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Support Canadian Geographic this Giving Tuesday!
In memory of Gilles Gagnier
Matt LeMay is Canadian Geographic's inaugural Filmmaker-in-Residence
Announcing the winners of our Annual Photography 2020 competition
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Ocean Supercluster
Vents and chimneys on an underwater volcano
Canadian technology takes ocean mapping to new depths
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
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Community
Announcing the winners of the 2021 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Colour the Trails: Taking up space with Demiesha Dennis
Renaming places: how Canada is reexamining the map
Reflecting on Canada Day
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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 teachers of the month: RCGS award recipients
Featured Teacher: David Joiner
Featured Teacher: Ewan Geddes
Team Canada nabs four medals at 2021 International Geography Olympiad
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Environment & Nature
Excerpt: The Ocean’s Whistleblower
Planting local: In major shift, Toronto requires some developers to source native plants from local seeds
Modelling threats to caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire
Global geography community calls for action on climate and biodiversity crises
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Mapping
best of maps collage
Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2021
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
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People & Culture
A man watches a helicopter fly low above an icy ocean from his ship.
Safety first, service always: The Canadian Coast Guard turns 60
Documenting Massey Hall’s final days
Behind the wires: A look back at Canada’s golden age of telegraphy
Bison uncover ancient petroglyphs at Saskatchewan’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park
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RCGS
Royal Canadian Geographical Society and MEC launch Exploration Film Grant
Four things to know about Arctic policy and sustainable ocean management in Canada and Norway
Beloved author and RCGS Fellow Margaret Atwood honoured with a stamp
Indigenous Leadership Initiative and RCGS to produce series about Indigenous Guardians
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Science & Technology
A conceptualization of the James Webb space telescope floats in a blue and purple starry cosmos, its hexagonal mirrors glittering gold against an opalescent sunshield
Eye in the sky: How the newly-launched James Webb Space Telescope will help us see the universe
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the transmission of flu?
Why a Labrador crater is the perfect training ground for future moon explorers
Inside your smartphone: analyzing the rare-earth elements
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The North
What does sustainable architecture look like in the Arctic?
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
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Wildlife
Aerial shot of the big bar land slide in fraser river
Insurmountable: The battle to bring a salmon run home
Into the wintry kingdom of the Canada lynx
Canadian photojournalist shortlisted for international award for powerful shot of kangaroo and joey
Calling all walrus detectives: new project seeks citizen scientists to count walrus from space
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