About Can Geo
Canadian Geographic, November/December 2019 cover, Wolves
Revealing Canadian Geographic’s November/December 2019 cover
Revealing Canadian Geographic’s September/October 2019 cover
Introducing 10,000 Changes, Canada’s commitment to rethink plastics
Revealing the July/August 2019 cover of Canadian Geographic
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Canada 150
Clyde River, Nunavut
Video of the Week: A visual celebration of Canada
Photos: A voyage through the Northwest Passage
Video of the Week: Thompson, Man., howls its way into the record books
Manitoba farmer creates intricate Canada 150 corn maze
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Charting Change
Insights on artificial intelligence in the developing world
Reducing e-waste recycling risks in Ghana
Combating gender-based violence in Colombia
The math behind China’s fight against HIV
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Community
Cover of Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
‘The story I was intended to write’: Michelle Good on forthcoming novel ‘Five Little Indians’
10 Canadian photographers whose work we’re loving right now
12 Canadian photographers share the nature they love
The RCGS announces Nikon Canada as its Official Photography Partner
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Contests
Announcing the winners of our 34th Annual Photo Competition
Help us choose the March/April 2020 Canadian Geographic cover!
Help us choose the cover for Can Geo Kids More Ultimate Animals
Help us choose the January/February 2020 Canadian Geographic cover!
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Education
New Brunswick teacher stands in front of greenhouse as part of environmental initiative
Featured Teacher: Laura Myers
Hearts in the Ice: Weather and Climate
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Canadian Geographic launch program to revive the Michif language
Hearts in the Ice: Drone technology
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Energy
PLAT-I tidal energy platform in Grand Passage, May 2019
Testing the future of tidal energy in Nova Scotia
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
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Environment & Nature
sea star disease the blob
2019 was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans. What does that mean for Canada?
New research on Newfoundland seabirds is a window into thousands of years of change
Watch: Mysterious ice disc spins in B.C.’s South Thompson River
5 ways to cut down on plastic waste this holiday season
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Events & Exhibits
Can Geo Talks: Spring 2020
Can Geo Talks: Fall 2019
Can Geo Talks presents: Jill Heinerth
Canadian Geographic and Canada Post launch Bears, a new stamp series
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Exploration
Bill Lishman
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers: Innovation
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers: Crucial communication
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers: Going beyond
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers: Human limits
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Explore Podcast
Charlotte Gray David McGuffin podcast recording RCGS
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 10: Charlotte Gray
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 9: Alanna Mitchell
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 8: James Raffan
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 7: George Kourounis
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Gear Reviews
Five reasons we are excited for the new Apple Watch Series 5
Why your next vacation will probably be #ShotoniPhone
Gear Review: Justin Barbour puts a MEC life jacket to the ultimate test
Gear review: MEC outfits the Nova Zembla expedition
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History
Throwback Thursday: The 1919 Stanley Cup final
Adventurer, turncoat, cannibal: the remarkable story of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Flight of the Highlanders: The Making of Canada
Four flags that almost became Canada’s national flag
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Kids
Animal Facts: Great blue heron
Animal Facts: Great blue heron
Animal Facts: Moose
Animal Facts: Wolf
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Map archive
Chronicling “an almost unknown country”
The map that guided Canada’s D-Day clash
Confederation conflict
Canada’s first cold war
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Mapping
historic disease map
Q&A: Tom Koch on disease mapping and medical geography
Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2019
Researchers are using AI to track gentrification across Ottawa
Celebrating 60 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway
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National & Provincial Parks
Dramatic cliffs in Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve
Four things to know about Thaidene Nëné, Canada’s newest national park reserve
Guardians of the grasslands
A sneak peek at Quebec’s newest provincial park
Photos: The parks beneath the sea
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Ocean Bridge
The view from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park on the North Shore of Lake Superior. (Photo: Connor Garrod)
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Connor Garrod
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Kayoung Heo
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Talen Rimmer
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jordan Bertagnolli
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People & Culture
The changing face of Canada’s first suburbs
Q&A: Attawapiskat, Ont. musician Adrian Sutherland on the story behind his First Nations rights protest song
Louis Riel: Hero, heretic, nation builder
State of the marijuana nation
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RCGS
Wear your love of exploration with new RCGS-branded clothing
Christmas at the Devil’s Portage
Royal Canadian Geographical Society celebrates the holidays — and new co-branded clothing — with Roots
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society announces new Vice-Patron
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Science & Technology
Thanatotheristes
New species of tyrannosaurus discovered in Alberta
Watch: Spotting a superior mirage in Airdrie, Alta.
Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
Exploring the human microbiome, our ‘forgotten organ’
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The Franklin Expedition
Lady Franklin, Sir John Franklin, London, Arctic, explorer, Erebus, Terror
The imagined letters of Lady Jane Franklin
“The Terror” recap: Episode 8
“The Terror” recap: Episode 7
The animals of the Franklin Expedition
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The North
Wayne Pollard Lost Hammer Spring
RCGS Fellow Wayne Pollard wins prestigious award
Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North
The explorer versus the ice labyrinth
Q&A: Why two female adventurers are preparing to overwinter in Svalbard, Norway
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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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The Terror
He's bruised and battered, but is Captain Francis Crozier (played by Jared Harris) beyond all hope in the tenth and final episode of The Terror? (Photo: Aidan Monaghan/AMC)
“The Terror” recap: Episode 10 – Season Finale
Five questions about “The Terror”
“The Terror” recap: Episode 9
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Travel & Places
When it comes to volcano tourism, is the reward worth the risk?
How the world came together to protect a B.C. inlet
Searching for Sasquatch, finding ourselves
Meet Scott Forsyth, Canadian Geographic’s newest Photographer-in-Residence
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Wildlife
scientist in lab coat looking at microscope slide
Negative tests for microplastics a positive for marine mammals in eastern Canadian Arctic
The mysterious macaques of Gibraltar
Tiny plant and animal species raise big questions for conservation biologists
Photos: Best Wildlife Photography 2020
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