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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
Ontario geography teacher in Aurora
Featured Teacher: David Joiner
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
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Environment & Nature
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
“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
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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
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
Shoalts: What lurks beyond the flicker of the firelight?
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RCGS
8 incredible items you can bid on in the 2021 RCGS virtual silent auction
Geographic education award renamed in honour of Gilles Gagnier
Catherine McKenna named an Honorary Fellow of the RCGS
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society awards two Kamookak Medals
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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
Mother and baby bear curl up like kidney beans in a mirror image of eachother in a grassy meadow
Canadian-Slovak photographer Martin Gregus wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio award
Wildlife Wednesday: Can the woolly mammoth be brought back from extinction?
Wildlife Wednesday: Animals are “shape-shifting” to cope with climate change
Egyptian scientists discover new species of ancient four-legged whale
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