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In search of promised lands
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.
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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.
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
Environment
Recent challenges to evidence-based policy in Canada and the United States highlight a need for more transparency and advocacy for government scientists, study authors say
People & Culture
The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
The steps being made are towards Canada’s goal of 25 per cent protection of land and ocean by 2025
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.
Wildlife
A one-year pilot project is underway in an effort to protect threatened caribou populations in the territory, but some conservation groups say wolf culls miss the bigger picture
Wildlife
The federal government has committed $1.26 million over five years for First Nations-led projects to preserve the endangered herd
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Q&A: Arctic policy expert Adam Lajeunesse on the future of Canada’s north
02“We did this:” Is there a way out of our intertwined climate and biodiversity crises?
03Inside the fight for “green rights” in Canada and around the world
04Science Minister Kirsty Duncan to make first official visit to the Canadian High Arctic
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
History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
History
These images from the first half of the 20th century show Canada's oldest national park when it was still young
History
Federal government commits $16.9 million over five years to further research on doomed Franklin expedition
Science & Tech
Dr. Mona Nemer, formerly of the University of Ottawa, steps into the highly-anticipated role
Science & Tech
Dr. Molly Shoichet discusses her new role and how she plans to restore the public’s trust in government science
Environment
In a declaration released in advance of this weekend’s G7 summit, more than 40 environmental groups have challenged Canada to achieve zero plastic waste by 2025
Environment
Oil and gas extraction, mining, dumping among prohibited activities in ecologically sensitive areas set aside for conservation
Environment
Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights.
Environment
Groups agree to plan to conserve the High Arctic Basin, while Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area becomes official
Environment
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
Environment
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
Environment
The newly created Birch River Wildland Park joins a network of parks preserving an area of boreal wilderness twice the size of Vancouver Island
Defending the world’s indigenous lands with crowdsourced map
02Ocean Week: Howe Sound community creates interactive map protecting ecological, economic and cultural values
03‘Absolutely catastrophic:’ Hit hard by pandemic, ecotourism needs help
04Secret meetings held over formation of new province
Environment
An interview with Natural Resources Canada Minister Seamus O’Regan on the federal government’s recent decision
Environment
Reaction to the decision to open more than half of the Yukon’s Peel Watershed region to development
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?
Environment
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Wildlife
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
Kids
The Alberta government has announced a plan to provide every junior and high school with a copy of the atlas
Wildlife
In a new book, Max Foran denounces Canada's failures in protecting its wildlife from human exploitation
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
Wildlife
Wildlife
As rockweed harvesting develops, so does the debate
Wildlife
After a series of mass deaths in recent years, what can we do?
Wildlife
Key facts and figures about this remote patch of the Beaufort Sea
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife
30-year deal took two years to finalize
Wildlife
Provinces are falling behind on their obligation to protect the caribou's forest habitat, report says
Wildlife
Proposed spring bear hunt divides activities and hunters
Wildlife
Ontario government hopes to be the first in Canada to improve the quality of life for marine animals in captivity.
Wildlife
Wildlife
Government is committed to using science to determine what areas of Canada’s oceans will be selected for protection, says Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo
Places
The new Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories is the heart of sacred Denesǫłiné homeland and a prophesied final refuge of clean water and ecological integrity in North America
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.
Travel
One writer’s journey to explore the life of Louis Riel
People & Culture
One year post-legalization, a look at Canada’s changing relationship with pot
People & Culture
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
People & Culture
Indigenous and Inuit communities are expressing concern as the threat of COVID-19 comes nearer to their communities
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
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
People & Culture
As the federal government prepares to move forward with its promised Indigenous language legislation, the Witsuwit’en Language and Culture Society is hoping for a language renaissance in Canada
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
Cut off from federal funding, field stations look for new ways to stay afloat
Environment
Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean
History
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society hoists its flag as a key partner in this year’s expanded search for the Franklin Expedition vessels
History
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
History
Why this summer’s search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition will be the biggest and most advanced ever
History
This one time, the Canadian government sent a group of eight men to Bermuda and called it punishment
Environment
Ban on plastic bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks and more announced as part of federal government strategy to combat plastic pollution
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
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
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Science & Tech
Three influential Canadian environmental advocacy groups have formed a new partnership aimed at securing an ambitious national climate change strategy for Canada under the new Liberal government
Science & Tech
In the face of climate change, the government’s long-running Northern Scientific Training Program has never been more crucial
Science & Tech
After years of planning, an innovative strategy to help a disappearing caribou population recover is nearly ready to roll out
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?
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
From electric vehicles to geothermal energy, our focus is on reducing emissions by 2050
Science & Tech
Environment
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change discusses Canada's energy mix, wildlife conservation and personal carbon emissions
Environment
Lord Ashcroft’s new book Unfair Game: An Exposé of South Africa’s Captive-Bred Lion Industry describes shocking revelations from a year-long investigation into captive-bred lion farming in South Africa
Environment
The federal government’s decision to dismantle its prairie pasture reclamation program has left Saskatchewan selling off public land
Environment
Myra Hird, a sociology professor at the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., discusses why recycling isn’t a perfect solution
Environment
Environment
The final boundary for Canada’s new national marine conservation area in Canada’s North shows an area twice the size of Nova Scotia