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Languages of the land: Aluki Kotierk on Inunnguiniq, parenting
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Walking the wild way: Algonquin to Adirondacks
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Culinary icon Michael Bonacini dishes on Canadian cuisine
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Environment
Conservation translocation: helping endangered plants recover
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Excerpt from The Bee Mother
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The butterfly redemption
How scientists, volunteers, and incarcerated women are finding hope and metamorphosis through supporting a struggling butterfly
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: belugas can change the shape of their melons to communicate
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
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Wildlife Wednesday: bald eagles are nesting in Toronto for the first time in history
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
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Bug Adventure: The six superpowers of bugs
The newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature invites visitors to experience the world from a bug’s perspective through immersive, sensory experiences
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Podcasts
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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Travel
Meet the mountain women behind Banff’s adventure culture
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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.
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People & Culture
RCGS Fellow and naturalist Brian Keating on our natural world
Episode 79
Journey around the planet in this Explore episode with stories and insights from one of Canada’s most well-travelled wilderness adventurers
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Travel
The untold story of the Canadian Mayflower and the birth of New Scotland
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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.
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Laval St. Germain: Mountains, oceans and the Arctic
Episode 78
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
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Canadian travel
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The Essential Itinerary: Canmore and Kananaskis, Alberta
Mount Engadine Lodge is the perfect base for a slew of spectacular mountain trails
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The untold story of the “Canadian Mayflower:” A family roots journey in Nova Scotia
A pilgrimage to Kejimkujik reveals centuries-old connections between descendants of Nova Scotia’s first Scottish settlers and the Mi’kmaq who saved them
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Travel
Regenerative tourism is going mainstream. What does that mean for Canadian travellers?
Jill Doucette, founder and CEO of Synergy Enterprises, shares insights on new trends in the tourism industry and why there’s reason to be optimistic about a sustainable future for travel
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Travel
Lodge at Bow Lake: A cozy retreat among the peaks
Recently renovated and renamed, the Lodge at Bow Lake (formerly Num-Ti-Jah Lodge) immerses guests in the history of Rocky Mountain exploration
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Momma bears in the Toba Inlet
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
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Languages of the land: Tsé Itzoh/Louise Profeit-LeBlanc on soh thun, dealing with life
In the third part of the “Languages of the Land” digital series, the storyteller, artist and choreographer speaks to Canadian Geographic on life’s teachings and working together
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Languages of the land: Aimée Craft on mino-bimaadiziwin, the good life
In the second part of the “Languages of the Land” digital series, the Anishinaabe-Métis academic, lawyer, artist and changemaker speaks to Canadian Geographic on understanding Anishinaabe concepts by speaking the language
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People & Culture
Salmon Run: humour, happiness and hope on the highways and great rivers of Eastern Canada
Jeff McIntyre’s new graphic novel illustrates how nature and the road can nurture beleaguered souls
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Vancouver’s hidden yin-yang
Exploring the streets of Vancouver with bestselling author Bill Arnott in anticipation of his new book, A Perfect Day for a Walk
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As the RCAF turns 100, Cyle Daniels begins their own journey with the storied service
A century after its creation, the RCAF is evolving to create space for Indigenous youth
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Articles
Travel
Tide and joy: New Brunswick’s culinary delights
Travel
Belize from above and below — plus scuba diving with kids!
Science & Tech
Photos: Incredible views and memorable moments from the 2024 total solar eclipse
Places
Nature’s bathtub: British Columbia’s Liard River Hot Springs
Travel
Exploring the Great Lakes with Viking Cruises
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The Essential Itinerary: Southern California
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Canada’s non-alcoholic revolution
Robin Esrock investigates the growing trend of alcohol-free wine, beer and spirits
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Travel
Five ways to fall in love with winter in Quebec’s Charlevoix region
From snowshoeing on a frozen river to soaring over snow-covered mountains in a helicopter, here’s how to make the most of a family winter getaway in this spectacular region on the north shore of the St. Lawrence
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Travel
Martinique: Exploring the Caribbean’s “island of flowers”
Renowned for its world-class beaches, ecotourism and historical sites, this tropical paradise exudes relaxation, making it the perfect destination to unwind and escape from everyday life
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Travel
More than just theme parks: exploring Orlando’s blind spots
It may be the Theme Park Capital of the World, but there is plenty of adventure in Orlando beyond the amusement parks
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The cultural spectacle of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Experiencing the world’s largest carnival during a week of celebration, social unity, parades, colourful fashion and of course, partying
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Behind the scenes of the award-winning documentary Keepers of the Land
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
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Our Country: Kim Thúy
The acclaimed novelist on experiencing both kindness and lots of trips to the zoo in Granby, Que.
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Environment
“Do it like your granny did it:” Candice Batista on what it really means to live sustainably
The environmental journalist and television personality dives into the complexities of sustainable living in a new book
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Wildlife
Jawsome: behind the scenes of Canada’s newest great white shark documentary
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
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Head for the hills: skiing in the Canadian Prairies
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Our Country: Nick Kypreos
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Think fast: Canada Post’s newest distribution warehouse
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Losing track: The importance of passenger rail corridors
History
Celebrating 50 years of the Little NHL
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Do not disturb: Practicing ethical wildlife photography
Wildlife Wednesday
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Wildlife Wednesday: could traffic control for whales help prevent ship strikes?
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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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: how sea otters are helping save marshes, one crab dinner at a time
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
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: Gabby the oldest Great Lakes piping plover makes another successful migration
Plus: the stolen 200-kilo polar bear, the bat that leapfrogs its way home, and the weird ancient tree straight out of The Lorax
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: avian flu kills polar bear for the first time ever
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
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Wildlife Wednesday: revealing the life of the Coast Salish woolly dog through oral histories and ancient genomics
Plus: experience life as a Toronto raccoon, red-throated loons learn an icy lesson, and orca use icebergs to scratch their itches
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Environment
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Excerpt from Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
Nature writer Jessica J. Lee combines memoir, history and scientific research in her newest book, exploring how plants and people come to belong
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Environment
Announcing the winners of the 2023 ECOP Canada Ocean Decade Photo Competition
Canadian Geographic, ECOP Canada and SOI Foundation are proud to recognize five early career ocean professionals who captured outstanding images showcasing what it’s like to work on, in and for the ocean
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How four Manitoba First Nations are protecting one of the world’s remaining wild watersheds
An agreement with the government says nations can move forward with feasibility study for new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the Seal River watershed
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Planting a network of mini forests across Canada
Six new mini forests were planted in cities across Canada in 2023 as part of a national pilot project to combat biodiversity loss and create new green spaces in urban areas — and the work is just beginning
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Languages of the land: celebrating National Indigenous Languages Day
Languages represent entire worlds of knowledge and meaning. This Indigenous Languages Day, Chief Perry Bellegarde, Honorary President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, introduces a new CanGeo digital series celebrating Indigenous languages from across the lands and waters we call Canada.
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Wildlife
Death on the ocean floor: a great white shark mystery
Encountering the carcass of one of the ocean’s top predators and how studying its remains can help researchers save the living
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Wildlife
The silent migration beneath our feet
Understanding the spread of non-native earthworms in northern Canada
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History
Au nom de l’humanité : 75 ans depuis la proclamation de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme
Le 10 décembre 1948, les Nations unies adoptaient un document prometteur énonçant les fondements des droits de la personne et de la dignité humaine. Mais qui était le Canadien qui a contribué à la réalisation de ce document ?
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Wildlife
The otter, the urchin and the Haida
As the sea otter begins its long-overdue return to Haida Gwaii, careful plans are being laid to welcome them — and to preserve a prosperous shellfish harvest
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Documenting the herring run
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
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Wildlife Wednesday: 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk reveals 1,000-km Yukon-Alaska migration
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
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Guardians of the glacial past
How ‘maas ol, the spirit bear, connects us to the last glacial maximum of the Pacific Northwest
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The naturalist and the wonderful, lovable, very bold jay
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.
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Travel
Finding wonder in Western Newfoundland
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
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Places
Photos: Snorkelling Vancouver Island
Exploring the wonders of the Pacific and the unique ecosystems surrounding Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands with author and photographer Sara Ellison
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People & Culture
She who holds the canoe: a ceremonial pilgrimage along the Peacemaker’s Trail
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
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Exploration
Nominations open for Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions
Now in its third year, the prize recognizes individuals who are not only exploring Earth’s polar regions, but striving to protect them
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Environment
Toronto high school students are shoring up urban biodiversity, one acorn at a time
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
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Georgian Bay: The mise-en-scène where the modern day scoot evolved over the last century
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.
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Laws braided into belts: three Haudenosaunee Wampum Belts you should know
Cayuga Sub-Chief and Faithkeeper Jock Hill on how Wampum Belts came to be — and the knowledge they contain within their strands
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Science & Tech
The light stuff: Canada’s aurora borealis
Shiny auroras will fly farther south over the next 18 months
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Layers of meaning: Francine McCarthy on the Anthropocene
The geology professor is a key mover and shaker in what is possibly the biggest geological announcement of our generation, with Ontario’s tiny Crawford Lake being chosen as the global ground zero Earth’s most recent geological time period
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Aki Kikinomakaywin: “learning on the land”
At the Aki Kikinomakaywin culture camp, Anishinaabe youth weave worldviews together, connecting with their culture and learning to see themselves in the Western sciences
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Canadian Geographic’s Live Net Zero families take on their biggest challenge yet
The Home Improvement Challenge ran concurrently around all other themed challenges and had the potential to have the greatest effect on household emissions
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Inuit-developed app is helping Indigenous communities harness data to make their own decisions
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
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Robert Bateman on life, art and mice
At 94, Canada’s venerable naturalist painter reflects on a long career making art and keeping it real
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 2023 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic is proud to recognize 13 outstanding photographers who captured some of the best images of 2023
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People & Culture
Our Country: Chantal Petitclerc
The Quebec senator and former Paralympian on the joy of skiing in Kananaskis, Alta.
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History
Here comes the sun: Canada’s first astronomical observatory
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
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Travel
The irony of “last chance” travel in the age of climate change
Seeing iconic landscapes before they fade away may be accelerating their demise. Can we square the circle on making these trips sustainable?
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Travel
Chasing storms and shipwrecks on the Oregon Coast
Offering something for everyone, this 584-kilometre wind-swept shoreline is packed with historical sites, isolated beaches, quiet seaside towns and more
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Travel
Creating legacies on Costa Rica’s Pacuare River
The ultimate rainforest retreat complete with eco-adventures, hands-on education and adrenaline-inducing activities amidst tropical jungle scenery
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Environment
‘Tis the season to Live Net Zero
In their final challenge, Canadian Geographic’s eight Live Net Zero families find ways to modify their holiday traditions to reduce household emissions
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Environment
Last bastion of ice
What the collapse of the Milne ice shelf and the loss of a rare Arctic ecosystem might teach us about a changing planet
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Baffin Island and Greenland: Circling the Midnight Sun
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