À propos de nous

Organiser des occasions pour les membres, d'échanger des informations et de s'informer sur les nouveaux développements dans le domaine.

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Nos objectifs

Organiser des occasions pour les membres, d'échanger des informations et de s'informer sur les nouveaux développements dans le domaine.

Établir
et maintenir

des relations de travail étroites avec des associations et organisations clés poursuivant des objectifs communs

Promouvoir la certification
hydrographique

Sensibiliser et soutenir la certification professionnelle en hydrographie.

Organiser des
réunions mensuelles

du conseil d'administration national de ACH pour déterminer et mettre en œuvre les orientations stratégiques et suivre les progrès accomplis.

Édition
et maintenir

le site web de ACH et les plateformes de médias sociaux pour informer et notifier les membres des événements et opportunités à venir.

Reconnaître
les réussites

d'une personne ayant apporté une contribution exceptionnelle à la profession d'hydrographe et/ou à des disciplines connexes, en décernant chaque année le prix Sam Masry.

Apporter un
soutien financier

à des étudiants méritants qui étudient l'hydrographie ou un sujet connexe grâce à la bourse annuelle de ACH

Organisation de conférences
internationales biennales

pour rassembler un large éventail de participants afin de présenter et de discuter des avancées dans le domaine de l'hydrographie et des disciplines connexes.

Nos objectifs

Promouvoir la valeur de l'hydrographie

Nous visons à sensibiliser au rôle essentiel que joue l'hydrographie dans la sécurité de la navigation, la protection de l'environnement, le développement durable et la résilience climatique.

Soutenir la croissance professionnelle

Nous offrons aux étudiants, aux chercheurs et aux professionnels des possibilités de développer leurs compétences grâce à des séminaires, des bourses et à l’accès aux recherches et technologies les plus récentes.

Favoriser la collaboration et la communauté

Par le biais d'événements, de conférences et d'initiatives de mise en réseau, nous rassemblons des individus et des organisations afin de partager des connaissances, d'échanger des idées et de stimuler l'innovation dans l'industrie hydrographique.

Encourager le leadership et l'innovation dans l'industrie

En travaillant en étroite collaboration avec nos entreprises membres et nos partenaires, nous soutenons le développement d'outils et de pratiques de pointe qui façonnent l'avenir de l'hydrographie au Canada et dans le monde.

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L'Association canadienne des sciences géomatiques (ACSG) 

L'Association canadienne des sciences géomatiques (ACSG) est l'association canadienne sans but lucratif qui...

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Société hydrographique d'Amérique (THSOA)

Une organisation à but non lucratif 501(c)3 engagée dans la promotion de l'éducation à l'hydrographie, à l'inshor...

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Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS)

Organisme national de réglementation pour les professionnels de l'arpentage des terres du Canada.

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Jenny Cooper

Administration et communications

Karen Cove

Directeur de l’industrie

Shelly Leighton

Directeur du milieu universitaire

Christine Delbridge

Trésorier national

Sylvain Babineau

Vice-président

Dale Nicholson

Président

Derrick Peyton

Secrétaire national

Richard Sanfaçon

Directeur des services publics

L'adhésion Témoignage

“J’encourage vivement les individus et les organisations à devenir membres actifs de l’Association canadienne d’hydrographie (ACH). Cette organisation professionnelle à but non lucratif vous ouvre l’accès à un réseau unique, tant national qu’international, réunissant des experts de l’industrie, du milieu universitaire, des organismes gouvernementaux et du secteur à but non-lucratif ; tous engagés dans l’avancement de l’hydrographie, pierre angulaire des sciences hydrospatiales. Les avantages sont nombreux, mais le réseautage et maillage sont inestimables.”

— Denis Hains, PDG, H2i | Docteur Honoris Causa en sciences géomatiques – juillet 2025

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Sam Masry

Salem (Sam) Masry (1938-2020) immigrated to Canada from Egypt in 1966 after completion of his PhD at University College, London. He began his career at the University of New Brunswick where he became a professor and a founding member of the department of Surveying Engineering. Dr. Masry was a pioneer in the field of digital mapping and, in 1979, founded CARIS to develop digital mapping software, growing to be one of the leading companies in its field internationally. Sam received many awards in recognition of his work and his contributions to his community, including the Talbert Adams Grand Award by the American Society of Photogrammetry, appointments to the Order of Canada and the Order of New Brunswick, and an honorary Doctor of Science from UNB. Sam was an ethical and dedicated leader and entrepreneur with international influence, and a major champion for the importance of well-managed hydrographic and other digital data for the benefit of all.

Larry Mayer

Larry Mayer is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire. He graduated magna cum laude with an Honors degree in Geology from the University of Rhode Island in 1973 and received a Ph.D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Marine Geophysics in 1979. At Scripps, he worked with the Marine Physical Laboratory’s Deep-Tow Geophysical package, applying this sophisticated acoustic sensor to problems of deep-sea mapping and the history of climate. After being selected as an astronaut candidate finalist for NASA’s first class of mission specialists, Larry went on to a Post-Doc at the School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island where he worked on the early development of the Chirp Sonar and problems of deep-sea sediment transport and paleoceanography. In 1982, he became an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and in 1991 moved to the University of New Brunswick to take up the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Ocean Mapping. In 2000 Larry became the founding director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire and the co-director of the NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center.

Larry has participated in more than 95 cruises (over 75 months at sea!) and has been chief or co-chief scientist of numerous expeditions, including two legs of the Ocean Drilling Program and nine mapping expeditions in the ice-covered regions of the high Arctic. He has served on, or chaired, far too many international panels and committees and has the requisite large number of publications on a variety of topics in marine geology and geophysics. He is the recipient of the Keen Medal for Marine Geology and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stockholm. He was a member of the President’s Panel on Ocean Exploration, National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for the Geosciences, and chaired a National Academy of Science Committee on national needs for coastal mapping and charting as well as the National Academies report on the impact of the Deepwater Horizon Spill on ecosystem services in the Gulf of Mexico. He was the co-chair of the NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Advisory Working Group, and the Vice-Chair of the Consortium of Ocean Leadership’s Board of Trustees.  He is currently the Chair of the National Academies of Science’s Oceans Studies Board, Chair of the MARUM Science Advisory Board, and is a member of the State Dept.’s Extended Continental Shelf Task Force and the Navy’s SCICEX Advisory Committee. In 2016, Larry was appointed by President Obama to the Arctic Research Commission and in 2017 he was elected to the Hydrographic Society of America Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and, in 2019, was elected as a foreign member in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.  In 2020, Larry was selected as the first recipient of the Walter Munk Medal from the The Oceanography Society and named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. In 2021 Larry was elected to Norwegian Academy for Polar Research.

Larry’s current research deals with increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of seafloor mapping and remote characterization of the seafloor (including the use of autonomous vehicles) as well as advanced applications of 3-D visualization to ocean mapping problems and applications of mapping to Law of the Sea issues, particularly in the Arctic.

Denis Hains

Denis Hains is a leader in the global hydrographic community and is recognized for his substantial contributions, commitment and influencer role as the global instigator of the Hydrospatial Movement Club & Community (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12556091/) and his leadership in advancing ocean mapping networking, technologies and standards.

A bit more than a year after retiring as the Director General of the Canadian Hydrographic Service with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and as Hydrographer General of Canada; he founded H2i (Hains Hydrospatial International Inc.). He is also notable for being the US-Canada representative on the International Hydrographic Review (IHR) Editorial Board of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).

Denis also holds the honor of being one of the five international members of The Nippon Foundation, General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)-Seabed 2030 Strategic Advisory Group. He also shares his expertise and leadership as an affiliate research scientist at the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping in the USA.