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The untold story of the Hudson’s Bay Company
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
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History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
People & Culture
For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada
Travel
The popular Canadian tourist destination is a treasure trove of free art
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
Environment
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
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Mapping
See where 60 languages belonging to 12 language families are being used right now
Mapping
The 18-layer First Peoples’ map of BC focuses on language, art and heritage
Mapping
A new update allows users to view 3,100 Indigenous communities and treaty settlement lands
Mapping
Users can learn about the Indigenous territories, languages and treaties of the cities they live in with just a few clicks
Kids
The Alberta government has announced a plan to provide every junior and high school with a copy of the atlas
Kids
The dean of the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning discusses the school's upcoming summer-semester project taking place on three rivers in the Northwest Territories
Kids
Canadian Geographic Education offers a new multimedia educational resource centred on Indigenous content
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
Kids
New project to educate Canadian students on the impact and legacy of the residential school system announced on Orange Shirt Day
Environment
Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
Environment
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, a scientist and geographer from the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, is embarking on a tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share Indigenous perspectives on climate change
People & Culture
A century after the first woman was elected to the Canadian Parliament, one of the most prominent figures in present-day politics shares her thoughts on how to amplify diverse voices in the Commons
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
Interview: Ry Moran on truth, reconciliation and his hopes for Canada at 200
02From plastic trash to treasured art: Five artists invite us to rethink our relationship with plastic
03Interview: Ojibway artist Patrick Hunter talks about his latest collaboration
04Exhibition celebrates the beauty and intricacy of botanical art
People & Culture
Harvesting the talent in Toronto, Halifax, Montréal and Vancouver
People & Culture
The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
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
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
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Explore the best art collections in the capital of the United States
Travel
Exploring magnificent buildings, museums, top-notch art and nightlife in the Windy City
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The new movement building flourishing tourism hubs across Canada – one sustainable example at a time
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
The team hopes to create an efficient birch bark oil that helps ease eczema and psoriasis
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
Part three of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: A six-part series
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Long before an amateur prospector struck it rich near Cobalt Lake in northern Ontario, local Indigenous nations mined and traded silver. It’s time to set the record straight on the “discovery” of Canada’s immense resource wealth.
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La première exposition des artistes avait lieu le 7 mai 1920
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Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit leaders gather on Parliament Hill for the launch of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada's Giant Floor Map and teacher's guide, now available across the country
People & Culture
UNCEDED: Voices of the Land features 18 of North America’s foremost Indigenous architects and designers
People & Culture
A total of $2,566,000 was awarded to five Northern Indigenous programs at a ceremony in Whitehorse Feb. 12
People & Culture
In British Columbia’s Bella Coola Valley, the next generation of Nuxalk culture-keepers and Guardian Watchmen is establishing a new paradigm for Indigenous rights
Mapping
Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
People & Culture
Earlier this year, an Alberta Métis community became the first to purchase their territory from the province. Here’s what it means for their future.
Environment
The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society teamed up for two days of talks on the future of the Arctic and the “blue economy” in Norway and Canada
Places
Lead archeologist Bill Perry discusses the latest findings and what they reveal about the region
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
Environment
The discovery of the 150-year-old Ts’msyen and Coast Salish garden sites — and their still-booming biodiversity — could provide fresh inspiration for both land management and food security solutions
People & Culture
“For Indigenous Peoples, the treaties are still very much alive”
Mapping
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The LandMark map is harnessing the power of cartography to help indigenous peoples defend their lands.
Mapping
Art of Cartography exhibit at the Toronto Public Library features visually stunning maps from the 15th through the 19th centuries
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Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France
People & Culture
Celebrated Indigenous artist Alex Janvier's new work is a circular mural inspired by the traditional lunar calendar. Here's how it came to be.
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
The Society hosted a panel discussion on Indigenous languages to mark the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages
People & Culture
Festival turns 60; Shakespeare never gets old
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
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
*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of maps and art that help us understand her people’s story.
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The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
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A new book remembers famed the Onondaga distance runner and explores how Canada uses sport to police Indigenous bodies and identities
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For an achievement by one or more individuals in the field of geography, or a significant national or international event
History
“Most successful season” of exploration since the wreck was discovered surfaces 350 artifacts from officers’ quarters
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.
People & Culture
Part of our Colour the Trails series
People & Culture
Indigenous and Inuit communities are expressing concern as the threat of COVID-19 comes nearer to their communities
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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
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Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists