 Hi, I'm Justine Blanchardt, GISer, PhD in Biology. I got into GIS just by chance really. I finished a degree in Geography and didn't really know what to do with myself and ended up at a tiny college in the middle of nowhere in Nova Scotia, the College of Geographic Sciences where I spent a lot of time learning about GIS and programming and then with those skills I managed to travel the world and work in different areas and eventually ended up here where I now teach many of the skills I picked up and hopefully in some of the classes that you're in with me, you get to learn some of those technical skills and can put them into your lease. So until then, I look forward to meeting you all and hopefully see you soon.