Category: visualization

  • Kamloops and the children who died in Indian Residential Schools

    Kamloops and the children who died in Indian Residential Schools

    Grim discovery On Thursday, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced that a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in B.C.’s southern  Interior, had uncovered the remains of 215 children.  “To our knowledge, these missing children are undocumented deaths,” Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir said in the statement.…

  • Locating children who died in Indian Residential Schools

    Locating children who died in Indian Residential Schools

    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s “Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Project” was a systematic effort to record and analyze the deaths at the schools within the regulatory context in which the schools were intended to operate. The findings and conclusions included: The Commission identified 3,200 deaths…

  • Using Clusterpie Markers to Map COVID-19 Fatal Cases in Southern Ontario

    Using Clusterpie Markers to Map COVID-19 Fatal Cases in Southern Ontario

    On March 30, 2020, the Ontario government enhanced its daily reporting of COVID-19 cases in the province. We summarized how these enhancements – especially the daily epidemiological summary – might address our critique of the government’s earlier reporting. Shortly after introducing its daily epidemiological summary, the Ontario government also began publishing daily updates of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the province.…

  • Using Clusterpie Markers to Map COVID-19 Cases in Southern Ontario

    Using Clusterpie Markers to Map COVID-19 Cases in Southern Ontario

    On March 30, 2020, the Ontario government enhanced its daily reporting of COVID-19 cases in the province. We summarized how these enhancements – especially the daily epidemiological summary – might address our critique of the government’s earlier reporting. Shortly after introducing its daily epidemiological summary, the Ontario government also began publishing daily updates of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the province.…

  • Spread of COVID-19 across Public Health Units in Southern Ontario (Feb 22 – Apr 6, 2020)

    Spread of COVID-19 across Public Health Units in Southern Ontario (Feb 22 – Apr 6, 2020)

    On March 30, 2020, the Ontario government enhanced its daily reporting of COVID-19 cases in the province. We summarized how these enhancements – especially the daily epidemiological summary – might address our critique of the government’s earlier reporting. Shortly after introducing its daily epidemiological summary, the Ontario government also began publishing case data of confirmed…