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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announce first ever Inuit-led climate strategy
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Q&A with Maatalii Okalik
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Throwback Thursday: Nunavut up and running
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Interview: Dalee Sambo Dorough of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
Exploration
Lessons from the Northwest Passage: Roald Amundsen’s experiences in the Canadian Arctic
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How a new northern mapping project is preserving Inuit traditional knowledge
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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Comment un nouveau projet de cartographie du Nord préserve le savoir traditionnel des Inuits
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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‘It’s been raining! In the High Arctic!’
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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Managing an Arctic snow goose surge
Inuit experts and Environment Canada scientists are working together to manage an explosion in snow goose populations
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De nouvelles recherches sur le mouvement de mammifères marins dans l’Arctique visent à assurer le maintien d’aliments traditionnels inuits
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Remembering Inuit oral historian Louie Kamookak
A tribute to the acclaimed oral history expert and RCGS Honorary Vice-President, who passed away this morning
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Remembering Louie Kamookak
Author Kenn Harper pays tribute to the life, legacy and work of his fellow historian
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A tribute to Louie Kamookak’s life and legacy
“His life’s work held true:” Leona Aglukkaq, former Minister of Environment and Parks Canada, on the admired Inuit oral historian
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History
Franklin fact and fiction collide in new television series ‘The Terror’
AMC's new 10-part narrative of the Franklin expedition is part high adventure, part gothic horror
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A bridge of ice
Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
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New book introduces the unsung heroes of Arctic 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
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Ada Blackjack and the Canadian invasion of Russia
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
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Places
Strong Ties: Canada-Norway connection celebrated at 50 Sussex
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
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Eight awesome things that happened at the 2018 RCGS Fellows Dinner
Remembering Louie Kamookak, a new Explorer-in-Residence and other highlights from the 89th Annual College of Fellows Dinner
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La SGRC, en partenariat avec les organismes des premières nations, des Inuits et des Métis, prévoit créer l’Atlas des peuples autochtones du Canada
Ce projet multiplateforme et ambitieux, lancé par les peuples autochtones, sera un outil d’éducation et de réconciliation.
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RCGS partners with First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations to create Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Ambitious multi-platform, Indigenous-led project will be a tool for education and reconciliation
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Places
Canada, Denmark end 50-year “Whiskey War” over Hans Island
Historic accord creates a new land border between Canada and Denmark on the tiny Arctic island and the world’s longest maritime boundary
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Actor Jared Harris awarded RCGS’ Louie Kamookak Medal
Inaugural award honours the legacy of the late Inuit historian
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Articles
Mapping
Mapping traditional place names in Canada’s North
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.
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Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North
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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Inuit, injustice, and the trial that changed everything
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
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Kakiniit: The art of Inuit tattooing
Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.
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History
How Inuit testimony affected the search for Sir John Franklin
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
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At Ottawa’s Nunavut Sivuniksavut, Inuit youth carve out their place in the world
The name roughly translates to 'Nunavut, Our Future,' and that's where students and instructors are focused
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An ‘Angry Inuk’ defends the seal hunt, again
Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
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Life in the high Arctic: James Raffan
James Raffan finds beauty in a place where one in 10 children will not graduate high school
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Louie Kamookak, oral history and the Franklin expedition
Alanna Mitchell, co-author of Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus, reflects on the renowned historian
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Feds and Inuit governments collaborate on new High Arctic marine protections
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DFO, Coast Guard and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announce the creation of the new Arctic Region
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Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound to be Canada’s largest protected area
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Exclusive interview: Catherine McKenna on the science, community and value of parks
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Inuit to discuss how to save the North Water Polynya
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Five key takeaways from the Arctic Frontiers conference
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The hunt for the Franklin ships: Inuit testimony
Exploring the three primary theories on the locations of Franklin’s missing ships
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The man who challenged the Hudson’s Bay Company
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
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Meet the winners of the 2019 Indspire Awards
Twelve Indigenous people honoured for their extraordinary work across Canada
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For the North, by the North
A look back at some of the amazing projects that have won the $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize
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Environment
Lisa Koperqualuk on fighting for an Arctic future
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The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
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Indigenous, Inuit concerned about health systems, lost knowledge with COVID-19
Indigenous and Inuit communities are expressing concern as the threat of COVID-19 comes nearer to their communities
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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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Inuit preschool, Yukon cold-climate greenhouse among winners of 2018 Arctic Inspiration Prize
A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
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See how an Inuit designer combines fashion and tradition using sealskin
Nicole Camphaug is one of a new generation of Inuit designers who are pushing the boundaries of traditional uses for sealskin
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History
Searching the Arctic for traces of the Sir John Franklin expedition
My great-grandmother spoke of finding mysterious objects on King William Island as a young girl. This summer, I retraced her steps.
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Wildlife
Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
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.
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Places
Life and death in Lancaster Sound
Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
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“The Terror” recap: Episode 9
Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
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New research into Arctic marine mammal movements aims to maintain the future of a traditional Inuit food source
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Labrador project combines local knowledge with new technology to make ice travel safer
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The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal
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Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat
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InukBook app to monitor health, environment in Nunatsiavut
InukBook is an Inuit-led, Inuit-run, community-based health and environment monitoring program in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut
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Des changements dans la glace de mer changent la vie dans le Nord
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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How changing sea ice is also changing lives in the North
Inuit hunters and scientists are collaborating to record recent alarming shifts in Hudson Bay sea ice
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Iconic driftwood house preserved in Mackenzie Delta permafrost
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Une maison de bois de grève emblématique préservée par le pergélisol du delta du Mackenzie
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Les tribulations du phoque annelé dans l’Arctique
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Un projet au Labrador associe connaissances locales et nouvelles technologies pour rendre les déplacements sur la glace plus sûrs
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Vague d’analyses: Des chasseurs inuits et des scientifiques collaborent pour garantir la salubrité de la viande de morse
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Catherine McKenna on diversity in politics, internet trolls, and cold-water swimming
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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
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When death came to Labrador
An excerpt from We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919
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Groundbreaking Indigenous resources promote reconciliation
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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Sedna sculpture unveiled on Parliament Hill
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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Inuit historians that helped search for Sir John Franklin
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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RCGS hosts evening of fascinating Franklin discussion
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 on the importance of Inuit oral history
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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Learning the land
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An Arctic fieldtrip
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
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The Inuit map that helped a Canadian naturalist unravel an ornithological mystery
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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Expedition explores Aboriginal knowledge of Franklin ships
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New comic book features Inuit illustrations, stories
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Making a Northern Scene
Experience northern art in the south
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Inuit communities consulted in plans for low-impact Arctic shipping routes
Changes were recommended for environmental and community benefits, ship safety
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Land and sea
How I learned to love the unexpected (and fishing) in Nunavut
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The authors of Franklin’s Lost Ships discuss the book
An interview with John Geiger and Alanna Mitchell
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New Arctic festival to ease food insecurity and climate change
New festival to increase awareness about climate change in the north while simultaneously raising money to help local food insecurity.
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Wildlife
Walking away from the wild side
In a new book, Max Foran denounces Canada's failures in protecting its wildlife from human exploitation
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Mapping
Interactive map shines light on Baffin Island’s nine communities
Explore how people live on Canada’s largest island, known in Inuktitut as ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, or Qikiqtaaluk
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society Awards 2020
Award recipients honoured in the first virtual Annual General Meeting and Fellows Show.
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