Geomatics Community of Practice for Real Property

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Geomatics Communityof Practice for Real Property
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Geomatics CoP for RP

• Partnership
• To establish and promote a Geomatics Community
  of Practice for Real Property within the federal,
  provincial, territorial, and private sector
  family vis-à-vis the GeoConnections Secretariat

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Communities of Practice

• Definition
• Communities of practice are distributed groups
  of people who share a concern, a set of problems,
  or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their
  knowledge and expertise in this area by
  interacting on an on-going basis.

Cultivating Communities of Practice, Etienne
Wenger, Richard McDermott, William M. Snyder
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Geomatics CoP for RP
Purpose fosters collaboration, knowledge
transfer, and networking as well as providing a
forum for discussion and cooperation for
initiatives involving real property geomatics.
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Our Approach
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Geomatics CoP for RP

• Approach
• Chair (PWGSC Geomatics)
• Co-chair (DND ADM IE)
• Members
• Federal membership - initially
• Extended to provinces/territories and municipal

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Geomatics CoP for RP

• Objectives
• Provide a forum for discussion and cooperation
  for initiatives involving real property geomatics
  
• Act as the responsible authority for any
  information concerning the CGDI related to real
  property
• Develop and maintain an inter-jurisdictional
  communications network for issues pertaining to
  real property geomatics

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Geomatics CoP for RP

• Objectives
• Advise the GeoConnections Management Board on any
  matters pertaining to the CGDI
• Identify and gather real property user community
  requirements
• Identify linkages and opportunities for
  collaborative projects.

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First Meeting

• Early December
• Members
• NRCan (Surveyor General of Canada),
  GeoConnections, TBS, NCC, CFIA, CMHC, PWGSC DND
• High-level introduction to GeoConnections and
  CoPs
• Discussions

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Second Meeting

• Late February
• Extended to provinces and territories
• Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick (in person)
• Infrastructure Canada, Correctional Services
  Canada, Parks Canada
• Linking financial systems with RP
• Discussions

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Opportunities

• Infrastructure Canada
• DND/OCIPEP National Infrastructure Database
• RP component of CGDI
• Linking to RP financial systems
• Momentum (frequency of meetings)

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Challenges

• Approaches to CoPs
• Messaging (website)
• Provincial/territorial participation

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Next Steps

• Determine strategic objectives for CoP
• Environmental scan
• Next meeting late April
• Accept Terms of Reference
• Continue Communications Campaign

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Thank you!