Victoria Desjardins

Victoria is a new Instructor in the Geomatics Engineering Technology program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Prior to teaching, she worked as a Geospatial Analyst for an aerial LiDAR acquisition company, working with LiDAR data from calibration to delivery. Victoria is passionate about education and learning - holding a BSc with Combined Honours in Earth Science and Environment, Sustainability, and Society; a certificate in Environmental Geoscience, and a diploma in Geomatics Engineering Technology - and volunteering in the past with a local outreach group, providing Geoscience education to community members of all ages. As an artist who creates works inspired by the geospatial realm, social justice and mental health advocacy, Victoria seeks to find creative approaches to inspire, educate, and problem solve. She finds inspiration and perspective through raising a toddler, including the value of play in learning and the importance of having strong foundations, and is interested in exploring and developing a connection between early learning and the field of Geomatics.