
Exploration
Canadian Space Agency astronaut profiles
The men and women that have become part of Canada’s space team
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Exploration
The men and women that have become part of Canada’s space team
Exploration
An excerpt from The Boundless Life: 13 Lessons Learned the Hard Way
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CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen says space exploration represents a major economic opportunity for Canada
Exploration
In 1992, a team backed by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society became the first to accurately measure the height of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak
Science & Tech
Courage and Passion: Canadian Women in the Natural Sciences aims to inspire young women to pursue careers in science
Science & Tech
Whether you’re monitoring monarchs or searching for snakes, these mobile apps will allow you to become a scientist right from your backyard
Science & Tech
As a biologist and photographer, I had long hoped to visit Antarctica — but this journey was much more than a travel dream fulfilled
History
The act was meant to formalize Canada’s national identity — and keep the peace
Environment
In the United States, the Trump administration has signaled its intention to ignore the scientific consensus on climate change, sparking a new protest movement
Citizen science platform iNaturalist is testing artificial intelligence to help with species identification
02Author Britt Wray on the science and ethics of de-extinction
03How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery
04Policy reforms needed to protect science from political interference, study says
Science & Tech
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
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Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change
Environment
Ten years after the release of her bestselling book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, the acclaimed science writer doubles down on her call for action on climate change
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Environment
As the federal government considers the fate of proposed pipelines, a unique science experiment aims to understand the consequences of an oil spill in a freshwater lake
Environment
These finalists in the 57th annual Canada-Wide Science Fair prove the future is in good hands
People & Culture
Research scientist Wayne Pollard shares insights on his work that earned him the 2019 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
Places
After 26 months of construction and $80 million in upgrades, the national science and innovation showcase in Ottawa promises to connect the past and the future
Environment
It started as an in-joke among aurora enthusiasts, but the discovery of "Steve" is making waves in the atmospheric science community
Wildlife
Conserving at-risk species is difficult when they’re constantly crossing international borders, but digital tools are making it easier than ever to track feathered globetrotters
Wildlife
With millions of photos taken globally each day on smartphones, researchers have found they may also contain important ecological clues about our rapidly changing planet
Wildlife
Project will use satellite imagery to track walrus populations and habitats and guide their conservation
Wildlife
This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
Wildlife
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
Kids
Two adventurers have extended their stay in isolation in Svalbard, Norway to continue gathering wildlife observations in the remote Arctic
Kids
Kids
Twenty students from across Canada will also get to meet Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who will be hosting the final competition
History
History
Omar Mouallem, author of Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas, looks at why an unshakeable faith in Canada’s multiculturalism project — common amongst the generation of Muslim immigrants who arrived in the ’70s — is not always shared by those who have migrated in the last 20 years, and is rarely felt by their children
History
History
Mary Vaux’s groundbreaking 19th-century study of B.C.’s Illecillewaet Glacier created an invaluable record of the glacier’s recession
People & Culture
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Wildlife
The new president of Birds Canada gives us an inside look at Canada’s largest citizen science movement
Science & Tech
15-year-old Ann Makosinski's design uses heat from a user's hand to power a flashlight
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Environmental entrepreneur Miranda Wang turns to science to seek profitable solutions to the problem of what to do with our mountains of plastic waste
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Innovative laboratories are adding new capabilities to climate research and communications in the western Arctic
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In the face of climate change, the government’s long-running Northern Scientific Training Program has never been more crucial
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Les laboratoires novateurs ajoutent de nouvelles fonctionnalités à la recherche climatique et aux communications dans l’ouest de l’Arctique
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A conversation with Drew Feustel, the most recent commander of the International Space Station and a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, who returned to Earth in October after more than six months in orbit
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Dans le contexte du changement climatique, le Programme de formation scientifique dans le Nord du gouvernement, établi depuis longtemps, n’a jamais été aussi essentiel
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Adventurers Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm, founders of Hearts in the Ice, return to Svalbard, Norway, for a second overwintering to build on their citizen science work
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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.
Environment
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Il n’y avait aucun signe de ces oiseaux de proie dans la forêt boréale au Yukon vers 2007, mais une étude à long terme indique le retour de ces oiseaux de proie.
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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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The mining industry is actively looking towards new frontiers in mining
Mapping
Two Canadian researchers studied the studies to see if the science was sound
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Wildlife
Kids
Drones are providing new ways of tracking wildlife and mapping changes in the Arctic
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The federal government has announced a $2 billion investment in Canada’s space program, including a role in NASA’s Lunar Gateway project
Environment
Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean
People & Culture
People & Culture
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station will play a central role in the future of science in Canada’s north
Environment
Some scientists believe geo-engineering could be the answer to climate change. Here are six ideas.
Environment
The renowned underwater explorer talks about his experience navigating the depths of an angry Mother Ocean
People & Culture
A moratorium on cod fishing that was supposed to last two years has now lasted 30. What will it take to rebuild cod stocks — and a way of life?
Environment
The Ontario Science Centre's Wild Weather exhibit tackles Canadians' favourite watercooler subject
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Canadian scientist Sheri Bastien discusses her involvement in eXXpedition, an all-female expedition to study ocean plastic
Wildlife
Live underwater webcam captures the antics of the lovable whales, but also provides important insight into beluga biology
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The last megathrust earthquake to strike Canada was in 1700, and the clock is ticking. How we’re preparing for the impact.
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In their new book, Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting, Norwegian sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby explore what makes our most fascinating faculty tick
Kids
The Exploring Earth project also involves Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar and aims to inspire students to learn about Earth’s landforms and natural processes from space
Environment
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
Science & Tech
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?
Mapping
David Waltner-Toews speaks about his updated book On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus
Science & Tech
The unmanned vehicle will collect imagery and data of the surface the moon
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation