Portfolio

Web Applications - as a public servant

BC Bid Replacement 2020-2022
Ivalua Software as a Service (SaaS) Procure-to-Pay solution launched June 2022.
Employer: BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services, BC Bid Replacement Project
Code: GUI-based configuration, SQL.
Tasks: Business analysis; Risk analysis; Accessibility review; Configuration options for procurement workflows; User experience (UX); Business Impact Analysis; Training planning; Web-based documentation design and building; Prototyping (procurement list management).
Sub-Project: I coordinated creation and publishing of self-serve learning resources including 80 YouTube videos and 5 online (CMS Lite) Guides.

Community Energy & Emissions Database (CEED) 2019-2020
Part CRM, part Grants Management tool. Bringing hundreds of past and current clean energy funding applications together into a database.
Employer: BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation; BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation
Code: Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Portal, custom code.
Tasks: Project management; User experience (UX); Vendor management; Business analysis; Database, views and forms configuration; User acceptance testing.
Public-facing: You can view a WordPress site that pulls funding data from CEED here: BC Community Climate Funding Guide

Web Applications - in industry

Cedar Box 2007-2018
A secure integrated web-based application for (1) promoting Stewardship Office team collaboration and (2) managing consultation, heritage, fieldwork and GIS data – all to protect and promote First Nations cultural revitalization and economic development. The Cedar project is now maintained and extended by Mighty Oaks.
Clients: ~12 BC First Nations
Code: GeoDjango, Python, Postgres

Manitoba Burn App 2017
Andy Nadler of Peak HydroMet Solutions contracted me to build a simple to use map-enabled crop residue permitting system. Manitoba Government representatives issue hundreds of permits every year to control the timing of crop residue burning so that smoke does not obstruct public roadways or create problems for neighbouring residents.
Clients: Peak HydroMet Solutions; Government of Manitoba
Code: Python, Postgres

Integrated Range Information System 2015-2017
A secure map-enabled portal for exploring and maintaining a rich range management knowledge base for BC Provincial government staff. The resulting community of practice site, has powerful browse and search capabilities covering the following topics: range science and technology, range administration, range legislation, range policy and range procedures.
Clients: Allen Dobb & Associates; BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
Code: Drupal, PHP, Postgres

BC Indigenous Arts Map 2016
An online map‐driven community of practice website for BC Indigenous artists.
Client: First Peoples’ Culture Council
Code: PHP/Drupal, database is MarianDB, maps built using Leaflet JS.

Peace Forage Tool 2014
A web-based decision support tool to help forage producers and re-vegetation specialists select appropriate forage species for their seeding projects. The “Peace Forage Seeding Tool – An interactive forage seeding database for the Peace Region” is up and running. TheTool contains information on 47 different agronomic and native grass and legume species. The Tool’s database is based on the excellent 282 page BC Rangeland Seeding Manual by Allen Dobb and Sandra Burton which was published last year by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Client: Peace River Forage Association
Code: Drupal, PHP, MySQL

Other Web Application Builds - in industry or non-profit

Haida Traditional Ecological Knowledge Explorer (de-cant ArcGIS geodatabase)
Health Spaces ‘Community of Practice’ portal for BC Provincial Health Services Agency
New Relationship Trust Grants Map
First Peoples’ Culture Council Interactive Language Map
First Peoples’ Culture Council Language Survey Tool to Support Granting
First Peoples’ Culture Council BC Places Audio Map App (Android App proof of concept)
Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Specific Claims Online Course

Earlier GIS, Cartography, Landscape Ecology Reports and Projects

Cartography and Climate Impacts Writing: Maps and statistics for Climate Adaptation Report for Agricultural Producers
Cumulative Openings and Retention Analysis for BC Forest Practices Board (2008)
Xeni Gwetin GIS Basemaps & Training
UVIC CORAL Laboratory Touch Tables and Video Wall
Community Mapping: Highlands Community Tourism Wall Map
Community Mapping: University of Victoria Community Poster Map & Online Map (Drupal)
Community Mapping: Squamish Seniors Community Poster Map
First Nations Fisheries Council Regions Drafting
Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nation Land & Marine Use Plan
Community Mapping: VicWest Community Visions Poster Map
Community Mapping: Port Renfrew Community Visions Map & Report
City of Victoria Community Asset Map
First Nations lands legislation jurisdiction overlap analysis
Analysis of automated image analysis for forest change detection at regional versus stand levels (PhD research)
Analysis of data quality from airborne CASI for tree crown identification analysis in mountainous terrain (MSc research)

Teaching

University of Victoria GEOG 391 - Community Mapping (2016)
University of Victoria GEOG 391 - Community Mapping (2010)
University of Victoria GEOG 399 - Indigenous Geographies
SELES Spatio-Temportal Modelling
University of Victoria GEOG 322 - Geographic Information Systems (2007)
University of Victoria GEOG 328 - Remote Sensing (2006)

Publications

Google Scholar link: click here

GIS

Burnett, C. & T. Blaschke (2003) A multi-scale segmentation/object relationship modelling methodology for landscape analysis. Ecological Modelling 168(3).

Land, Coastal & Marine Use Planning

Canessa, R., Loos, S. & C. Burnett (2008) BC Marine Conservation Analysis, Final Project Report prepared for Skeena First Nations, Central Coast First Nations, Haida Fisheries Program, and Turning Point Initiative, 60p.
Burnett, C. & L. Taves (2006) Implications on land and resource use of overlapping land use plans, 33p. Report + wiki website + GIS analysis + 36 maps
Burnett, C. & J. Pratt (2006) Land and Marine Use Vision Project Report for the Tsawataineuk First Nation, including a draft Land/Marine Use Plan (47p), a public information pamphlet (12p), GIS analysis and maps

Restoration Ecology

Langanke, T., Burnett, C. and S. Lang (2007) Assessing the Mire Conservation Status of a Raised Bog Site in Salzburg Using Object-based Monitoring and Structural Analysis, In. Sepp, K. and O. Bastian (Eds.), Special Issue on Studying Landscape Change: Indicators, Assessment and Application, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 79, Issue 2, Pages 160-169.
Burnett, C., A. Fall, E. Tomppo, and R. Kalliola (2003) Monitoring Current Status of and Trends in Boreal Forest Land Use in Russian Karelia. Ecology & Society 7(2): 8. [online]

Forest Resources Management

Shore, T.L., A. Fall, C. Burnett, W.G. Riel (2009) Characterization of the Jack Pine Forests of Western Canada for Susceptibility to Infestation by the Mountain Pine Beetle. Mountain Pine Beetle Working Paper 2009-04. SB945 M78 C42 2009
Burnett, C. & P. Hayes (2008) Strategic Plan: Provincial Projection of the Current Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak – Integration of Year of Death Mapping, Final Project Report prepared for Research Branch, British Columbia Forest Service
Burnett, C. & P. Hayes (2008) Cumulative Retention and Functional Openings Analysis, Final Project Report prepared for Forest Practices Board, Government of British Columbia, 22p.
Leckie, D.G., Gougeon, F.A, Tinis, S., Nelson, T., Burnett, C.N., and Paradine, D. (2005) Automated tree recognition in old growth conifer stands with high resolution digital imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 94: 311-326.

Community Planning

Burnett, C. & M. Lydon (2007) Socio-Economic Analysis and Cartography: A Plan for PLAY Victoria, 23 p.
Burnett, C. & M. Lydon (2005) Port Renfrew Community Visions Report & Green Map, for the Common Ground Mapping Project and the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children, Victoria, 22p.
Burnett, C. & M. Lydon (2005) Review of National, Regional and Municipal-scale Quality of Life Indicators, powerpoint presentation and summary report for United Way Of Greater Victoria.

Location-Based Technologies

Kalliola, R., P. Lähde, N. Vuorela & C. Burnett (2002) How to Present Multi-thematic Spatial Information in Mobile Tourist Information Systems? In Pantzar, E. (Edit.) Perspectives on the Age of the Information Society. Reports of the Information Research Programme of the Academy of Finland, Tampere University Press, Vol. 6, pp. 239-248. ISBN 951-44-5272-0

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