CHA will award 2 scholarships of $2,000 each! 

The Canadian Hydrographic Association (CHA) will award two (2) scholarships of $2,000 each! 

This award will be given to two deserving students. Applicants must be full-time Canadian students in an accredited post-secondary program in geomatics (the program must have a hydrographic and/or marine cartographic component) or be enrolled in a Category A or B hydrographic program in Canada.

You have 2 weeks left to submit your project (application deadline: June 30, 2021).

New employee, Natalie Pisciotto

N. Pisciotto

It is with great pleasure that the CIDCO team welcomes its new employee specialized in marine geomatics. Natalie comes from Ontario and if you want to know more about her, click here.

Welcome to the team Natalie!

Review the 2021 CIDCO colloquium

Review the presentations of the speakers at the 021 CIDCO colloquium on the theme of hydrospatial.

Click on the arrows to change videos. The playlist contains 29 presentations.

Enjoy viewing!

Hydrospatial ?!

For several months now you have been hearing or reading a "new" term to talk about hydrography: HYDROSPATIAL.

But what is it? What does it mean? Why change a term? Why change the lexicon of hydrography? 

To try to answer these questions, we propose you a review of press and articles dealing with the subject

Enjoy reading and do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss it.  

2021 CIDCO colloquium!

In this period of global pandemic, CIDCO has chosen to adapt in order to maintain its colloquium. This is why we have opted for an original platform for networking, conference presentations and scientific workshops.

This virtual colloquium will take place from Monday 15 to Friday 19 March 2021, in the morning only, and will allow our collaborators from all over the world to make presentations and meet virtually.

>> More informations <<

Guillaume St-Onge

Guillaume St-Onge

Director of the Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER) of the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) and holder of the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology. Mr. St-Onge has a PhD in mineral resources, a MSc in earth sciences and a BSc in physical geography from UQAM.


SEA TECH WEEK® 2020 (October 13 to 15) - 12TH EDITION

The virtual Sea tech Week® will offer a personalized experience through :

Sophie Lebel

Sophie Lebel

Trained at UQAR in accounting, Sophie Lebel has been working for 15 years in various cultural, environmental and philanthropic NPOs.  She specializes in financial project management.  Her arrival at CIDCO was a natural fit in August 2020.


GeoIgnite Online 2020: Canada’s National Virtual Geospatial Event

#GeoIgnite2020 invites the #geospatial community to engage with one another by participating in GeoIgnite 2020 online.  GeoIgnite is Canada’s geospatial leadership conference. Join us for talks and panels our theme Leadership in Times of Disruption! We will be featuring a keynote from the Centre of Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) Director General, Eric Loubier.  The conference will feature talks from Natural Resources Canada, Agriculture Canada, Statistics Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Seafloor Systems Inc.

Partner of CIDCO