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Canadian Geographic July/August 2018 issue
How we chose the cover: July/August 2018 Canadian Geographic
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna to guest edit issue of Canadian Geographic
How we chose the cover: May/June 2018 Canadian Geographic
Canadian Geographic to conduct review of past issues
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Charting Change
Photo: Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria
Dramatic delivery
The wheel deal
Stopping the rot
Mukuru rising
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Community
Momo the border collie hides on a lifeguard stand in Deep Cove, B.C.
20 travelling pets you have to follow on Instagram
#CanGeoTravel: Our country in 10 photos
Cold calling: 10 wonderfully wintry images from Can Geo's Photo Club
Sunrise, sunset: 10 amazing 'golden hour' images from Can Geo's Photo Club
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Contests
Help us choose the July/August 2018 Canadian Geographic cover!
Enter the “Show Us Your Canada” photo competition!
Help us choose the May/June 2018 Canadian Geographic cover!
Announcing the winners of the 2017 Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition
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Education
Marie-Pierre Provencher
Geography teacher of the month: Marie-Pierre Provencher
Canadian students to showcase their geography knowledge at the 2018 International GeoOlympiad
Parliament Hill and historical play-acting in the nation's capital
Jones Falls to Beveridges: Exploring the Rideau Canal
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Energy
Canadian university students win award at Shell Eco-marathon Americas
Canadian teams win big at the Shell Eco-marathon Americas
Q&A with a team captain heading to the Shell Eco-marathon Americas
Alternative fuel sources get put to the test at Shell Eco-marathon Americas
Meet the only Canadian high school team competing at Shell Eco-marathon Americas
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Environment & Nature
Cover of new book ICE, with author photo of Klaus Dodds
The meaning of ice
Canada’s sustainability progress held back by eco issues
What can other cities learn about water shortages from ‘Day Zero?’
Pimachiowin Aki is Canada's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Events & Exhibits
Guests at a launch event for the RCGS summer exhibit series
RCGS launches 2018 Summer Exhibits series at 50 Sussex
Chris Cran’s EXPLORE exhibit opens at 50 Sussex
People, Planet, and Protected Spaces: A Visual Storytelling Workshop
50 Sussex Drive officially opens to the public with two new exhibitions
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Exploration
RCGS founder Charles Camsell
Retracing river roots
Lessons from the Northwest Passage: Roald Amundsen’s experiences in the Canadian Arctic
A mountain of rock sits above them, and muddy, flooded passages are their only way out
Retracing the Carnegie Expeditions in Northern Quebec
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Gear Reviews
hikers in the Cariboo Mountains
The best new hiking gear for your next adventure
Gear Review: Therm-a-Rest Questar HD sleeping bag
Gear Review: Handpresso Pump
Gear Review: Columbia Heatzone 1000 Turbodown
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History
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
Mapping Canadian memorials overseas
Honouring “Canada’s fightingest ship”
Canadian War Museum acquires historic Victoria Cross
The disaster that reshaped a city
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Mapping
Ottawa River, watershed, environment
Mapping the Ottawa River, the “original Trans-Canada Highway”
Interactive map showcases traditional Indigenous lands across continents
Every country's top tourist attraction, mapped
The best maps Canadian Geographic published in 2017
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National & Provincial Parks
The marsh boardwalk through Point Pelee National Park at sunset
Photos: Point Pelee National Park at 100
Parks Canada to take 'nature first' approach to managing national parks
Photos: Life in the park at the edge of the world
Back where they belong
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People & Culture
Calgary Stampede Indian Village Elbow River Camp
Changing a name, keeping tradition alive
Photos: A celebration of First Nations at the Calgary Stampede
Exhibition traces the evolution of armour, from the Renaissance to Hollywood
“This is where our heart is”
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RCGS
Three people looking down at a giant floor map
A celebration of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
MEC is now the official outfitter of the RCGS expeditions program
Six more amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
Featured Fellow: Michael Gervers
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Science & Technology
A worker in a flightsuit makes adjustments to a satellite
Canadian Space Agency to launch new RADARSAT mission in November
Video: Meet BlackFly, the first Canadian-qualified single-seat Personal Aerial Vehicle
Video: See the world's first holographic communication system
Super-salty lakes under Arctic ice cap could help in the search for extraterrestrial life
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The North
University at Buffalo PhD candidate Alia Lesnek at a sampling site on Suemez Island. Photo: Jason Briner
First North American peoples may have arrived by sea, study finds
Protecting whales in an ice-free Arctic
Retracing a legendary Canadian expedition
The big thaw
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The Polar Blog
Polar Knowledge Canada, Arctic, climate change, weather
How mobile labs are changing Arctic science
Antarctic springtail secrets
Investigating the landscape legacies of northern wildfires
How changing sea ice is also changing lives in the North
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Travel & Places
A photo of Ottawa from orbit
This is what 50 Sussex looks like from orbit
The landscapes that inspired “Anne of Green Gables”
Alberta finally has a Nordic Spa—and its location is perfect
Five essential things to do in San Francisco
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Wildlife
Tombstones representing each of Canada's 51 endangered caribou herds set up outside the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada in Gatineau, Que. May 1st, 2018
Quebec First Nations step in to help save Val-d'Or caribou herd
Previously stable population of polar bears now in decline, study finds
Walking away from the wild side
How the Canada jay got its name back
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