Dr Rizwan Shahid CGeog (GIS)
Employer Name
Primary Care Alberta & University of Calgary
Biography
Rizwan has a PhD in Geography and a Master’s in GIS (MGIS) from the University of Calgary. He also has a Master’s degree in Computer Sciences. Rizwan has over 22 years of international experience utilizing his GIS and remote sensing/image processing skills in a variety of projects in South Asia, the Middle East, and North America. Rizwan is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Calgary and has also been working as Geographic Information Scientist at Alberta Health Services where he is actively involved in applied geography research and in the design and development of GIS since 2005. He also leads a GIS group there. Rizwan also provided GIS services to Stantec Consulting for 13 years where he was awarded GIS Team Award of Excellence in 2013. He is also a certified GIS Professional (GISP) and had served on GISCI (GIS Certification Institute) Reviewer committee from 2006 to 2015. Rizwan is the recipient of prestigious Dr. Jean C. Nelson Memorial Award (2009), Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholarship (2007), and the Alberta Graduate Scholarship (2005) for academic excellence. He organized GIS Day events and actively participate in the Geographies of Health group. He has served on Communication Committee of GeoAlberta annual conferences and was invited a number of times for guest lectures at the University of Calgary and SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology). Rizwan has a number of publications (peer-reviewed, conference proceedings, book chapter, maps, and posters) and attends conferences and workshops regularly as part of the ongoing professional development. He also worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a GIS Consultant in 2019 and 2020 on different projects.