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Costa Rica: An incredible (mostly) birding adventure
Great guides! An amazing cadre of learned and enthusiastic guides ensures travellers to Costa Rica get the most out of this paradise
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Wendake – Illuminating the past, present and future of Indigenous tourism
Less than a 15-minute drive from the heart of Quebec City, Wendake is an exceptional place that combines tradition with the modern day
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Why we’re challenging Canadian families to “live net zero”
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Wildlife Wednesday: The “wonderful net” protecting whales and dolphins from deep-sea brain damage
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National day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Interview: Kimberly Murray on honour and justice for missing Indigenous children
The recently-appointed special interlocutor discusses the respectful treatment of unmarked graves and burial sites associated with former Indian residential schools
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Connie Walker – Surviving St Michael’s
Episode 41
Connie Walker discusses her late father’s experience of abuse as a First Nations child at St Michael’s Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan
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Survivor: The story of Phyllis Webstad and Orange Shirt Day
Phyllis Webstad turns her residential school experience into a powerful tool for reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day
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The Tribal Canoe Journey, an odyssey to reclaim tradition and territory
For my father and me, these journeys are both personal and political
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Explore an interactive map of former Indian residential schools and institutions, as well as stories from survivors
Paths to Reconciliation
Hundreds of Indian residential schools were never recognized in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement because they were operated outside the timelines of the agreement or by provinces or other organizations. Here are some of those schools.
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Five families compete for the planet
Follow along as each family competes in a series of carbon reduction challenges on their journey to become a net zero household.
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The Greatest Lakes
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A multination effort to restore the Great Lakes: A watershed moment
Fifty years after the landmark Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, what’s changed?
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Mapping the human impact on the Great Lakes
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Photographing Lake Superior
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Celebrating polar month
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Riding the Transpolar Drift
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What does sustainable architecture look like in the Arctic?
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Arctic storms: How scientists are improving forecasts of dangerous polar lows
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Adventurers Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm, founders of Hearts in the Ice, return to Svalbard, Norway, for a second overwintering to build on their citizen science work
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The truth about polar bears
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A bridge of ice
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A foremost Amundsen expert shares some highlights from famed Norwegian explorer’s 1903-06 expedition to the North Pole
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Why the North Pole matters: An important history of challenges and global fascination
In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.
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Commemorate Canada
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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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Profile in courage: The Canadian coast guard who rescued fishermen stranded in a winter storm
First Officer Leslie Palmer of the Canadian Coast Guard was awarded the Canadian Decoration for Bravery after braving a severe winter storm to rescue two fishermen stranded on the shores of the Grenville Channel, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia on Dec. 27, 2004
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Profile in courage: The Canadian woman who risked her life to save people in Haiti trapped beneath a collapsed schoolhouse
Marie-Claude Élie was awarded the Canadian Decoration for Bravery after bringing medical assistance to dozens of people trapped beneath the ruins of a schoolhouse that collapsed in the wake of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 7, 2008
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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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The Greatest Comeback – Remembering the ’72 Summit Series
Episode 47
Best-selling author and journalist, John U. Bacon discusses the 1972 Summit Series and how Team Canada radically changed the game
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The expulsion of Ugandan Asians and their new life in Canada – Senator Mobina Jaffer
Episode 46
Senator Mobina Jaffer discusses the lead-up to the expulsion, the difficulties and benefits of starting a new life in Canada and the important lessons to be learned by Canadians in how we treat refugees today
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Michelle Valberg on the Magic of Photographing Canada’s North
Episode 45
Award-winning Canadian wildlife photographer, Michelle Valberg joins the podcast to discuss her new appointment to the Order of Canada, philanthropic work and early days as a photographer
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Wally Schaber and the Last of the Wild Rivers
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Canoeing legend Wally Schaber talks about his lifelong love of the Dumoine River, the last of the wild rivers in the Ottawa river watershed
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