.science/the-potentia...

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: platial.science/geoai-and-ur...

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