About Can Geo
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How we chose the cover: Best Wildlife Photography 2018
How we chose the cover: September/October 2017 Canadian Geographic
How we chose the cover: Fall 2017 Canadian Geographic Travel
How we chose the cover: July/August 2017 Canadian Geographic
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Charting Change
Photo: Dr. Tejendra Chapagain, University of Guelph
The simple agricultural kit improving life for Nepal’s terrace farmers
Rethinking El Salvador’s public transit trouble
Mexico’s digital money revolution
Vaccine victory
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Contests
Help us choose the cover for Best Wildlife Photography 2018!
Help us choose the September/October 2017 Canadian Geographic cover!
Help us choose the Fall 2017 Canadian Geographic Travel cover!
Help us choose the July/August 2017 Canadian Geographic cover!
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Education
British Columbia teacher won Grosvenor Fellowship Trip
Geography teacher of the month: Kristen Gill
Geography teacher of the month: Joe Grabowski
RCGS partners with First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations to create Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Canada's Coolest School Trip ends on a high note in Halifax
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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
Tallurutiup Imanga, Lancaster Sound
Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound to be Canada’s largest protected area
Inside Catherine McKenna's tour of Nunatsiavut
Exclusive interview: Catherine McKenna on the science, community and value of parks
Policy reforms needed to protect science from political interference, study says
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Events & Exhibits
Mark Kristmanson and John Geiger cut the ribbon to officially open 50 Sussex
50 Sussex Drive officially opens to the public with two new exhibitions
Strong Ties: Canada-Norway connection celebrated at 50 Sussex
A new home for the RCGS: 50 Sussex
5 facts about 50 Sussex Drive
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Exploration
Photos: Life aboard a Great Lakes freighter
Prince Albert II of Monaco explains how his country’s new ocean exploration initiative came to be
Decade-long expedition reaches highest point in every province and territory
Explorer George Kourounis completes expedition to North Korea
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Gear Reviews
Keen, water shoes, sandals, hiking
Gear Review: Keen waterproof sandals
Gear review: Coleman Conquer 250L LED headlamp
Gear Review: The Red Leaf Collection by Atlantic Luggage
Gear Review: Nikon KeyMission 80 action camera
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History
Meet the stone carvers working to rejuvenate Canada's Parliament buildings
Photo exhibit showcases turn-of-the-century Canada
Digitally reconstructed faces of 4,000-year-old shíshálh family revealed
How Sandford Fleming changed the way the world experiences time
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Kids
Animal Facts: Arctic fox
Animal Facts: Arctic hare
Animal Facts: Atlantic Puffin
Animal Facts: Bald Eagle
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Mapping
Interactive map tells weather forecast entirely in emojis
Mapping the future of Canada's capital
A cartographic historian on the fascinating world of ancient maps and sea monsters
Canada’s Indigenous lands added to Google Maps, Google Earth
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National & Provincial Parks
Rouge Urban National Park set to expand by 17 square kilometres
Infographic: Canada's protected areas
Five projects that are helping to conserve endangered species in Canada's national parks
Photos: The stunning biodiversity of Algonquin Provincial Park
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People & Culture
Illustration detail of Capinatator praetermissus
Ancient spine-headed marine worm fossil identified in Burgess Shale
Why Montreal is Geoff Molson's favourite place in Canada
Former astronaut Julie Payette appointed Governor General of Canada
Happy Canada Day from Canadian Geographic!
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RCGS
John Turner awarded RCGS Gold Medal
Alex Trebek named an Officer of the Order of Canada
Historic Ottawa addresses on Sussex Drive now accessible via The Great Trail
Documentary commemorating 1916 climb of Bugaboo Spire screened in Ottawa
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Science & Technology
Partial solar eclipse October 23 2014
How and where to see today's solar eclipse
Canadian researchers discover surprising connection between calcium and cholesterol
Chemist and Indigenous studies professor awarded $150,000 to study medicinal properties of birch bark
Infographic: How endangered whales' songs could be key to their protection
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The Franklin Expedition
Franklin crew member John Hartnell's nails encased in resin
Thumbnail 'time machine' provides new insight into demise of Franklin expedition
Sir John Franklin's HMS Terror believed found in Arctic
Five interesting facts about the HMS Terror
Archaeologists to resume search for Sir John Franklin's HMS Terror
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The North
lake hazen ellesmere island
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan to make first official visit to the Canadian High Arctic
Photos from the Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Canada Goose Arctic Gallery opens at Canadian Museum of Nature
Nunavut gets failing grade on food security
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The Polar Blog
Mapping, atlas, Inuit, traditional knowledge, Carleton University, Nunavut, Clyde River, science, wildlife
How a new northern mapping project is preserving Inuit traditional knowledge
The surprising links between people and plants in the North
What's killing muskox in the Arctic Islands?
The mystery of Yukon's disappearing kestrels
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Travel & Places
wine glass, wine, Shenandoah valley, mountains, Virginia, winery, vineyard
A guide to Virginia's best beer, wine and cider festivals
Charlotte Gray on rafting the wild Tatshenshini and Alsek rivers
Inside the Dubai catering facility that makes 190,000 airplane meals a day
One Ocean Expeditions expands fleet with the RCGS Resolute
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Wildlife
whooping crane twins and their parents
Wood Buffalo National Park reports record number of whooping crane fledglings
Fisheries minister addresses recent spate of right whale deaths
Photos: Grizzly bears of B.C.'s Khutzeymateen
Video of the week: Mountie chases black bear
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