How you deal with colonial or potentially offensive place names in Canada?

What happens when a geographical or place name is no longer appropriate? In Canada, input from Indigenous communities is helping toponymists reinstate place names that are more representative of the features being designated.

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Eurac Research Blogs
Published
2026-08-18
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https://doi.org/10.57708/bcwqo0msatvm7f5g8j7siva
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Geographic Information Systems Studies
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How you deal with colonial or potentially offensive place names in Canada?

Daniela Rios
Eurac Research Blogs
Geographic Information Systems Studies
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How you deal with colonial or potentially offensive place names in Canada?

Daniela Rios
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Abstract

What happens when a geographical or place name is no longer appropriate? In Canada, input from Indigenous communities is helping toponymists reinstate place names that are more representative of the features being designated.

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