The Ontario Association of Remote Sensing ( OARS ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a better understanding and increasing the utilization of remote sensing technologies in Ontario. en-us http://www.oars.on.ca Long time OARS member, Dr. Paul Treitz, is the lead author of a monograph on hyperspectral remote sensing published recently by the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing [ASPRS]. Hyperspectral The 33rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing will be held in Ottawa 11-14 June 2012. Abstract deadline is March 1, 2012 Education For information about the Centre for Environment Seminar Series please follow link Environment York University in Toronto will be hosting a series of research celebrations over the next few months to showcase and recognize innovative research underway in each of York's Faculties Education Please join us for our 2012 Dinner meeting at the Novotel Hotel, North York, Toronto on March 28, 2012. Our speaker will be Dr. James Elder from York University who will talk about his work producing a real time 3D visualization of an urban environment. Education