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Canoe love
Canadian Canoe Museum explores the link between paddling and romance
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History
Canadian Canoe Museum explores the link between paddling and romance
Travel
The popular Canadian tourist destination is a treasure trove of free art
People & Culture
Part of our Colour the Trails series
People & Culture
For my father and me, these journeys are both personal and political
Environment
Five new works commissioned by Canadian Geographic offer eye-catching and compelling commentary on the impact of plastic on our planet
Exploration
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
People & Culture
From boreal forest to the barren lands of the North, the Maskwa Nanook expedition aims to show Canada's remote landscapes to the world
Exploration
The Boreal to Barrenlands Expedition, funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, returns from their summer slog through northern Quebec and Labrador
History
The journey a master mountaineer described “one of the strangest ventures of my life.”
Exploration
Justin Barbour and his dog, Saku, will travel 1,700 kilometres from the North West River in Labrador across remote northern Quebec to the shores of Hudson Bay
Places
Summer series features three exhibitions: Compass by Hilde Lambrechts, Explore by Chris Cran, and Lessons from the Arctic, an artifact display honouring Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen
People & Culture
The first North American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean discusses her new passion for ice canoeing and why protecting Canada's waterways is important
People & Culture
Lightfoot accepted the award Friday night at a benefit concert in Toronto
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
Environment
Art of the Plant, on now through October at the Canadian Museum of Nature, is Canada's contribution to a worldwide project showcasing botanical biodiversity
People & Culture
Harvesting the talent in Toronto, Halifax, Montréal and Vancouver
People & Culture
For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada
History
The greatest of the Great Lakes has captivated painters since before Confederation
People & Culture
In an era when the art world favoured abstraction, E.J. Hughes painted life as he saw it, and his favourite subject was Vancouver Island
Environment
An exclusive excerpt from nature-deficit disorder expert Richard Louv's new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs
Environment
Initially targeted at visitors and locals in Tofino and Ucluelet, B.C., the CoastSmart program could save lives along all Canadian coasts
Environment
Uninterrupted, a digital art installation planned for Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge, hopes to inspire conservation efforts
Environment
An excerpt from “We Always Begin with an Acknowledgement of the Land” by Amish Morrell
Science & Tech
Tough, yet fragile. Ancient, yet vulnerable. Ice has inspired artists and scientists for generations but a new exhibit aims to show ice – and its relationship to climate change – in a new way.
Science & Tech
A Q&A with concrete-canoe-building engineers
Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
Science & Tech
Future missions to the moon will focus heavily on geology. Fortunately, Canada offers astronauts the perfect place to hone their skills.
Science & Tech
Can a computer learn to identify species?
History
La première exposition des artistes avait lieu le 7 mai 1920
History
Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario
History
Today, the native populations of Canada’s Eastern Arctic and Greenland are known as the Inuit. In the past, explorers and anthropologists referred to them by one broad term: Eskimo.
History
“Most successful season” of exploration since the wreck was discovered surfaces 350 artifacts from officers’ quarters
Exploration
An 86-year-old journal provides insights into the perils of northern exploration
Exploration
Inspired by 18th century explorers, the serial entrepreneur and adventurer sailed non-stop around the world using just a sextant, navigational log tables, and good old pen and paper
Exploration
David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River
Exploration
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts
People & Culture
Whether through music or paintings, these artists are making waves in the art world
People & Culture
Based on the film documentary of the same name, The Third Dive looks to expose the circumstances around Rob Stewart's untimely death.
People & Culture
Explorer Adam Shoalts, who completed his monumental 4,000-kilometre journey on September 6, speaks to Canadian Geographic about an expedition that calls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell
People & Culture
We caught up with Indigenous filmmaker Sarain Fox to talk Giiwewizh — a series of 16 short films directed and shot in isolation on iPhone 12
People & Culture
Award-winning Métis singer, songwriter, performer, actor, and writer Andrea Menard explores how she is working to promote the use of Michif language, teachings, and worldview through her own contemporary artistic practice
People & Culture
More than 800 sketches from across the country have been collected into a larger artwork on Canadian identity
People & Culture
A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
Environment
Researchers at the University of Alberta have trained a "self-organizing map" to identify high-risk days for fires
Travel
First Nations history shines through petroglyphs and pictographs
Wildlife
Appreciating the craftsmanship of Canada's national animal
People & Culture
The renowned Canadian artist and bestselling author discusses how his love of plastic morphed into an art exhibit about ocean pollution
People & Culture
Featured in the heart of downtown Toronto, this larger-than-life art installation tells the story of humanity’s impact on the planet
People & Culture
Urbanist Robin Mazumder reviews Quayside, the new ‘smart’ neighbourhood on Toronto’s eastern waterfront
Environment
Adam Weymouth's first book, Kings of the Yukon, sees him paddle the length of the Yukon River to trace the route of migrating chinook salmon
People & Culture
The renowned Arctic landscape painter and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society lost his battle with cancer on Nov. 5, 2021
Environment
The animated short film called Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium
Environment
"Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video" is a thought-provoking look at our changing planet
Environment
A love story about a wild river
Environment
What was to be one of British Columbia’s most exciting dive spots, is now potentially on its way to becoming an environmental hazard.
People & Culture
Festival turns 60; Shakespeare never gets old
People & Culture
15-year-old Zev Heuer spent more than two months paddling from his home in Canmore, Alberta, to his summer job in Missinipe, Saskatchewan
People & Culture
People & Culture
For an achievement by one or more individuals in the field of geography, or a significant national or international event
Kids
On the heels of Computer Science Education Week, we put together a list for how to best integrate coding and computing into everyday teaching
People & Culture
This summer the RCGS-supported expedition Together to the Tundra spent two months canoeing through some of Canada's most remote landscapes. Here, Dan Clark tells one of their stories.
People & Culture
Matawa Learning Centre pilots a Grade 12 experiential education course that teaches indigenous youth about water safety and leadership while traveling along traditional canoe routes
People & Culture
People & Culture
Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid tells the stories of the experience, suffering and survival of Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala elder.
People & Culture
First Nations canoeists trace an ancient trading route — and assert their sovereignty
People & Culture
Experience northern art in the south
People & Culture
How Artisan Hub is helping connect traditional craftspeople in developing countries to new and potentially lucrative foreign markets
Places
A major portrait series by the acclaimed contemporary artist is now part of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s permanent collection
People & Culture
Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell and artist Sylvain Voyer recognized for their contributions to making Canada's geography better known
People & Culture
Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.
People & Culture
An excerpt from the August 1946 issue of the Canadian Geographical Journal, in which the renowned art historical Donald Buchanan wrote on how Tom Thompson was inspired by the landscapes of Canada
People & Culture
Mathew Borrett's new exhibition, Hypnagogic City, depicts Hogtown in a parallel universe
People & Culture
The filmmaker aims to open eyes to threatened environments — and inspire action for change
People & Culture
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
People & Culture
The cultural site near Saskatoon is working to connect non-Indigenous and Indigenous people to 6,000 years of the region’s First Nations heritage
Travel
This historic route is a must-drive for any traveller seeking the freedom of the open road with a healthy dose of amazing vistas
People & Culture
Matthew Smith, senior program specialist at the International Development Research Centre, talks with Charting Change about the opportunities and challenges of AI in transforming societies
People & Culture
People & Culture
Wildlife
Artists aim to connect with beluga whales through music
Wildlife
Safe Wings Ottawa says the guidelines used are outdated