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Queen Elizabeth II’s geographical connections to Canada
From noble mountains to local elementary schools, the Queen’s reign and the bonds she’s forged with Canadians are reflected across the map of Canada
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Welcome to Flat Earth 101*
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Canadian high school students capture gold and silver at international geography competition
Team Canada picked up three medals at the 16th International Geography Olympiad in Hong Kong
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New research suggests intense collision formed Rocky Mountains
Before the Rockies formed, B.C. and Alberta may have been an ocean apart
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Behind the Canadian Shield
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Welcome to 50 Sussex, Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration
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Eight awesome things that happened at the 2018 RCGS Fellows Dinner
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Young Canadian geographers win five medals at International Geography Olympiad
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Ottawa teen crowned 2018 Can Geo Challenge champion
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Ecuador’s Mashpi Lodge: A luxury retreat in the transition zone
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Paradise, a poet and promised land
Growing up black in Nova Scotia, the intense beauty of Three Mile Plains and the Annapolis Valley was, for me, a fount of emotional history
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Video of the Week: A visual celebration of Canada
A father-son photography team from B.C. set out to document Canada's landscapes, wildlife, people and traditions
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In the Supreme Court’s Peel watershed decision, signs of hope for a new land power paradigm
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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The Supreme Court sides with B.C.’s Jumbo ski resort. What does that mean for sacred places in Canada?
With its ruling in Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada has shown that Indigenous groups cannot use the Charter's freedom of religion clause to protect lands they consider sacred
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Canadian students to compete in 2018 International Geography Olympiad
This will be the first time Canada has entered a team into the competition, which is being hosted in Quebec City next August
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Can Geo Education teacher receives national teaching award
Janet Ruest has received the Prime Minister's Certificate of Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence
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London, Ont., student crowned Canadian Geographic Challenge champion
Grade 10 student Ben Woodward took home the nation’s top geography prize
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A huge hole in Antarctica’s sea ice could offer insight into climate change
Researchers say the naturally occurring ice-free area, called a polynya, is a rare opportunity to study heat transfer between the ocean and atmopshere in the southern polar region
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Exploring the eskers in the “Land of little sticks”
The geological formations that surround Gangler's North Seal River Lodge in northwestern Manitoba are intriguing pathways to the past
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Sir David Attenborough awarded Gold Medal by RCGS
Broadcasting legend honoured at Canada House in London, U.K. for lifelong contributions to advancing public awareness of geography
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10 awesome things that happened at the 2016 RCGS Fellows Dinner
Celebrating new partnerships, milestone anniversaries and a bird for Canadians on geography's biggest night
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10 things the RCGS has been up to this summer
It's been an exciting couple of months for The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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