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Environment
Spotlight on conservation: Kootenay River Ranch
Thanks to contributions from donors like Kruger Products, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is restoring and protecting some of Canada’s most valuable ecosystems
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Searching for seaweed in Canada’s Western Arctic
A multi-year diving expedition led by the Canadian Museum of Nature aims to learn more about the diversity and distribution of seaweed in the Arctic
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People & Culture
“One people, one planet, one life:” The story of a director’s chair and the Take Your Seat project
As a new book of his images is released, photographer Randy VanDerStarren explains the meaning behind his well-travelled chair
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People & Culture
Power in our knowledge
How Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) weaves together Gitxsan ways of knowing into his series of children’s books
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Highlighting Indigenous voices
Environment
I am Mutehekau Shipu: A river’s journey to personhood in eastern Quebec
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
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People & Culture
Kakiniit: The art of Inuit tattooing
Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.
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People & Culture
Reclaiming Indigenous matriarchy with Sandy Ward
The latest in our Colour the Trail series
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People & Culture
In search of promised lands
Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.
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Canada's wildlife
Wildlife
Insurmountable: The battle to bring a salmon run home
“We just knew no fish would get by. Not without our help.” Behind the scenes of the epic campaign to save a Fraser River salmon run.
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Wildlife
The cat came back: Canada’s cougar comeback
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
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People & Culture
For the love of pronghorns
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future
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Wildlife
The truth about bees
To save the bees, we first need to understand them — and recognize their value independent of their role as pollinators
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Wildlife
A bear in the henhouse
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
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Amazing expeditions
Exploration
Riding the Transpolar Drift
How the Polarstern icebreaker accomplished the largest polar expedition in history — and what scientists learned
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Exploration
Why cave exploration matters
2022 is the International Year of Caves and Karst. Here’s why you should care about the hidden worlds beneath our feet.
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Exploration
Last icy stand: Scaling Mount Logan
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
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Exploration
Expedition completes longest human-powered north-south crossing of Canada
Expédition AKOR, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2021 Expedition of the Year, finished their 7,600-kilometre trek on Nov. 8
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Commemorate Canada
History
150th anniversary: the Nine Hour Movement and adoption of the Trade Unions Act
Understanding the workers’ protests that paved the way for the creation of unions to advocate for workers’ rights
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People & Culture
50th anniversary: Ugandan resettlement in Canada
Senator Mobina Jaffer on the expulsion of Ugandan Asians and their new life in Canada
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People & Culture
Profile in courage: The Canadian man who dove 12 metres into the sea to try and save a friend
On Sept. 8, 1972, 15-year-old Edward Joseph Duff of St. John’s, N.L., dove into the sea near Torbay in a valiant attempt to save the life of a friend who had fallen in. He managed multiple times to pull her within reach of the rocks, but, unfortunately, was dragged back by the waves each time.
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Profile in courage: The Canadian man who saved his brother after a helicopter crash
Madden Sarver rescued his severely injured brother after their helicopter crashed in a remote mountainous area near Grande Cache, Alta. on Jan. 30, 2009.
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Profile in courage: The Canadian man who saved a woman from the jaws of a polar bear
William Ayotte risked his life to rescue a woman who was being attacked by a polar bear in Churchill, Man. Grabbing a shovel he hit the bear, distracting it long enough to allow her to escape. The bear then turned on him, attacking him until a neighbour finally scared it away by driving toward it with a truck and blaring his horn on Nov. 1, 2013.
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People & Culture
The Bay of Fundy: Sea and skies
Episode 52
Hop aboard the Polar Prince with David McGuffin as he sails Atlantic Canada’s Bay of Fundy with the scientists, students and researchers that make up this Students on Ice conservation expedition
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Environment
Fundy Salmon – Back from the Brink
Episode 51
John Robinson of Parks Canada talks about the work being done to help bring back Fundy Atlantic salmon populations from the brink of extinction
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People & Culture
Geoff Green – Students on Ice
Episode 50
Join Students on Ice President Geoff Green aboard the Polar Prince as he discusses his experience as an expedition leader and how he built Students on Ice to be the vital force that it is today.
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People & Culture
The hidden kingdom of fungi – An autumn mushroom walk with Keith Seifert
Episode 49
Join fungi expert Keith Seifert and podcast host David McGuffin on an educational mushroom and fungi walk through Ottawa’s Gatineau Hills
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People & Culture
Kimberly Murray – Honour and justice for the missing children
Episode 48
As Canada’s first Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children, Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with former Residential Schools, Kimberly Murray discusses her new role and how she endeavours to support communities searching for their missing children and seeking justice for the children, families and communities
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