Venue confirmed: Health Sciences Building (University of Toronto), Room 108, 155 College St. Please note: this is not Myhal Centre as originally listed.

Topic: A Data-Driven Approach to Toronto's Electoral Geography

With colleagues, Zach Taylor built for research purposes fine-grained maps of historical election results in Toronto and other cities. He will discuss how they built the maps, what they have used them for, and how spatial data like this could be used in the future.

Speaker: Zack Taylor (he/him)

Zack Taylor is a professor of Political Science and Geography at the University of Western Ontario where he specializes in urban politics, local governance, and political geography.

Agenda:

7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions

7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion

7:50-9:00 Breakout groups

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