Part of our ongoing Colour the Trails series

Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.

The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces

We caught up with Indigenous filmmaker Sarain Fox to talk Giiwewizh — a series of 16 short films directed and shot in isolation on iPhone 12

Part of our Colour the Trails series.

*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of maps and art that help us understand her people’s story.

Waldron spoke with Canadian Geographic about representation for women and racialized communities

An utterly engaging dive into our modern ways of retreat — where we go, why we’re drawn, and how it’s urgent

Taking a Break from Saving the World chronicles an activist's journey from burnout to balance

Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes seeks to provide a fresh view on Cook's legacy from a North American perspective.

Following the Good River is a biography of Cecil Paul's life as one North American’s more prominent Indigenous leaders.

Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid tells the stories of the experience, suffering and survival of Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala elder. 

Award recipients honoured in the first virtual Annual General Meeting and Fellows Show.

Based on the film documentary of the same name, The Third Dive looks to expose the circumstances around Rob Stewart's untimely death.

Insights from historian C. Brad Faught's new book on Edmund Allenby, the principal British military figure in the Middle East during the First World War.

While best known as the host of Jeopardy!, the Honorary President of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society was one of the planet's biggest champions of geographic knowledge and education

Exploring the passion of creator Jean Daum with a look behind the scenes

Phyllis Webstad turns her residential school experience into a powerful tool for reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day

'You don’t get over a fire as big as the Elephant Hill fire in a hurry.'

An exclusive excerpt from renowned Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis’ new book Magdalena: River of Dreams, about the iconic waterway that has shaped the geography, culture and people of Colombia

These two shows may serve to both challenge and reinforce people’s perceptions of rural life

Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news

Canadian Geographic's cartographer Chris Brackley shares insights into his process in charting the country's largest islands for an exclusive wall map

Wildlife names that could use a rebrand

A botanical journey along the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimmage route by former CBC Radio columnist and enthusiastic gardener Lyndon Penner

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, stars of Apple TV+’s new series Long Way Up, on electric travel, sustainability and where they’re headed after the pandemic

How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?

Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news

Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between mainland B.C. and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?

How Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us

Largely unheralded until Canadian Geographic’s National Bird Project was held, the renamed Canada jay — formerly grey jay — has become in many minds the country’s national bird

Editor-in-chief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie contributed this chapter to a compilation book about the Canada Jay

An enchanting and evocative look at the unique relationship between a solitary, island-dwelling wolf and a renowned wildlife photographer

An Ontario centre is charting new horizons in wildlife rehabilitation — one reconstructed turtle at a time

After a series of mass deaths in recent years, what can we do?

In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it

The mismanagement of personal protective equipment waste is contributing to environmental degradation

Urban geographer Liam McGuire on how he used maps to illustrate growing inequalities in Canadian cities

Le programme Adopter un navire a transporté les élèves sur une tournée virtuelle en arrière-scène avec des équipages et du personnel de la Garde côtière. 

The Adopt a Ship program took kids on a virtual behind-the-scenes tour with Coast Guard crews and staff

Across Canada, teachers are getting creative with their methods and approaches in the classroom to overcome challenges imposed by COVID-19

Cattle grazing helps to conserve endangered grasslands as well as the habitat for many species at risk

A team of climbers and scientists plan to summit the Yukon’s Mount Logan next spring in the name of climate change — and to re-evaluate its height with modern GPS technology

In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis Butcher canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise

Fire detection, forecasting, management — and how decisions are made

The animated short film called Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium

Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences

Michel Doyon, manager of flight and systems operations at the Canadian Space Agency, walks us through what space debris is and its impact on Canada

A conversation with filmmakers on how they captured this unique ecosystem, on screen.

RCGS Fellow Jacqueline Windh jumped at the opportunity to participate in a six-week cleanup along the coast of B.C. 

The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems

The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?

Mt. Robson is not so much difficult as dangerous. It is no mountain to trifle with. – Newman Waffl 

With interviews from Chris Hadfield, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, and more, Canadarm and Collaboration is the tale of Canada’s involvement in international space exploration from the 1960s to the present day

The team's thoughts on the 2020 Eco-Challenge through Fiji