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Google launches new and improved Google Earth, with more ways to explore the world
Canadian Geographic Education tapped to host workshops to help teachers make the most of the new tool
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Canada’s Indigenous lands added to Google Maps, Google Earth
A new update allows users to view 3,100 Indigenous communities and treaty settlement lands
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Aglukkaq welcomes Google Street View
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Google Maps brings Street View to Canada’s Parliament
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Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
A new Google project zeroes in on Canada’s Devon Island, the most Mars-like environment on Earth
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Mapping Canada’s history of residential schools with Google Earth
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Cartographier l’histoire des pensionnats autochtones grâce à Google Earth
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Dive into the planet’s water resources with Jill Heinerth and Google Earth Voyager
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Exploring Canada’s original place names with Google Earth
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Google Earth Voyager story highlights Indigenous cultural heritage
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Hearts in the Ice: Drone technology
Environment
Environment
Google ‘Trail View’: coming soon to a computer near you
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has teamed up with Google in an effort to make some of Canada’s hidden natural landscapes more accessible to people worldwide
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“There’s no coming back from this:” Why the global ocean crisis threatens us all
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
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Environment
Emily Choy on climate change in the Arctic
Episode 27
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s newest Explorer-in-Residence shares insights from her summers studying murres in the High Arctic — a region she calls an “early warning system” for climate change
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Environment
Daniel Pauly on preventing the end of fish
Episode 29
The marine biologist on why we’re asking too much of the ocean — and how to protect the future of fish
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History
History
Charlotte Gray
Episode 9
The bestselling author and historian on why exploration is essential to understanding Canada’s history
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 2: Early explorers
Episode 13
Host David McGuffin and RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts reveal some of the compelling figures of the early fur trade in Canada: Henry Kelsey, Samuel Hearne, and the great Dene leader Matonabbee
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(3): Treasures of the fur trade
Episode 19
As a way of illustrating the importance of company fur traders to the 100-year-old HBC collection, curator Amelia Fay pulls out three items donated by Julian Camsell, HBC Chief Factor for the MacKenzie District in Canada’s Arctic
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(2): Blankets and moccasins
Episode 18
Continuing our deep dive into the Hudson’s Bay Company archives at the Manitoba Museum, this week we look at some of the items that figured prominently in trade, including the iconic point blanket
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History
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(1): The Royal Charter
Episode 17
Written on animal skin 350 years ago, the Royal Charter that created the Hudson’s Bay Company is both an incredible and problematic document
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Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – BONUS EPISODE: Life at Fort Simpson
02Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 3: The rise of the Métis
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Exploration
Adam Shoalts
Episode 4
The solo adventurer and best-selling author shares highlights from his expeditions and the “lost” explorer who’s captured his imagination
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Exploration
Exploring Canada’s deepest cave with Christian Stenner
Episode 38
One of Canada’s most accomplished cavers shares what it’s really like to explore the world beneath our feet
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Exploration
Adam Shoalts shares a spooky story of the Canadian wilderness
Episode 23
Gather ’round and listen as explorer and bestselling author Adam Shoalts spins a spine-tingling tale of tracking a legendary creature in Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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Exploration
Crossing Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab
Episode 37
The extreme explorer shares why his attempted winter traverse of the High Arctic island was one of his most challenging — and special — expeditions yet
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Podcasts
People & Culture
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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People & Culture
Training Lunar Explorers in Labrador
Episode 42
As NASA and the world’s space agencies prepare to return to the moon, geologist Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinsky helps train potential lunar explorers in remote northern Labrador on what they could find there
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People & Culture
How South Sudanese child soldiers found a new life in Alberta
Episode 39
Former child soldiers who fought in Sudan during Africa’s bloodiest civil war eventually found refuge in Canada — many of them in Brooks, Alta. Anthropologist, author and journalist Carol Berger shares their stories.
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Exploration
David Saint-Jacques
Episode 11
The Canadian Space Agency astronaut on the Zen-like experience of living in orbit, his groundbreaking spacewalk, and the low-tech way he knew he’d made it to space
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Exploration
James Raffan
Episode 7
Explorer and “canoe evangelist” James Raffan reflects on the symbolic importance of the canoe to Canada and his most recent expedition in the Marshall Islands
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A look at Google’s smart city
Urbanist Robin Mazumder reviews Quayside, the new ‘smart’ neighbourhood on Toronto’s eastern waterfront
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The truth about polar bears
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
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People & Culture
7 ways to keep exploring and learning from home this March Break
Education and entertainment don't have to stop just because everything is closed
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People & Culture
How Marie Wilson will mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Episode 22
For the former Commissioner of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 is akin to Remembrance Day
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People & Culture
Astronaut Chris Hadfield on “The Apollo Murders,” his thrilling novel of the Space Race
Episode 21
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses how his own experiences in space informed his first novel, a classic Cold War-era spy thriller
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Mapping
Mapping
Map Monday – Art meets Google Street View
Mapping
Google Street View maps more of Canada’s north
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Google Street View comes to Canadian parks and historic sites
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Inside the intricate world of video game cartography
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Hockey player captures Rideau Canal footage for Google Street View
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Mapping street art around the world
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Travel
Travel
Wade Davis on the Magdalena, Colombia’s “river of dreams”
Episode 20
The author and anthropologist discusses the five years of travels he undertook along Colombia’s Magdalena River
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Travel
Leroy and Leroy: There’s always something to do
Episode 36
We sit down with “Leroy in front of the camera” to discuss the road-tripping comedy duo’s meteoric rise on TikTok and where they’re headed next
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Travel
Met Con Blue, Sir!
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
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Travel
The spell of the Yukon
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Sustainable clothing company featured by Google
This eco-friendly clothing company started by young Canadian sisters Bree and Hailey Hollinsworth, is quickly becoming one of the country’s sustainability superstars
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Following Greenland Sharks in Canada’s Arctic
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Q&A: Teen battery-free flashlight inventor
15-year-old Ann Makosinski's design uses heat from a user's hand to power a flashlight
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Science & Tech
Hearts in the Ice: History and culture
From coal mining to scientific research, the remote archipelago of Svalbard has a rich and complex heritage
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Wildlife
What we learn from birds with Patrick Nadeau
Episode 24
The new president of Birds Canada gives us an inside look at Canada’s largest citizen science movement
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People & Culture
A journey through Africadia with George Elliott Clarke
Episode 26
Canada’s former Poet Laureate gives us a tour of the cultural geography of Black Nova Scotia
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People & Culture
Catherine McKenna on diversity in politics, internet trolls, and cold-water swimming
Episode 28
A century after the first woman was elected to the Canadian Parliament, one of the most prominent figures in present-day politics shares her thoughts on how to amplify diverse voices in the Commons
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People & Culture
Dave Bidini on the West End Phoenix and reviving local news
Episode 30
The Rheostatics frontman, bestselling author and community newspaper publisher shares why hyper-local storytelling matters more now than ever before
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People & Culture
Perry Bellegarde on reconnecting with language and ceremony
Episode 31
The First Nations political leader and Honorary President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society reflects on his childhood on reserve and his role as an oskâpêwis — a Cree word meaning helper
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Articles
Places
Canada’s northernmost national park, Quttinirpaaq, is now on Google Street View
It's now possible to virtually visit the northern tip of Canada
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Tracking sea turtles
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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Mapping
Researchers are using AI to track gentrification across Ottawa
Thanks to machine learning, researchers have been able to monitor and map gentrification across the nation’s capital
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A brand-new challenge
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There’s no map to teaching in a pandemic
Across Canada, teachers are getting creative with their methods and approaches in the classroom to overcome challenges imposed by COVID-19
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Wildlife
Wildlife
New research offers insight into the skin care routine of bowhead whales
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Alberta app to track moose population across the province
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Q & A with Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak
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Q & A with Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak on how satellite images calculate fish catches
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Shark tag finds its way home
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Managing the white-tailed deer population
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Traditional trapping in the North
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
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Mapping COVID-19: How maps make us feel
Canadian Geographic cartographer Chris Brackley continues his exploration of how the world is charting the COVID-19 pandemic, this time looking at how artistic choices inform our reactions to different maps
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Hearts in the Ice: Weather and Climate
From sea ice to ocean currents, Svalbard has a unique yet fragile environment that may look very different as climate change shifts weather patterns
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Hearts in the Ice: Citizen Science
From phytoplankton to drones, citizen science in the remote Svalbard wilderness is contributing to research around the world
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Environment
Eco-friendly paper
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
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Places
Charlie Angus on Cobalt, Ont. and the legacy of a mining boom
Episode 32
Cobalt’s silver rush in the 1900s changed how mining was carried out in Canada and internationally — and not always for the better
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History
Operation Husky: Reflections on a forgotten story
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Wildlife
“Whale superhighway” map marks World Whale Day
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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Exploration
Ray Zahab
Episode 1
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab discusses his 2019 Trans-Kamchatka expedition and other extreme marathon adventures.
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Exploration
Jill Heinerth on spending the pandemic underwater
Episode 35
The RCGS Explorer-in-Residence returns to the Explore podcast to share an exciting project she’s been working on close to home
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People & Culture
People of the pandemic: Share your story
How has your life changed because of COVID-19?
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People & Culture
Canadians share their love for museums with selfies
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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People & Culture
Photographing Toronto’s diversity
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Mapping
Map Monday – Logging transparency reaches new level
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Mapping
New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities
Mangroves provide a range of benefits, including protection from storms and the prevention of coastal erosion
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Mapping
Artist uses GPS tracking to write giant message across globe
This artist travelled the world and used his GPS tracked movements to write 'PEACE' across a Google map of the world
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Mapping
Mapping the future of sustainable agriculture
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
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Science & Tech
Hearts in the Ice: Climate change in our polar regions
A warmer, wetter, and wilder climate is unbalancing the Arctic ecosystem
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Science & Tech
What happened to the flying car?
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Science & Tech
Heat map shows Calgary residents how to save energy
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Science & Tech
Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat
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The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal
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Tracking the Greenland shark’s Arctic movements
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