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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
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Environment
Filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier and photographer Edward Burtynsky discuss their groundbreaking new work, The Anthropocene Project
Exploration
An account of Enduring Ice, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 2017 Expedition of the Year
Environment
New documentary Anote's Ark asks the disturbing question, "What if your country was swallowed by the sea?"
History
Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here's some fun facts about Canadians in cinema
History
Between 1914 and 1920, some 5,000 ethnic Ukrainians were imprisoned in Canadian internment camps. A new documentary tells their stories.
History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
History
An excerpt from We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919
History
New multimedia project will examine the social and political impact of the flu on Canada, and how experts are preparing for the next pandemic
Environment
A conversation with filmmakers on how they captured this unique ecosystem, on screen.
Environment
World-renowned tree expert and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger's film crosses continents and disciplines to show how trees sustain all life on Earth
Environment
An ambitious legacy project called the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy unites forest conservation projects in the Commonwealth countries
Environment
Other countries recognize that a healthy environment is a basic human right. A new documentary argues it's time Canada did the same.
People & Culture
The first interview in our Colour the Trails series
People & Culture
Sharkwater Extinction, the final documentary from Canadian filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart, is now screening across Canada
People & Culture
People & Culture
An exclusive Q&A with British explorer, comedian and actor Michael Palin
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
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Science & Tech
Science & Tech
People & Culture
Waldron spoke with Canadian Geographic about representation for women and racialized communities
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
In celebration of its 90th year, the RCGS handed out awards to a diverse and star-studded roster of honourees
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.
Exploration
Documentary follows four Canadian and American freeriders as they attempt previously unridden terrain in British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska
Kids
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
Exploration
The Boreal to Barrenlands Expedition, funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, returns from their summer slog through northern Quebec and Labrador
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.
History
History
A century after Conrad Kain's historic ascent of Bugaboo Spire, an expedition aims to recreate his 1916 climb.
History
The Wings of Courage project showcases the various roles Canada's early aviators played during the Great War
Environment
Photographer-In-Residence Neil Ever Osborne on the role of online photo-sharing communities in the conservation movement
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Four of the eight films nominated for Best Picture were shot north of the 49th parallel
Environment
Meet Roger Wallis, Canadian mountaineer extraordinaire
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
People & Culture
During Truth and Reconciliation Commission events, personal items were placed in a carved bentwood box to symbolize the journey toward reconciliation. How far have we come?
People & Culture
Replica biplanes, giant floor maps headed to France for Vimy Ridge centennial events
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The filmmaker aims to open eyes to threatened environments — and inspire action for change
People & Culture
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People & Culture
RCGS Explorer in Residence and diver Jill Heinerth on the importance of conservation videography
People & Culture
Here are a few of the ways community-led projects, government programs and other organizations are helping to feed northern populations
People & Culture
In the case of what happened to the people of Délı̨nę, the Moral Awakening film calls for an awakening in the form of a call to action
People & Culture
From putting the “Canada” back in an iconic species’ name to studying a massive iceberg-calving Antarctic iceshelf, see what just a few of the RCGS’s Fellows have been working on in 2018
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
People & Culture
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People & Culture
Here's a bit of what The Royal Canadian Geographical Society got up to in November.
People & Culture
New festival to increase awareness about climate change in the north while simultaneously raising money to help local food insecurity.
People & Culture
Cave diver Jill Heinerth is one of Canada’s greatest explorers and a world-leading technical diver. She's also the RCGS's very first Explorer-in-Residence.
Exploration
The Raftsmen tells the remarkable (and once nearly forgotten) story of how four French expats living in Canada became the first to cross the North Atlantic by raft
Kids
Wings of Courage, the second installment of the A Nations Soars trilogy, has launched
Kids
Canadian Geographic Education and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society unveil new tools to help students explore the legacy of the Great War
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Mapping
Mapping
This artist travelled the world and used his GPS tracked movements to write 'PEACE' across a Google map of the world