As it has been more than a quarter century since the publication of my book The Myth of Continents (co-written with my wife, Kären Wigen), I have long thought that the topic deserved reconsideration. An opportunity came in May 2025, when I was invited to give a talk in Stanford’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, associated […] The post The Myth of Continents Revisited: GeoCurrents YouTube Video appeared first on GeoCurrents.

As noted in the previous GeoCurrents post, Alberta is Canada’s most prosperous and economically productive province. But it does have, as might be expected, by the country’s highest cost of living. Although living costs in Alberta are above the national average, they are below those of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. The major factor is […] The post Canadian Provinces and U.S. States Economically Compared appeared first on GeoCurrents.

Several recent GeoCurrents posts have emphasized similarities in the electoral geographies of the United States and Canada. But there are also some major differences, particularly regarding state/province voting patterns and levels of economic development. In the U.S., the wealthiest states tend to favor the left-leaning Democratic Party while the poorest states tend to favor the […] The post Economic Factors Behind the Alberta Secession Movement in Canada appeared first on GeoCurrents.

Comparing electoral maps of Canada and the United States is a challenging exercise. The two countries have markedly different political systems: the United States is a presidential democratic republic and Canada is a nominally monarchical state governed through a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. Although both counties are organized as federal rather than unitary states, the individual […] The post Comparing Recent Patterns of Electoral Geography in the United States and Canada (Part 1: State/Province Level) appeared first on GeoCurrents.

The Conservative Party was widely expected to win Canada’s April 28 federal election. As recently as January 2025, the party was polling well ahead of the governing Liberals (see the graph posted below). But after U.S. President Donald Trump began calling Canada the “fifty-first state,” support for the Conservative Party plunged while support for the […] The post A Major Win for the Left in Canada’s 2025 Election – But Not in Alberta or Saskatchewan appeared first on GeoCurrents.