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About Can Geo
Forest trail in Ottawa, Ontario
Can Geo staff summer adventures
What we’re reading during the COVID-19 pandemic
Introducing the newest Can Geo coworkers
Revealing the May/June 2020 Canadian Geographic cover
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Community
Survivor: The story of Phyllis Webstad and Orange Shirt Day
Excerpt from British Columbia in Flames: Stories from a Blazing Summer
10 photos of the West Coast wildfires from the Can Geo photo community
Long overdue, much welcomed: Two residential schools named National Historic Sites
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COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine might require compounds from shark liver
Canadian company creates portable hospital rooms out of shipping containers
Researchers uncover flaws in studies linking COVID-19 mortality to air pollution
Seismic trackers record 50 per cent drop in noise during COVID-19
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Education
Ocean literacy advocate Diz Glithero
Featured Teacher: Lisa (Diz) Glithero
Featured Teacher: Somphone Souannhaphanh
Featured Teacher: Chandrelle Marshall
Featured Teacher: Jennifer Leduc
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Environment & Nature
Stories of Ice: Adventure, Commerce and Creativity on Canada’s Glaciers
Federal government commits $68.4M to fight ‘devastating’ mountain pine beetle
Excerpt: The Natural Navigator
Moonless Oasis: new documentary illuminates the world of B.C.’s glass sponges
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Events & Exhibits
Can Geo Talks: Virtual Series 2020
Can Geo Talks: Spring 2020
Can Geo Talks: Fall 2019
Can Geo Talks presents: Jill Heinerth
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Explore Podcast
Explore presents Wade Davis on the Magdelena River
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company - Part 4(3): Treasures of the fur trade
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company - Part 4(2): Blankets and moccasins
Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company - Part 4(1): The Royal Charter
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Mapping
A map of Toronto that is colour coded based on certain criteria
The geographer that mapped the cities within the city
Emergency services using precise three-word locator system
Iconic rock
Mapping Canada's 75 biggest islands
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People & Culture
WATSON documentary tells the story of daring — and controversial — marine life activist
Representing Canada’s geography on the new $5 bill
Excerpt from The Third Dive: An Investigation into the Death of Rob Stewart
Exclusive excerpt from Allenby: Making the Modern Middle East
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RCGS
Featured Fellow: Emily Choy
Remembering Jan Morris, distinguished writer, historian and trans trailblazer
Canadian Geographic Challenge alumni remember Alex Trebek
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Awards 2020
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Science & Technology
Q&A: The sustainability of regenerative ocean farming
Excerpt from Saved by Science: The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology
Cetacean seeker
Did meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond?
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The North
Bamsebu cabin in Svalbard, Norway
Q&A: How isolation in the remote High Arctic can have valuable lessons for our changing world
5 Polar Continental Shelf Program projects unlocking the mysteries of Canada’s North
Researchers find microplastics in nearly every sample taken in the Eastern Canadian Arctic
POLAR scientist shares insights on losing summer of Arctic research
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Travel & Places
Exclusive Q&A with Long Way Up's Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
The 49th parallel: Our defining line
When it comes to volcano tourism, is the reward worth the risk?
How the world came together to protect a B.C. inlet
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Wildlife
A hawk sits in the grass
Key grassland habitat conserved in southern Saskatchewan
Social for science: Using smartphone photos for research
How to fix a turtle
Punctuation's mark: Can we save the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale?
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