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Set to launch later this year in Clyde River, Nunavut, digital atlases of Inuit place names, wildlife habitat, scientific studies and more are already benefiting communities in the Arctic
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Lancés plus tard cette année à Clyde River (Nunavut), des atlas numériques des toponymes inuits, des habitats fauniques, des études scientifiques et de bien plus encore profitent déjà aux collectivités dans l’Arctique
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The Canadian High Arctic Research Station is set to open in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, later this year. How will it affect our understanding and appreciation of the North and the rapid change occurring there?
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Inuit experts and Environment Canada scientists are working together to manage an explosion in snow goose populations
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People & Culture
A tribute to the acclaimed oral history expert and RCGS Honorary Vice-President, who passed away this morning
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Author Kenn Harper pays tribute to the life, legacy and work of his fellow historian
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“His life’s work held true:” Leona Aglukkaq, former Minister of Environment and Parks Canada, on the admired Inuit oral historian
History
AMC's new 10-part narrative of the Franklin expedition is part high adventure, part gothic horror
Exploration
Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
Exploration
Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the "more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration" that the 21st century demands
History
A century ago, a strange drama played out on Wrangel Island in the Russian Arctic. The hero of this tale? A 23-year-old Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack
Places
The Embassy of Norway has gifted Canada with the first English translation of Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage diaries, reaffirming a shared polar past and future
People & Culture
Remembering Louie Kamookak, a new Explorer-in-Residence and other highlights from the 89th Annual College of Fellows Dinner
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Ce projet multiplateforme et ambitieux, lancé par les peuples autochtones, sera un outil d’éducation et de réconciliation.
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Ambitious multi-platform, Indigenous-led project will be a tool for education and reconciliation
Places
Historic accord creates a new land border between Canada and Denmark on the tiny Arctic island and the world’s longest maritime boundary
People & Culture
Inaugural award honours the legacy of the late Inuit historian
Mapping
The staff of the Inuit Heritage Trust is racing across Canada’s North to document traditional Inuit place names before much of that knowledge passes on with the elders who hold it. Canadian Geographic sits down with lead researcher Lynn Peplinski.
People & Culture
In this exclusive excerpt from Kenn Harper’s new book, the Arctic historian explores tales of Inuit and Christian beliefs and how these came to coexist — and sometimes clash — in the 19th and 20th centuries
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In his new book, Thou Shalt Do No Murder, historian Kenn Harper explores how the killing of a trader in 1920 set off a clash of cultures in the Canadian High Arctic that still resonates today
People & Culture
Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.
History
At the RCGS's spring lecture on April 12, Dave Woodman and four other experts will talk about the use of Inuit traditional knowledge in locating Erebus
People & Culture
The name roughly translates to 'Nunavut, Our Future,' and that's where students and instructors are focused
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Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
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James Raffan finds beauty in a place where one in 10 children will not graduate high school
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Alanna Mitchell, co-author of Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus, reflects on the renowned historian
Environment
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History
Exploring the three primary theories on the locations of Franklin’s missing ships
History
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
People & Culture
Twelve Indigenous people honoured for their extraordinary work across Canada
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A look back at some of the amazing projects that have won the $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize
Environment
The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
People & Culture
Indigenous and Inuit communities are expressing concern as the threat of COVID-19 comes nearer to their communities
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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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A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
People & Culture
Nicole Camphaug is one of a new generation of Inuit designers who are pushing the boundaries of traditional uses for sealskin
History
My great-grandmother spoke of finding mysterious objects on King William Island as a young girl. This summer, I retraced her steps.
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
Places
Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
People & Culture
Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
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InukBook is an Inuit-led, Inuit-run, community-based health and environment monitoring program in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut
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Des chasseurs inuits et des scientifiques collaborent pour consigner de récents changements alarmants dans la glace de mer dans la baie d’Hudson
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Inuit hunters and scientists are collaborating to record recent alarming shifts in Hudson Bay sea ice
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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
History
An excerpt from We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919
People & Culture
First Nations, Métis and Inuit leaders gather on Parliament Hill for the launch of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada's Giant Floor Map and teacher's guide, now available across the country
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An interview with Inuit artist Bart Hanna, whose sculpture of the Inuit sea goddess has been unveiled on Parliament Hill as part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Nunavut becoming a territory
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Louie Kamookak is an Inuit historian whose work helped locate the lost Erebus ship. However, he's not the only Inuk who played an important role in the century-long search.
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On April 12, Franklin enthusiasts had a rare opportunity to come together in the same room as The Royal Canadian Geographical Society presented their 2016 Can Geo Talks
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Louie Kamookak awarded medal from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society for enhancing the Society’s ability to make Canada better known.
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A group of students from around the world who embark on an unforgettable journey of Arctic education wind up discovering something about themselves in the process
Mapping
In 1929, J. Dewey Soper’s quest to find the breeding grounds of the blue goose ended, thanks in part to this marvelously detailed hand-drawn map
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Experience northern art in the south
Mapping
Changes were recommended for environmental and community benefits, ship safety
Travel
How I learned to love the unexpected (and fishing) in Nunavut
People & Culture
An interview with John Geiger and Alanna Mitchell
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New festival to increase awareness about climate change in the north while simultaneously raising money to help local food insecurity.
Wildlife
In a new book, Max Foran denounces Canada's failures in protecting its wildlife from human exploitation
Mapping
Explore how people live on Canada’s largest island, known in Inuktitut as ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, or Qikiqtaaluk
People & Culture
Award recipients honoured in the first virtual Annual General Meeting and Fellows Show.