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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
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
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 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
A small eastern hemlock tree surrounded by taller trees
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
How earthquake scientists solved the mystery of the last “Big One” in the Pacific Northwest
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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
Talking Apple TV+’s new series Foundation with RCGS medalist Jared Harris
Northern exposure: Tomson Highway recalls a childhood encounter with the sub-Arctic wind
The funniest places: Why Canadian comedy is obsessed with geography
Our Country: Alex Cuba’s favourite place in Canada
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RCGS
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
Watch the 2021 RCGS Fellows Show!
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Science & Technology
Man sneezes and expels droplets into air
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
Canadian rover set to land on moon within five years
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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
A herd of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on Matveev Island, Russia. (Photo: © Yulia Bogomolova/WWF-Russia)
Calling all walrus detectives: new project seeks citizen scientists to count walrus from space
Animal crossing: Reconnecting North America’s most important wildlife corridor
Sinking or swimming? The challenges of polar bear research in a changing Arctic
Wildlife Wednesday: Walrus watching, sleepy bats and lost petrels
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