
People & Culture
12 incredible images from the 2018 World Press Photo Contest
Tour of winning images to make four Canadian stops, starting July 20 at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
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People & Culture
Tour of winning images to make four Canadian stops, starting July 20 at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
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
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
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
History
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
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
History
Magazine to look for evidence of racist language and attitudes in every issue published since 1930 and report on its findings
Environment
In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers
People & Culture
In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.
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
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
People & Culture
'You don’t get over a fire as big as the Elephant Hill fire in a hurry.'
People & Culture
Exploration
Exploration
Exploration
Exploration
Exploration
Exploration
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
Environment
A roundup of all things plastics, including the items set to be banned in Canada by the end of 2021
Environment
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
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
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
People & Culture
The retired news anchor recalls the emotions he felt while sailing through the Northwest Passage
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
People & Culture
150 Ultimate Canadian Instagram Photos is available on newsstands now
People & Culture
The items given to Syrian refugees — warm clothing, DVDs, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — represent more than just practical considerations; they're the building blocks of a shared Canadian identity
History
Dora Nipp, CEO of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, reflects on the importance of chronicling migrant, ethnic and Indigenous stories as an essential means to understanding Canada in the 20th century and beyond
History
A new novel by Erika Behrisch Elce brings Lady Franklin — widow of doomed polar explorer Sir John Franklin — to life in new and creative ways
History
History
An unabridged Q&A about historic significance, benefits to the north and what the future holds
History
Canadian Canoe Museum explores the link between paddling and romance
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
From finding missing people to delivering medical supplies, here’s what’s happening in the skies
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change
Wildlife
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between mainland B.C. and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?
Wildlife
Plus: skydiving salamanders, Canada’s returning monarch, orca blubber insights, and the woodpecker-wasp conservation dream team.
History
Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada’s team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games
Wildlife
First Nations and scientists work side by side to better understand — and protect — coastal wolves living in the Great Bear Rainforest
History
The re-release of Owen Beattie and John Geiger's Frozen in Time introduces a new generation to a captivating — and still unsolved — mystery
Mapping
Notable works capture the danger and drama of Arctic exploration
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?
Kids
Grade 9 student William Chapman claimed Canada’s top geography prize
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
A sneak peek at Canada's top wildlife photos in our new special collector's edition
People & Culture
On the 175th anniversary of Canada’s first telegraph message, a pioneering telegrapher recalls her exciting career
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
Mapping
In 1929, J. Dewey Soper’s quest to find the breeding grounds of the blue goose ended, thanks in part to this marvelously detailed hand-drawn map
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?
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
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People & Culture
Here's a bit of what The Royal Canadian Geographical Society got up to in October.
People & Culture
It's been an exciting couple of months for The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
People & Culture
A new book remembers famed the Onondaga distance runner and explores how Canada uses sport to police Indigenous bodies and identities
People & Culture
A Spokane, Wash. man’s joke plan to send wildfire smoke back to B.C. got serious uptake
People & Culture
A writer follows his relatives' path across "The Rock", 80 years after they helped put it on the map
People & Culture
People & Culture
Three Canadian photojournalists among those honoured for visual storytelling
People & Culture
Messages of support have been pouring in for the beloved television personality and Honorary President of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
History
Elamin Abdelmahmoud, commentateur culturel et politique pour CBC et Buzzfeed, estime que le Canada réussit parfois, échoue souvent, mais continue d'essayer
History
Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a pop culture and political commentator with CBC and Buzzfeed, explores the tension between the idea and the practice of multiculturalism in Canada — especially if you are a public figure of colour
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Environment
Environment
The report contains both optimism and warnings as Canada and its watersheds struggle with the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change
Environment
Trees in tropical regions of the globe can withstand temperatures up to 32.3 degrees Celsius and still effectively store carbon
History
History
History
Climatologist David Phillips explores the meteorological legacy of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
History
History
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Travel
Wildlife
North America’s monarch butterfly population has more than tripled in Mexico this winter, despite reaching dangerously low numbers in the past
Wildlife
Warmer water caused by weather phenomenon the likely reason for the abundance of the tiny oily fish
Kids
Congratulations to the students of Butler Elementary School from Bedford, Que.
Wildlife
Highlights and headlines from the world of wildlife this week
Science & Tech
A conversation with Drew Feustel, the most recent commander of the International Space Station and a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, who returned to Earth in October after more than six months in orbit
Wildlife
Editor-in-chief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie contributed this chapter to a compilation book about the Canada Jay
Science & Tech
These less-than-conventional methods might be the future front lines of fighting climate change
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