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How we chose the cover: May/June 2019 Canadian Geographic
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Charting Change
Photo: Katherine Jaschewski
A safe space on stage
Sustainable development’s big data revolution
A decade of improving food security around the world
From old plants and old ways, a new African agriculture
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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
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Education
Calgary teacher hiking in Nepal
Geography teacher of the month: Alison Katzko
Geography teacher of the month: John Trites
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques launches a new educational initiative — from space
Alberta government to distribute Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada to schools province-wide
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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
A tiger shark
Opinion: It’s time for Canada to stand up for sharks
“Treasure of the Gulf of St. Lawrence” designated a Marine Protected Area
Proposal to reopen commercial seal hunt in B.C. could have consequences for transient killer whales
How storm-watchers inspired a groundbreaking coastal safety program
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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
Mountaineers Lonnie Dupre, left, and Pascale Marceau on the summit of Mt. Wood in the Yukon
Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
Mild weather forces early end to Canadian ultrarunner’s Trans-Kamchatka Expedition
Expedition log: Back to the Peel
Canadian ultrarunner embarks on expedition across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
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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
The Flag Committee, Canada, Flag, maple leaf, 1965
Four flags that almost became Canada’s national flag
The man who challenged the Hudson’s Bay Company
When death came to Labrador
Michael Palin on the renowned polar ship Erebus
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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
Wolf eel (anarrhichthys ocellatus) surrounded by brooding anemones, Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, Vancouver Island, B.C.
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
Photos: Point Pelee National Park at 100
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People & Culture
A painting of Alex Trebek
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek reveals he’s battling pancreatic cancer
What it was like to work with penguins on the set of Northern Rescue
Wild for game
The world’s population is probably going to decline. Here’s what that means for Canada
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RCGS
The glass-paned front of 50 Sussex Drive reflects the last rays of sunset
Welcome to 50 Sussex, Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration
Featured Fellow: Denise Clarke
Seven more amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
Actor Jared Harris awarded RCGS’ Louie Kamookak Medal
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Science & Technology
An amazing view of the full moon rising above a bed of clouds, as seen from the International Space Station
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
How to train your astronaut
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The North
Arctic Frontiers conference 2019
Five key takeaways from the Arctic Frontiers conference
Inuit preschool, Yukon cold-climate greenhouse among winners of 2018 Arctic Inspiration Prize
Throwback Thursday: Nunavut up and running
Mapping human impact on the North with Canada’s Arctic Marine Atlas
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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
Vinessa Antoine as Marcie Diggs in CBC's new television show Diggstown
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
The cold edge of heaven
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Wildlife
A greater sage-grouse flies above a brown prairie landscape
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
Should we kill one bird to save another?
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