“Cartographo Ergo Sum”:The importance of location to modern societyI map, therefore I am.

A CONVERSATION WITHD. R. Fraser Taylor

Canada Council Killam Prize Winner 2014McGill is delighted to welcome D. R. Fraser Taylor, who will deliver the 2014 Killam Lecture in the Social Sciences. Prof. Taylor introduced the world to the power of cybercartography, an enhanced form of multimedia mapping using geographic information management to deepen our understanding of socio-economic issues.

In Canada and around the world, his cybercartographic atlases have delivered new perspectives and ways to comprehend complex issues such as trade and economic patterns, international development, and the risk of homelessness.

October 28, 2014

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. McGill Faculty Club3450 McTavish Street Montreal

Please note that seating is first-come, first-served. A reception will follow.

For more information please contact Lorraine Torpy at 514-398-3992.

Established in 1965, the Killam Trusts comprise some $425 million (Cdn), the income on which is largely devoted to scholarships at the graduate and postgraduate levels in Canada.

Funding for the Killam Trusts came from Izaak Walton Killam and his wife Dorothy J. Killam with the intent of advancing research in Canada.

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