Exploration
Polar exploration and more with geoscientist Susan R. Eaton
Episode 80
Journey through the Arctic and beyond in this captivating and enlightening conversation with one of Canada’s greatest modern-day explorers
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Exploration
Journey through the Arctic and beyond in this captivating and enlightening conversation with one of Canada’s greatest modern-day explorers
People & Culture
Journey around the planet in this Explore episode with stories and insights from one of Canada’s most well-travelled wilderness adventurers
People & Culture
The RCGS Fellow and extreme adventurer talks about his epic journeys across the globe from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to the top of Mount Everest
People & Culture
Inuit youth from Canada’s most northerly community share their stories using their own voices and words
People & Culture
In the second of three episodes from Taloyoak, Nunavut, podcast host David McGuffin speaks with young throat singers Joyce Ashevak and Martha Neeveacheak, as well as their classmate, hunter Roger Oleekatalik
Places
In the fourth part of the “Languages of the Land” digital series, the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and recently elected vice-chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, speaks to Canadian Geographic on learning to be a good human and the importance of recognizing Inuktut as an official language
Travel
Following in the footsteps of Alice the moose on the A2A “Pilgrimage for Nature” Trail
Environment
When the only habitat left is in isolated patches, plants might need a little help spreading their seeds – but concerns about ecological integrity are holding us back
Wildlife
In this beautifully illustrated book, readers will learn about the essential role of the bumblebee, honeybee and yellow jacket wasp in the Xsan ecosystem
Travel
From learning the secret of hand-dipping chocolate to dining on lobster aboard a cruise, New Brunswick’s growing food scene boasts plenty of new culinary experiences
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Filmmakers Doug Neasloss and Deirdre Leowinata explore how this captivating film came to be, the significance of bears in Indigenous communities and cultures and the importance of storytelling
People & Culture
The acclaimed novelist on experiencing both kindness and lots of trips to the zoo in Granby, Que.
Environment
The environmental journalist and television personality dives into the complexities of sustainable living in a new book
Wildlife
Korean-Canadian filmmaker Sonya Lee dives deep into the world of great white sharks for the latest documentary from CBC’s The Nature of Things
Places
Once a stopping point for workers carving out the Alaska Highway, these warm thermal waters are an oasis in northern B.C.
Travel
From sea caves to deserts, this three-day guide offers the perfect itinerary to make the most of this corner of California
Mapping
Alors qu’on célébrera les 25 ans d’existence du Nunavut, les Inuits demandent de pouvoir décider de leur avenir.
Mapping
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Travel
Come along through the streets of Toronto as the star of MasterChef Canada and co-founder of Oliver & Bonacini walks us through our country’s vibrant food scene
Travel
Here & There host and producer Liz Beatty tests her own mettle on backcountry peaks with CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures. Along the way, she introduces us to some amazing women who’ve helped make mountaineering what it is today.
Travel
Here & There host Liz Beatty takes us on a journey of revelations that uncovers the other half of the story of one family’s part in the birth of Canada’s New Scotland. It’s a road trip deep into a sea-change moment happening across Nova Scotia, and to the precise intersection point of two cultures and two families that no one saw coming.
People & Culture
In the first of three episodes from Taloyoak, podcast host David McGuffin speaks with Mayor Lenny Panigayak, who shares stories about embracing traditional Inuit life, his social media platform, being out on the land and more
Exploration
Veteran sailor and polar explorer Ken Burton discusses the story of RCMP’s Henry Larsen and his journey through the Arctic
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People & Culture
As unexpected as they are unexpectedly popular: welcome to Canada’s prairie ski destinations
People & Culture
The former NHL-er and hockey analyst recalls Sunday road trips to Niagara Falls, Ont.
Places
The new Albert Jackson Processing Centre has opened in Scarborough, Ont. and honours Toronto’s first Black letter carrier
People & Culture
What does it mean for Canada if we continue to pull up train tracks?
History
After five decades, the Little Native Hockey League tournament continues to thrive as the largest Indigenous youth tournament in Ontario
Wildlife
Plus even more whale news: grey whale die off declared over, using forensics to investigate humpbacks, a new species of orca, and a sad spate of right whale calf deaths
Wildlife
Plus: sturgeon-a-surgin’ in the Great Lakes, caribou -a-boomin’ on Baffin Island, orca for days in the open ocean, and “horrific” animal poison banned in Canada
Wildlife
The newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature invites visitors to experience the world from a bug’s perspective through immersive, sensory experiences
Wildlife
Plus: bowhead whales spending more time in Arctic waters, Toronto Zoo’s newborn white rhino calf gets a name, bird brains are put to the test, and the pesky leafhopper that could help shed light on climate change
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Plus: blue and fin whales are mating ‘with porpoise,’ B.C. Court ruling finds an environment minister’s statement is ‘for the birds,’ hungry crustaceans chow down on live jellyfish, and why pigs wearing clothes is not the cute story you think it is
Wildlife
Plus: the stolen 200-kilo polar bear, the bat that leapfrogs its way home, and the weird ancient tree straight out of The Lorax
Wildlife
Plus: beavers and AI team up to fight wildfire, swamp rodents invade Ontario, sharks in peril, and Great Bear hunting rights bought by conservation group
Wildlife
Plus: experience life as a Toronto raccoon, red-throated loons learn an icy lesson, and orca use icebergs to scratch their itches
Environment
In their final challenge, Canadian Geographic’s eight Live Net Zero families find ways to modify their holiday traditions to reduce household emissions
Environment
The student-led Ravine Stewardship Team at Toronto French School is providing local acorns to neighbours and nurseries to increase the city’s native tree canopy
People & Culture
The Home Improvement Challenge ran concurrently around all other themed challenges and had the potential to have the greatest effect on household emissions
Science & Tech
Canadian Geographic photographers commemorate the rare celestial event
Places
Exploring the wonders of the Pacific and the unique ecosystems surrounding Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands with author and photographer Sara Ellison
Mapping
As the territory turns 25, a call for an Inuit self-determined future in Nunavut
People & Culture
Indigenous ingenuity shines through in this century-old mode of winter transportation, a marvel of design perfectly suited to the challenges of snowy landscapes, ice, and open water. Behold the scoot.
People & Culture
At the Aki Kikinomakaywin culture camp, Anishinaabe youth weave worldviews together, connecting with their culture and learning to see themselves in the Western sciences
Wildlife
Understanding the spread of non-native earthworms in northern Canada
History
Fredericton, home to the William Brydone Jack Observatory, will be one of the few Canadian cities to experience the total solar eclipse that crosses North America on April 8
People & Culture
Named after the Inuktitut word for “sea ice”, the mobile app SIKU is helping hunters, trappers and other land users in the North share environmental information
Wildlife
Conservation photographer Kali Wexler marvels at the annual event in the coastal waters around Vancouver Island — and explains why it is so critical to the ecosystem
People & Culture
Cayuga Elder Norma Jacobs follows the historic path of the Messenger of Peace — an exploration and discovery of the traditional territories, her culture and herself
Exploration
Now in its third year, the prize recognizes individuals who are not only exploring Earth’s polar regions, but striving to protect them
Wildlife
Encountering the carcass of one of the ocean’s top predators and how studying its remains can help researchers save the living
People & Culture
At 94, Canada’s venerable naturalist painter reflects on a long career making art and keeping it real
People & Culture
Cayuga Sub-Chief and Faithkeeper Jock Hill on how Wampum Belts came to be — and the knowledge they contain within their strands
Wildlife
Plus: The silver-haired bat that sings, the whale that lives in human-like clans, the industry that could breathe life into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the new regulations that aim to protect Canada’s most valuable fish
Travel
Seeing iconic landscapes before they fade away may be accelerating their demise. Can we square the circle on making these trips sustainable?
People & Culture
Canadian Geographic is proud to recognize 13 outstanding photographers who captured some of the best images of 2023
Travel
Recently renovated and renamed, the Lodge at Bow Lake (formerly Num-Ti-Jah Lodge) immerses guests in the history of Rocky Mountain exploration
Mapping
While most of the delta lies within the federally protected Wood Buffalo National Park, activity outside the park could threaten its future
People & Culture
The Quebec senator and former Paralympian on the joy of skiing in Kananaskis, Alta.
Wildlife
Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world.
Science & Tech
Shiny auroras will fly farther south over the next 18 months
Travel
An off-grid eco-friendly resort, only accessible by boat or seaplane, turns out to be the unexpected perfect “babymoon” destination for nature’s lessons in the wildest maternal instincts
Travel
Located on the most easterly edge of North America, “The Rock” is home to some of Canada’s most picturesque landscapes just waiting to be explored
Environment
What the collapse of the Milne ice shelf and the loss of a rare Arctic ecosystem might teach us about a changing planet