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About Can Geo
Canadian Geographic publisher Gilles Gagnier
In memory of Gilles Gagnier
Matt LeMay is Canadian Geographic's inaugural Filmmaker-in-Residence
Announcing the winners of our Annual Photography 2020 competition
Introducing the 'What is home' re:Location photo competition winners
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Ocean Supercluster
A data revolution is helping to keep workers safe from storms at sea
World Oceans Day: Building a more sustainable ocean future — one worker at a time
Small-scale energy projects aim to help northern communities
Encouraging tech innovations to safeguard ocean health
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Community
A woman dressed in fishing gear and a blue-green coat holds a fishing rod over her shoulders in a river
Colour the Trails: Taking up space with Demiesha Dennis
Renaming places: how Canada is reexamining the map
Reflecting on Canada Day
Reclaiming Indigenous matriarchy with Sandy Ward
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COVID-19
A plastic pandemic: The results of COVID-19 PPE pollution
The ants go marching one by one: Social distancing in the animal kingdom
How Arctic sea ducks develop herd immunity from avian cholera
Sewage surveillance: How scientists track and identify diseases like COVID-19 before they spread
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Education
Geography teacher
Featured Teacher: Ewan Geddes
Team Canada nabs four medals at 2021 International Geography Olympiad
Team Canada set to compete in the virtual 2021 International Geography Olympiad
Featured Teacher: Colin O'Connor
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Environment & Nature
leather sea stars
“We did this:” Is there a way out of our intertwined climate and biodiversity crises?
Kelp: The sustainable superfood coming soon to a plate near you
Study of 500 years of cod catch data shows collapse could have been avoided
What if we could plant trees as quickly as we cut them down?
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Mapping
Map of North American glaciation
The shape of ice: Mapping North America’s glaciers
Mapping project aims to make Canada’s trails more accessible
First Peoples' Map of B.C.: New interactive map celebrates Indigenous cultures and language
Ocean Week: Howe Sound community creates interactive map protecting ecological, economic and cultural values
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People & Culture
Shoalts: What lurks beyond the flicker of the firelight?
Can Geo Films documentary Returning Home to premiere at Canadian film festivals
George Elliott Clarke finds Africadian inspiration in Three Mile Plains, N.S.
Salma Lakhani, Alberta’s first Muslim Lieutenant Governor, on building a more inclusive Canada
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RCGS
Four people pose in front of a blue background saying "Royal Canadian geographical Society." They are Dr. Joe MacInnis, Gavin Fitch, Catherine McKenna, and John Geiger
Catherine McKenna named an Honorary Fellow of the RCGS
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society awards two Kamookak Medals
Launching the Trebek Initiative!
RCGS appoints Emily Choy as its latest Explorer-in-Residence
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Science & Technology
Inside your smartphone: analyzing the rare-earth elements
Canadian rover set to land on moon within five years
Canadian company wins multi-million dollar prize for carbon-dioxide-injected concrete
Space mining is not science fiction, and Canada could figure prominently
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The North
A photo of the author side by side with the cover of his book
Excerpt from Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes
Q&A: How isolation in the remote High Arctic can have valuable lessons for our changing world
5 Polar Continental Shelf Program projects unlocking the mysteries of Canada’s North
Researchers find microplastics in nearly every sample taken in the Eastern Canadian Arctic
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Wildlife
North American dark-eyed junco on a pine branch
Wildlife Wednesday: Animals are “shape-shifting” to cope with climate change
Egyptian scientists discover new species of ancient four-legged whale
Wildlife Wednesday: Is the iconic loon in trouble?
Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
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