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Can Geo Challenge 2021 National Final Weekend
Meet the top 20 finalists competing in the 2021 Challenge National Final
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Kids
Meet the top 20 finalists competing in the 2021 Challenge National Final
Kids
From June 3 to 5, these 20 young geographers will vie for the title of National Champion in Ottawa
Kids
Kids
Canada's brightest young geography stars are on their way to Ottawa, where they'll meet underwater explorer Jill Heinerth, host of the May 27 live final
History
Il y a un siècle, le bâtiment de l’école de médecine de l'Université de Toronto était le site de la découverte révolutionnaire de l’insuline
History
History
A century ago, the medical school building at the University of Toronto was the site of a momentous scientific breakthrough
History
Celebrating the find and the partners of the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition.
History
Travel
10 ways to enjoy Toronto Island Park, which reopens today
Travel
Toronto residents could soon get to see their city in a new way
Travel
An ancient tradition heads to Canada's largest urban centre this fall
Travel
Blast to the past with a suite of historical tours
Travel
The urban wilderness park’s wetland project sits atop a 10-hectare former waste disposal site in Lake Ontario and will be completed in 2019
People & Culture
Urbanist Robin Mazumder reviews Quayside, the new ‘smart’ neighbourhood on Toronto’s eastern waterfront
People & Culture
With the 100th Grey Cup set to kick off this November, the Canadian Football League and its rough-around-the-edges charm is winning converts
People & Culture
Mathew Borrett's new exhibition, Hypnagogic City, depicts Hogtown in a parallel universe
People & Culture
The rock legend, space scientist and author honoured for outstanding contributions to cultural and physical geography
Environment
Environment
Mapping
Environment
Mapping
Environment
People & Culture
One year post-legalization, a look at Canada’s changing relationship with pot
People & Culture
Quebec’s Béatrice Martin — better known by her stage name, Cœur de pirate — was recognized for her contributions to the Society and Canada's cultural landscape
History
Dora Nipp, directrice générale de la Multicultural History Society of Ontario, réfléchit à l'importance de consigner les histoires des migrants, des communautés ethniques et des Autochtones comme moyen essentiel de comprendre le Canada au XXe siècle et au-delà
People & Culture
The former governor general of Canada recieved the award at a ceremony in Toronto March 26
Science & Tech
Université Laval and the University of Toronto both have teams that have won the prototype gasoline category at past Shell Eco-marathon Americas
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
An underground Toronto lab is trying to make it easier for us to get around town
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Dr. Molly Shoichet discusses her new role and how she plans to restore the public’s trust in government science
Environment
Torontonians are rallying around a campaign to save Zhelevo, a massive red oak believed to have stood in North York since before the city was founded
Environment
Finding himself 'pinned down by nature' — the COVID-19 pandemic — Burtynsky picked up a camera
Environment
Meet Roger Wallis, Canadian mountaineer extraordinaire
Environment
Environment
A new study finds zoos and aquariums in Canada are publishing more peer-reviewed research, but there is still more to be done
Travel
Art is now the hottest commodity in the city that steel built
People & Culture
Penned by a Toronto-based composer, “Run Freddy Run!” tells the story of Manitoba’s unique relationship with bison
Mapping
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic's 2017 issues and special publications
History
The author, actor and member of Monty Python wrapped up the Canadian leg of his North American book tour with a sold-out show in Ottawa
Wildlife
How one grassroots organization in Toronto makes our glass landscapes less deadly for birds.
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Travel
Alex Hutchinson goes inside the friendly rivalry between two titans of the Montreal-style bagel to figure out the secret of the doughy snack's allure
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
History
People & Culture
The University of Toronto president is a world leader in urban theory and the geography of innovation, creativity and culture in city centres
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
Environment
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
Wildlife
Plus: the albatross that loved Vancouver Island, a rare butterfly comeback, PEI lobsters to take a new kind of bait and the migratory birds on a potentially fatal collision course.
People & Culture
The Canadian woman who was first in the world to study giraffes in the wild — and is still considered one of the planet’s foremost experts on the species — is only now getting her due
People & Culture
The best places to enjoy live music, according to the editors of Canadian Geographic
People & Culture
Wildlife
Environment
The Ontario Science Centre's Wild Weather exhibit tackles Canadians' favourite watercooler subject
Travel
Prepare for a graveyard smash
Travel
In celebration of Drake's imminent return to the charts, here are some iconic views of Toronto captured by our readers
Travel
Doors Open Toronto celebrates its 16th edition
Travel
Travel
Canada has just as much geographic diversity as a galaxy far, far away.
People & Culture
The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
Environment
From Vancouver to Montreal, green roofs are changing the upper levels of urban centers
People & Culture
Harvesting the talent in Toronto, Halifax, Montréal and Vancouver
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
As cities grapple with the challenge of redeveloping their first suburbs, malls could become the community spaces they were originally intended to be
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
Celebrating the art of cartography, a lively national bird debate and the launch of an exciting educational contest
People & Culture
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
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? We talk to 'Tea Explorer' Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf.
Places
It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?
Environment
The first-of-its-kind partnership will bolster city parks at a time when Canadians need them most
Wildlife
Highlights and headlines from the world of wildlife this week
Wildlife
Plus: a new name for an old pest, a new fund for chimney swifts, giant sponges found on deepsea volcanoes — and the poison weighing down North America's eagles.
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Exploration
Author Angie Abdou’s novel explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unforeseen outcomes and growth
Wildlife
The turtles we keep as pets don’t belong in the wild
Environment
Five new works commissioned by Canadian Geographic offer eye-catching and compelling commentary on the impact of plastic on our planet
Environment
The Passive House style is a “pragmatic combination” of applied building science and economics
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
"Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video" is a thought-provoking look at our changing planet
Exploration
American climber scaled the Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto October 26
Science & Tech
The idea is controversial but municipalities are starting to get on board
Environment
Environment
The ban is one of several significant and long-awaited changes to the federal Fisheries Act that passed Tuesday, including new provisions to rebuild depleted fish stocks