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Category Archives: Map Monday
Map Monday: democracy throughout history
There’s much lamenting these days of the future of democracy as we know it, or rather as we would like it to be. Sorry to say that, as an example, there is much concern both inside and outside one of … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged authoritarianism, autocracy, democracy, history, maps, world maps
15 Comments
Map Monday: let’s see just how well the world’s been doing
We can use maps to look at what’s happening to our environment around the world. We can use maps to look at how weather patterns are changing around the world, or at pollution changes in the world. We can look … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged corruption, democracy, GDP vs median wealth, inequality, maps, parental leave, world happiness, world maps, world peace
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Map Monday: COP26, outcomes, a few maps and lots of charts
As of this past weekend, the much anticipated COP26 has wrapped up its deliberations. Wrapped up are the presentations, pleas, protests, political posturing, and final compromise agreement. Sorry, folks, but compromises and grand talk with insufficient action is too little, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Map Monday
Tagged Climate change, CO2 emissions, COP26, existential crisis, maps, Out and Abouter
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Map Monday: election results and cartograms
Canadian politics flies under the radar screen for most of the world, but Canadians are all well aware that we just completed a 5-week snap election last week. It’s been a while since Map Monday looked at cartograms, but it … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged Canada, Canadian election, cartograms, election results and maps, maps
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Map Monday: changes in world populations through the ages and associated factors for today’s world
Welcome back to Map Monday. This week we’re going to use cartograms to illustrate our story. Remember, cartograms are these strange looking maps that distort the shape of countries to reflect their relative contribution to the total amount being displayed. … Continue reading
Map Monday: indigenous history around the world, pre- and post-colonization
Today is the last day of May, the day before the beginning of June, which is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. There can be no more chilling reminder of why Canada needs to have a National Indigenous History Month … Continue reading
Map Monday: a cross-section of intriguing maps
This week’s Map Monday doesn’t have a specific theme. A number of these maps come from suggestions by generous readers, some of which pointed me to related intriguing maps. Many thanks to Adam, Sharon, and Jeff. I’ll get back to … Continue reading
Map Monday: where the animals used to roam
We get used to being told that many of our most iconic animals are endangered, due to climate change, destruction of natural habitat, poaching and overhunting. But we rarely stop to think about what things were like when these magnificent … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged bears, buffalo, elephants, endangered species, giraffes, historical ranges of animals, history, lions, maps, pandas, rhinos, tigers, wildlife
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