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Revealing Canadian Geographic’s November/December 2019 cover
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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
Video of the Week: A visual celebration of Canada
Photos: A voyage through the Northwest Passage
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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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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
Announcing the winners of the 2018 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition
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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
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
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
Watch: Mysterious ice disc spins in B.C.’s South Thompson River
5 ways to cut down on plastic waste this holiday season
11 Earth-friendly alternatives to common plastic items around the house
Mapping the world of plastics
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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
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
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: Pronghorn
Animal Facts: Wolf
Animal Facts: Snowy owl
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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
Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2019
Researchers are using AI to track gentrification across Ottawa
Celebrating 60 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Inside the intricate world of video game cartography
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National & Provincial Parks
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
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
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
Why Indigenous languages matter
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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
Watch: Spotting a superior mirage in Airdrie, Alta.
Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
Exploring the human microbiome, our ‘forgotten organ’
London, Ont., launches project to collect hard-to-recycle plastics
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The Franklin Expedition
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
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
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
“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
The mysterious macaques of Gibraltar
Tiny plant and animal species raise big questions for conservation biologists
Photos: Best Wildlife Photography 2020
Whales under threat in noisy Atlantic waters
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