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Flipping the switch on household electricity consumption

Canadian Geographic’s eight Live Net Zero families explore ways to cut back on emissions related to electricity 

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Aviqtuuq: The world’s first Inuit-protected zone and conserved area with Jimmy Ullikatalik

Episode 71

The Inuit-run conservation zone is already being patrolled by locals and will provide important denning and winter habitat for Arctic mammals like polar bears and muskox

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Malaysian Chef Alex Chen makes Vancouver’s Michelin List

The Food Network Canada judge discusses how he found his passion for food, the backstory of his restaurant Boulevard and the key to his continued success as one of the country’s top chefs

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Biinaagami: A call to revitalize our waters

Announcing a new initiative to connect to and protect the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed

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Michelle Valberg on her career as a wildlife photographer

The Canadian Geographic Photographer-in-Residence shares her experience getting into the field of wildlife photography, where she finds inspiration and more 

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Kings of their Own Oceans with Karen Pinchin

Episode 70

The best-selling author and award-winning investigative journalist discusses her new book, which explores the history and complex story of the magnificent bluefin tuna

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Polar exploring in the age of climate change with Dr. Mark Terry

Episode 69

The scholar, filmmaker, author and explorer discusses his documentary work, experience in the polar regions, climate change and more 

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Setting the South Pole speed record with Caroline Coté

Episode 68

The polar explorer and endurance athlete discusses what kept her going during her record-breaking expedition, challenges she faced, and her favourite place in Canada 

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A canoe conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Episode 64

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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James Cameron and Joe MacInnis on exploring the ocean and the magic of mentoring

Episode 63

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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Photographing Vancouver Island with Ryan Tidman

Episode 62

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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Lifeblood: Fort Chipewyan’s relationship to water

Through photographs and interviews, Canadian photographer Sara Hylton explores how human-caused impacts are damaging Fort Chipewyan, a small community in northern Alberta

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De grandes attentes : le roi Charles III et son engagement envers les peuples autochtones

Le roi Charles III a montré qu’il était prêt à écouter les peuples autochtones – et à apprendre d’eux

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Great expectations: King Charles III and his commitment to Indigenous Peoples

King Charles III has shown that he is prepared to listen to — and learn from — Indigenous Peoples

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Une nouvelle ère

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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What the reign of King Charles III means for Canada

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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Semer le changement

L’importance d’un petit jardin de Yellowknife pour les relations entre le Canada et le roi Charles III

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Carefree backroads: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot

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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Our Country: Heather O’Neill on the McGill University campus

The award-winning author recalls her past and recent adventures around the McGill University campus

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Tintamarre: Inside the raucous Acadian parade in Clare, N.S.

The tintamarre showcases the vitality of the Acadian culture  — and some supersized papier-mâché heads

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Limnologist John Smol to be awarded prestigious Vega Medal

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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Setting the story straight

Indigenous journalists are creating spaces to investigate the crimes committed at Indian residential schools, grappling with unresolved histories and a reckoning that still has a long way to go

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McCallum, N.L., an outport community caught between staying and going

First settled in the 18th century, McCallum is home to just 45 people and only accessible by boat on the southern coast of Newfoundland

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Excerpt from Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 km Odyssey from Lake Erie to the Arctic

Westaway Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts shares a portion of his story from his 3,400 solo journey from Long Point on Lake Erie to Ungava Bay on the Arctic coast

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With each stroke, a breath

How a journey through the Great Lakes helped reshape my relationship with water after the loss of my father

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Commuting communities: How eight Canadian families are moving to net zero

In their first national challenge, Canadian Geographic’s eight Live Net Zero families found creative ways to reduce their carbon emissions related to commuting

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Canadian Geographic’s Live Net Zero challenge returns for its second year

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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Team Canada wins silver and bronze at the International Geography Olympiad

Ontario students uphold Canada’s legacy of excellence at annual student competition held in Indonesia

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Sinking in the Far North

Roy MacGregor, one of Canada’s greatest journalists, shares the stories behind the stories in his new book, Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories

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Adam Shoalts is on a mission to photograph every snake species native to Canada

The best-selling author and explorer has already found nine of the 25 snakes, will he find the remaining 16?

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Covenant with mystery: James Cameron’s magic submarine

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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Arctic Awe with Pascale Marceau

Episode 61

The accomplished winter and cold weather explorer discusses her latest High Arctic expedition covering 650 kilometres in seven weeks

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Our new “century of fire”

Author John Vaillant on his new book Fire Weather — and the toxic relationship between fire and petroleum

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Carrying our culture: New CBC series examines what it means to be Asian Canadian

In honour of Asian Heritage Month, CBC Quebec journalists asked Asian Canadians how they carry their culture

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Remembering Canadian astronaut Ken Money

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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Placing the Pandemic in Perspective: Walking at the end of the world

How a new pandemic walking route helped me process feelings around illness and isolation as a chronically ill person 

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Meet the winners of Canadian Geographic’s inaugural Live Net Zero challenge

The Loewen-Nair family from London, Ontario have won the $50,000 grand prize

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Placing the Pandemic in Perspective: Cooking up comfort on the streets of Montreal

The death of an unhoused Innu man inspired an innovative and compassionate street outreach during the nightly curfew in 2021

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Placing the Pandemic in Perspective: Coping with curfew in Montreal

For unhoused residents and those who help them, the pandemic was another wave in a rising tide of challenges 

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RCGS welcomes the Honourable Lois Mitchell as new President

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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How Indigenous Peoples are leading the way on global biodiversity protection

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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Out of the grocery store and onto the land

How this self-reliant duo has transformed their lives to forage completely off the land

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Nunavik art exhibition lands at Canadian Museum of Nature

Our Land, Our Art explores the rich heritage of Nunavik through photography, video, music and more

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Salmon’s Arctic expansion has communities worried

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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Power in our knowledge

How Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) weaves together Gitxsan ways of knowing into his series of children’s books

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An appetite for life: A Greek immigrant’s journey of hearty food and hospitality

The story of Peter Kontolemos’ decision to open a steak restaurant in Mackenzie, B.C., as told by his daughter

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So far from the sea: A personal journey connecting with Canada’s people and landscapes

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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Geoff Green – Students on Ice

Episode 50

Join Students on Ice President Geoff Green aboard the Polar Prince as he discusses his experience as an expedition leader and how he built Students on Ice to be the vital force that it is today.

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