
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
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People & Culture
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People & Culture
The Society has chosen to award Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister with an Honorary Fellowship for his passionate commitment to our environment
People & Culture
Award recipients honoured in the first virtual Annual General Meeting and Fellows Show.
People & Culture
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jean Trebek and Rear-Admiral Rebecca Patterson join the organization as Honorary Fellows
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
Wildlife
Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
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Kids
Highlights from the second day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
Kids
Kids
Highlights from day three of Canada’s Coolest School Trip
Kids
Highlights from the first two days of Canada's Coolest School Trip
People & Culture
Royal Family member welcomed into the society at a special presentation in London
People & Culture
Originally awarded in 2020 but unheralded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Society was finally able to present the medal and fête the former PM at an event in Montreal Oct. 27
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
People & Culture
Inaugural award honours the legacy of the late Inuit historian
People & Culture
Ahead of the series finale, we caught up with Louie Kamookak Medal recipient Jared Harris to discuss his role as Hari Seldon on Apple TV+’s hit new series Foundation
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
Exploration
With her new book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, due out next month, world-renowned cave diver and inaugural RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what set her on her path
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.
Travel
Blast to the past with a suite of historical tours
Travel
Hangings, saints, battles, natural beauty and the bones of our ancestors — a journey through history from Old Québec to the Gaspé Peninsula
Travel
Capturing the spirit of the Calgary Stampede on the eve of its centennial
Travel
Located close to cosmopolitan Cancún and charming Isla Mujeres, the new Riu Dunamar at Playa Mujeres combines opportunities for cultural discovery with the pleasures of resort life
Travel
Whistler is world-renowned for its powder, but the picturesque mountain village has plenty going on off the slopes as well
Travel
The acclaimed author discovers breathtaking scenery with a side of eggs benedict in Canada's North
Travel
What highlights to visit in the county when most of the crowds have left
Travel
Get in touch with your inner voyageur on a historic waterway
Travel
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
People & Culture
Everyone's bannock is different, says Candace Irvine. Which is one of the reasons she didn't mind sharing her own recipe
People & Culture
We caught up with Margaret Atwood at The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2015 College of Fellows Annual Dinner to talk about Canada’s geography, climate change and how to get away with murder in the Arctic.
People & Culture
People & Culture
The goal was simply to get home. Except, there was nothing simple about it.
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
People & Culture
People & Culture
Featuring experiences and items from across the world
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
Arctic researcher receives prestigious 2020 L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowship
People & Culture
Remembering Alex Trebek's legacy through stories of his work
People & Culture
Here's a bit of what The Royal Canadian Geographical Society got up to in November.
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Wildlife
History
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has been making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world since 1929.
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A message to our readers, Fellows, members and supporters
People & Culture
People & Culture
People & Culture
The tradition of viceregal patronage with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society dates back to 1929
Wildlife
Editor-in-chief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie contributed this chapter to a compilation book about the Canada Jay
People & Culture
The inaugural Gilles Gagnier Medal for Innovation in Geographic Education will be presented to an outstanding educator this fall
People & Culture
Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
People & Culture
Thanks to everyone who cast their vote in Canadian Geographic's National Bird Project!
People & Culture
Louis Fortier widely known in Arctic research circles as a “pioneer”
People & Culture
Joe MacInnis just became the fourth person ever to receive the William Beebe Award for exceptional contributions to underwater exploration from the New York City-based Explorers Club
People & Culture
People & Culture
Environment
Network of connected trails that spans Canada from coast to coast to coast will receive cash over a four-year period
People & Culture
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
Wildlife
Try this at your next dinner party
Environment
National Wildlife Week honours Miner for his pioneer work in wildlife conservation
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
History
Wildlife
Wildlife
Science & Tech
Wildlife
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
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
People & Culture
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Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?