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Featured Fellow: Johanna Wagstaffe
The author and meteorologist discusses the need to understand how the world works and how climate change reporting has evolved throughout her career
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The author and meteorologist discusses the need to understand how the world works and how climate change reporting has evolved throughout her career
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The 2022 Massey medallist has dedicated his career to documenting environmental change in the Arctic
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The Vancouver author and photographer discusses writing, hiking and some of his most memorable experiences on the trails
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The Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and the Environment speaks about her work as a health geographer, restoring relationships with the land, Indigenous methodologies and more
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Inside the 500-kilometre dogsled race across the High Arctic with the qimuksiqtiit who are sharing their knowledge with the next generation
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Students Tyler Agligoetok and Sinclair Lyall from the Canadian Geographic Podcast Worksop discuss favourite hunting memories and time spent on the tundra of Victoria Island
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Join podcast host David McGuffin in the first of three episodes exploring Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut and the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station. In this episode: Arctic research, the blending of traditional Inuit knowledge with Western science, and more.
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For generations, hunting, and the deep connection to the land it creates, has been a mainstay of Inuit culture. As the coastline changes rapidly—reshaping the marine landscape and jeopardizing the hunt—Inuit youth are charting ways to preserve the hunt, and their identity.
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Indigenous archeologist Paulette Steeves shows us how an ancient world could have been more complex and more populated than we imagined
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The former Mayor of Cambridge Bay and Canadian politician speaks about her experience being taken away from her home at four years old and the impact of Residential Schools on the Inuit
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Eight families are competing in six themed challenges aimed at reducing their household carbon emissions with the hopes of winning a $50,000 grand prize
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The province’s remaining river ferries are enduring meeting places, shuttling people and property across this ancient landscape
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The RCMP colleagues discuss the Canada-wide 5K fun run in the spirit of healing and reconciliation
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Being unplugged and on the land gave my family the chance to reset
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When the pandemic hit, urban Canadians hit the parks. But are urban parks accessible to all?
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How I rediscovered focus in isolation at my B.C. cabin in the woods
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When my son was born, my world shrank to the size of an island
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Canadian-born filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron helped celebrate his lifelong friend and mentor Dr. Joe MacInnis with a day of events at Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration
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The eco-explorer discusses his new role with the Society and the importance of sustainable travel
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L’écoexplorateur discute de son nouveau rôle au sein de la Société et de l’importance du tourisme durable
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Celebrating iconic collaborations, exciting partnerships, a new RCGS president and many more memorable moments from the 93rd College of Fellows Annual Dinner
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From a cruise down the Nile to a 12-day Arctic adventure, this year’s silent auction offers incredible trips and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, all in support of the Society’s programming
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Podcast host David McGuffin sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss his passion and history with canoeing, including childhood trips and being taught to paddle by canoeing legend Bill Mason
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The lifelong friends sat down for a fireside chat at the RCGS headquarters to discuss exploration, how the two undersea explorers met and more
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Breaking into the business of wildlife photography is no easy task, but Ryan Tidman has experienced great success through his work photographing Vancouver Island’s iconic mammals — bears, sea wolves, marmots and more
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The accomplished winter and cold weather explorer discusses her latest High Arctic expedition covering 650 kilometres in seven weeks
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The Canadian adventurer discusses his experience battling cancer and traversing across the Paalik Valley in February
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Best-selling author and journalist, John U. Bacon discusses the 1972 Summit Series and how Team Canada radically changed the game
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Through fresh reporting and new perspectives, best-selling author John U. Bacon captures some of the best moments in Canadian sports history
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Le journaliste parle de la Série du siècle de 1972 et de son impact sur la culture du hockey et sur l’évolution du jeu.
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The best-selling author and journalist discusses the reinvention of the game and the pressure to win
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Le roi Charles III a montré qu’il était prêt à écouter les peuples autochtones – et à apprendre d’eux
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King Charles III has shown that he is prepared to listen to — and learn from — Indigenous Peoples
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La sagesse acquise par le roi Charles III au fil d’une vie extraordinaire de service et de nombreuses visites au Canada guidera ses relations avec le pays dans les jours et les années à venir.
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The wisdom King Charles III has gained through an extraordinary lifetime of service and many visits to Canada will guide his relationship with this country in the days and years ahead
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L’importance d’un petit jardin de Yellowknife pour les relations entre le Canada et le roi Charles III
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Les objectifs de la Charte et les populations autochtones vivant au Canada
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The Charter goals and Indigenous people living in Canada
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Queen Elizabeth II loved Canada. As proof, look no further than what she has bequeathed us: the possibility to keep evolving our system of government.
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The Queen passed away Sept. 8 at the age of 96 after an unprecedented 70 years on the throne. She is remembered as a highly visible and engaged monarch who visited Canada more than any other Commonwealth nation.
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Set off on some incredible adventures with George Kourounis as we explore icebergs in the North Atlantic, Africa’s most active volcano and more
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Inuit Knowledge Keeper George Angohiatok shares stories from his unique childhood and his life mission of teaching the skills and traditions he learned from his family to younger generations
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Hop aboard the Polar Prince with David McGuffin as he sails Atlantic Canada’s Bay of Fundy with the scientists, students and researchers that make up this Students on Ice conservation expedition
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Join fungi expert Keith Seifert and podcast host David McGuffin on an educational mushroom and fungi walk through Ottawa’s Gatineau Hills
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As Canada’s first Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children, Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with former Residential Schools, Kimberly Murray discusses her new role and how she endeavours to support communities searching for their missing children and seeking justice for the children, families and communities
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Toronto as Community: Fifty Years of Photographs
02Announcing the winners of the 2022 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
03Two Canadian photographers shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
04“One people, one planet, one life:” The story of a director’s chair and the Take Your Seat project
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Indigenous knowledge allowed ecosystems to thrive for millennia — and now it’s finally being recognized as integral in solving the world’s biodiversity crisis. What part did it play in COP15?
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The CEO of the Toronto Zoo and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society talks about the newborn red panda cub and how a single animal can make a difference
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How this self-reliant duo has transformed their lives to forage completely off the land
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Inuvialuit fishers are adapting to rising numbers of Pacific salmon in the western Canadian Arctic, but fears remain about impacts on native species
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The story of Peter Kontolemos’ decision to open a steak restaurant in Mackenzie, B.C., as told by his daughter
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Célébration du 100e anniversaire de la naissance de Jean Paul Riopelle, un artiste vénéré qui avait un grand amour de la nature, de la chasse et de la pêche
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A revered artist, Riopelle considered the Canadian wilderness to be his muse
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Dr. Joe MacInnis discusses his relationship with explorer and filmmaker James Cameron as well as how the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER came to be
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Author John Vaillant on his new book Fire Weather — and the toxic relationship between fire and petroleum
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The tintamarre showcases the vitality of the Acadian culture — and some supersized papier-mâché heads
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Writer James Little reflects on an encounter he had with the beloved folk music icon — and the question he was burning to ask
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The film director reflects on meteor showers and other magical moments on Lake Simcoe, Ont.
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The Ready2Listen campaign sees Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals across Canada tell their advocacy stories
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The trailblazing scientist who advanced our understanding of the impacts of spaceflight on the human body died on March 6, 2023 at the age of 88
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How a new pandemic walking route helped me process feelings around illness and isolation as a chronically ill person
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The Loewen-Nair family from London, Ontario have won the $50,000 grand prize
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The death of an unhoused Innu man inspired an innovative and compassionate street outreach during the nightly curfew in 2021
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For unhoused residents and those who help them, the pandemic was another wave in a rising tide of challenges
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The former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta speaks about the importance of education, understanding Canada’s past and her hopes for the future of the RCGS
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The Queen’s University biology professor and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society is recognized for his achievements in studying global environmental change
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Our Land, Our Art explores the rich heritage of Nunavik through photography, video, music and more
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How Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) weaves together Gitxsan ways of knowing into his series of children’s books
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Ocean Bridge participant Susana Veliz recounts her experience as an immigrant to Canada while taking part in this Ocean Wise program
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Une histoire sur 7000 : La sénatrice Mobina Jaffer
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Senator Mobina Jaffer on the expulsion of Ugandan Asians and their new life in Canada
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“We were tired of hiding behind trees.” The ebb and flow of Métis history as it has unfolded on Ontario’s shores