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The resurgence of the Nuxalk
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
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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
People & Culture
Medal honours the former President's role in expanding the U.S. national parks system and work with Habitat for Humanity
People & Culture
As the RCMP celebrates its 100th anniversary, ride along with the force’s little-known West Coast Marine Services division
People & Culture
The first North American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean discusses her new passion for ice canoeing and why protecting Canada's waterways is important
People & Culture
Seven Ontario youth are suing the Ontario government for infringing on their rights to a safe environment
Mapping
North America’s marine superhighway has weathered six decades of shifting international and domestic politics, trade breakdowns and new alliances, booms and recessions
Mapping
A case decided this week by the Supreme Court of British Columbia was, in essence, all about geography
Mapping
A look at the cartographic gem commissioned 250 years ago by Quebec’s military governor
Mapping
Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France
History
Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario
History
La première exposition des artistes avait lieu le 7 mai 1920
History
In 1755 all Acadians who wouldn't declare allegiance to Britain were ordered to leave Nova Scotia. Here's where they went.
History
Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here's some fun facts about Canadians in cinema
History
The cannons that fired on September 11, 1814 set off the Battle of Plattsburgh, the last fight of the War of 1812. Two Canadians go south of the border to make things right.
Environment
Wildlife
Places
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Environment
Canada’s newest Marine Protected Area, Banc-des-Américains (American Bank), protects 1,000 square kilometres of important marine habitat off Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula
Environment
David Boyd, a Canadian environmental lawyer and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, reveals how recognizing the human right to a healthy environment can spur positive action for the planet
Environment
First of two summer expeditions that will livestream deep-ocean exploration set off for Gulf of Maine today
Environment
Other countries recognize that a healthy environment is a basic human right. A new documentary argues it's time Canada did the same.
Environment
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
Wildlife
This first of its kind collaboration led to the rescue of baby beluga in Nepisiguit River
Wildlife
An estimated annual $175-billion business, the illegal trade in wildlife is the world’s fourth-largest criminal enterprise. It stands to radically alter the animal kingdom.
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
The aquarium is concerned for the future of its marine mammal rescue program
Kids
Highlights from the second day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
Kids
Highlights from the first day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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
Travel
Castles, cash and canals on the St. Lawrence
Travel
Hangings, saints, battles, natural beauty and the bones of our ancestors — a journey through history from Old Québec to the Gaspé Peninsula
Travel
World-class waves and a growing community are quickly making Canada a top surfing destination
Travel
Blast to the past with a suite of historical tours
Travel
These waterways offer more than just transportation from A to B
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
Ballots boxes used to be made of metal and voter registrations lists used to be tacked to telephone poles — here are 10 things you probably didn't know about the federal election in Canada.
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
Twelve Indigenous people honoured for their extraordinary work across Canada
People & Culture
For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
Environment
To fully understand our national identity, we must consider Canada’s geology as well as its geography
Environment
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
People & Culture
With the 100th Grey Cup set to kick off this November, the Canadian Football League and its rough-around-the-edges charm is winning converts
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
The Green Party MP explains what it is about Margaree Harbour, N.S., that feeds her soul
People & Culture
For an educator who has gone above and beyond their job description to further geographic literacy
People & Culture
How one organization is using the law to improve maternal and child health in Uganda
People & Culture
First Nations canoeists trace an ancient trading route — and assert their sovereignty
Wildlife
The plight of Lynx canadensis, which is not at risk in Canada but threatened in the United States, highlights the difficulty of conserving species across borders
Places
A look at the fascinating sites Parks Canada has proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation
History
Sites across Canada honouring the war
Science & Tech
Four experts discuss Hydro-Quebec and the driving force behind its gigantic network of generating stations
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.
Travel
The ultimate hotel-meets-waterpark, Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls, Ont., delivers on a complete family getaway
Mapping
The mismanagement of personal protective equipment waste is contributing to environmental degradation
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Environment
With its ruling in Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada has shown that Indigenous groups cannot use the Charter's freedom of religion clause to protect lands they consider sacred
History
Places
Raised from the sea, sculpted by tides and winds, the ever-changing Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve protects colossal monoliths and myriad species
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
Travel
Learn more about the Bay of Fundy's famous tides
Live Net Zero Challenge (2022)
Environment
Tips and resources to help you protect your groundwater
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
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
Environment
Arctic expert and legal scholar Michael Byers weighs in on how Canada can take the lead on northern issues
Environment
The fragile sandstone coasts of the Magdalen Islands are at risk
Environment
What was to be one of British Columbia’s most exciting dive spots, is now potentially on its way to becoming an environmental hazard.
Environment
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
Ten caracasses of the critically endangered whale have been found in the past two months.
Wildlife
Only about 400 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild
Wildlife
Wildlife
A project to bring more sockeye salmon back to Osoyoos Lake, B.C. is showing encouraging results
Science & Tech
The idea is controversial but municipalities are starting to get on board
Science & Tech
An exclusive Q&A interview with Quebec Oil and Gas Association head Michael Binnion on the province’s energy issues
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Do solar panels work in places that get cold weather and snow? Absolutely.
Science & Tech
Kids
From June 3 to 5, these 20 young geographers will vie for the title of National Champion in Ottawa
Kids
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?
Travel