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How we chose the cover, polar bear, walrus, seal, floe edge, arctic, north
How we chose the cover: May/June 2019 Canadian Geographic
How we chose the cover: March/April 2019 Canadian Geographic
How we chose the cover: January/February 2019 Canadian Geographic
How we chose the cover: November/December 2018 Canadian Geographic
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Charting Change
Photo: Aldi Diassé
A feminist approach to open government
Saving more livestock, stabilizing more lives
A safe space on stage
Sustainable development’s big data revolution
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Community
The grand prize winner of the 2018 Wildlife Photography of the Year competition, an eastern coyote crossing a road, by Brittany Crossman
Announcing the winners of the 2018 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition
Your photos: Canada weathers the snows of winter
Announcing the winners of the 33rd Annual Photo Competition
Our best photos of 2018
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Contests
Help us choose the May/June 2019 Canadian Geographic cover!
Help us choose the Spring/Summer 2019 Canadian Geographic Travel cover!
Help us choose the cover for Ultimate Canadian Instagram Photos
Help us choose the March/April 2019 Canadian Geographic cover!
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Education
2019 winners of Canada’s Coolest School Trip
And the winners of Canada's Coolest School Trip 2019 are...
Geography teacher of the month: Randy Wilkie
Geography teacher of the month: Alison Katzko
Geography teacher of the month: John Trites
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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
Coniferous trees lean at different angles in the snow
Arctic permafrost is thawing. Here’s what that means for Canada’s North — and the world
How honeybees can help track pollution in cities
Eight facts about water in Canada
Opinion: It’s time for Canada to stand up for sharks
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Events & Exhibits
50 Sussex Drive
Video: Aerial views of 50 Sussex
Introducing Carole Saad: VP of events for 50 Sussex
Michael Palin wows audiences with tale of HMS Erebus
Own a piece of Canadian art history
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Exploration
Cavers squeeze through a narrow passage inside Bisaro Anima cave
How Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima, got its name
Jens Munk: An expedition ahead of its time
Return to the Peel
The gear that survived Canada’s deepest cave
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Explore Podcast
Jill Heinerth at 50 Sussex, RCGS headquarters in Ottawa
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 2: Jill Heinerth
Introducing Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 1: Ray Zahab
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Gear Reviews
Justin Barbour pulls his canoe upstream with his dog Saku in it
Gear Review: Justin Barbour puts a MEC life jacket to the ultimate test
Gear review: MEC outfits the Nova Zembla expedition
The best new hiking gear for your next adventure
Gear Review: Therm-a-Rest Questar HD sleeping bag
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History
Flight of the Highlanders, settlement, Canada, Scotland, Scottish, Manitoba, Metis
Flight of the Highlanders: The Making of Canada
Four flags that almost became Canada’s national flag
The man who challenged the Hudson’s Bay Company
When death came to Labrador
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Mapping
Mark Jeffery holds one of his goodwoodglobes prototypes at his home in Rossland, B.C.
Meet the B.C. software developer who wants to bring back the globe
Our best maps of 2018
Our home and grateful land
Mapping Canada’s climate future
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National & Provincial Parks
Mist rises from the Kipawa River, framed by frosty trees
A sneak peek at Quebec’s newest provincial park
Photos: The parks beneath the sea
Archeologists uncover new history in Waterton Lakes National Park after 2017 wildfire
Gwaii Haanas set to expand protected waters
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People & Culture
Empty indoor mall with closed stores
How Canadian cities are reinventing their shopping malls
Interview: Celebrating 50 years of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek reveals he’s battling pancreatic cancer
What it was like to work with penguins on the set of Northern Rescue
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RCGS
Phil Lind headshot with book cover of "right hand man"
Featured Fellow: Phil Lind
George Jacob awarded The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Kamookak Medal
Adrienne Clarkson awarded The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Gold Medal
Welcome to 50 Sussex, Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration
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Science & Technology
A person in a space suit and helmet stands in front of a rocky, dry landscape on Devon Island
Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
What British Columbia’s volcanoes can tell us about climate change past and present
A ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ will appear over Canada this Sunday
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The North
Bart Hanna with Sedna sculpture
Sedna sculpture unveiled on Parliament Hill
Our land, our strength
Life at the Arctic floe edge
Five key takeaways from the Arctic Frontiers conference
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The Polar Blog
PEARL, North, Arctic, wildfire, spectrometer
Tracking wildfire impacts at the top of the world
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station comes online
The groundbreaking program that helped make Canada an Arctic science heavyweight
Unearthing clues to the mystery of the great Pleistocene extinction in Yukon
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Travel & Places
Johnson Sea Link research sub
Reflections on water, the “lethal, limitless, life-giving frontier”
Our Country: Vinessa Antoine’s favourite place in Canada
Photos: Life as a heli-skiing guide in the Skeena Range
Ottawa landmark gets new life as temporary home for Senate of Canada
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Wildlife
a collage of wildlife photos including bison, grizzly bears, polar bears, foxes, owls and whales
10 best wildlife photos from Can Geo's Instagram community
Hope grows for one of Canada’s most endangered species as greater sage-grouse are released into the wild
What is a nudibranch? Meet the “high fashion models” of the ocean depths
Migration in the time of climate change
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