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FEATURED FELLOW: DAVID COURT
David Court, shown here enjoying a pre-pandemic hiking day in Scotland, calls it a privilege to support the Trebek Initiative.
The CAT came BACK
HOW CANADA’S COUGARS ARE ON THE RISE — AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US
Megan Leslie
WWF Canada’s CEO on what she has learned during her 30-year commitment to environmental stewardship
Faded ink
This map, “taken on the spot in the year 1768,” tells but a tiny piece of the story of Newfoundland’s bygone Beothuk
Catherine McKenzie
The former lawyer and now bestselling author on what made her Quebec summer camp experience unforgettable
O Canada jay!
LARGELY UNHERALDED UNTIL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC’S NATIONAL BIRD PROJECT WAS HELD, THE RENAMED CANADA JAY — FORMERLY GRAY JAY — HAS BECOME IN MANY MINDS THE COUNTRY’S NATIONAL BIRD
Picturing the mountains
A French-born Canadian changed the world of mapping by photographing the Rockies
Emma Donoghue
The Irish-Canadian novelist muses on the parallels between the 1918 pandemic and the one happening now
YOUR SOCIETY
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION RUNS ANTHROPOCENE SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS
PASSAGE OF TIME
STILL LARGELY REMOTE, B.C.’S INSIDE PASSAGE OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF A WILD WORLD WHERE NATURE — FROM GRIZZLY BEARS TO HUMPBACK WHALES — RULES THE DAY
The Pull of EVEREST
A CENTURY AFTER A CANADIAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CHARTING THE WORLD’S HIGHEST PEAK, A FELLOW CANADIAN REFLECTS ON THE MAGNETISM OF EVEREST
COMING UP
COMING UP
Gateway to Canada
Canada’s last active seaport immigration shed closed 50 years ago. A look back at Pier 21
Behind the sails
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ICONIC CANADIAN FISHING AND RACING SCHOONER BLUENOSE MAY BE AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO WHEN THE SHIP FIRST HIT THE WATER
THE PUZZLE OF PLASTIC
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEUR MIRANDA WANG TURNS TO SCIENCE TO SEEK PROFITABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF WHAT TO DO WITH OUR MOUNTAINS OF PLASTIC WASTE
Not as envisioned
A quarter century ago, Gordon’s Indian Residential School was the last in Canada to close its doors
By Popular Demand
BEHIND THE SCENES AT COFFEE NEWS, THE UPBEAT CANADIAN COMMUNITY PAPER WITH STAYING POWER
WOLVERINE TRACKING THE ELUSIVE TRICKSTER
IN INNU CULTURE, the wolverine is a trickster, the central character in many dramatic capers. Sometimes the wolverine is a hero, saving Innu families from vicious cannibals; other times he’s a scoundrel tricking both the Innu and his fellow animals. Either way, it’s guaranteed that he’s getting into mischief.
DEFEATING WINTER
HOW MONTREAL WAGES A $166-MILLION BATTLE AGAINST SNOW EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO KEEP ITS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS CLEAR
Alex Trebek
Remembering the Jeopardy! host and longtime supporter of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
THE PAUSE
AS THE COUNTRY RETREATED TO PHYSICAL DISTANCING IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OUR INTERACTIONS WITH GEOGRAPHY ALTERED DRAMATICALLY. A COLLECTION OF IMAGES THAT CAPTURED HOW CANADIAN LIFE CHANGED.
Mario Rigby
The explorer shares insights from his cross-Africa trek and cross-Canada cycle, and on being accepted
Shaped by time
RAISED FROM THE SEA, SCULPTED BY TIDES AND WINDS, THE EVER-CHANGING MINGAN ARCHIPELAGO NATIONAL PARK RESERVE PROTECTS COLOSSAL MONOLITHS AND MYRIAD SPECIES
Turning the tide
Paul Nicklen, the renowned wildlife photographer and SeaLegacy co-founder, shares stunning images from the poles in a time of climate change
The sixth extinction
THE PLANET IS IN THE MIDST OF DRASTIC BIODIVERSITY LOSS THAT SOME EXPERTS THINK MAY BE THE NEXT GREAT SPECIES DIE-OFF. HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
Promised LANDS
UPROOTED REPEATEDLY BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE OUJÉ-BOUGOUMOU CREE WANDERED BOREAL QUEBEC FOR 70 YEARS BEFORE FINDING A PERMANENT HOME. FOR SOME, THE JOURNEY CONTINUES.
LAND OF THE ANCESTORS
THE NEW THAIDENE NËNÉ NATIONAL PARK RESERVE IN THE N.W.T. IS THE HEART OF THE SACRED DENESǪŁINÉ HOMELAND AND A PROPHESIED FINAL REFUGE OF CLEAN WATER (AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY) IN NORTH AMERICA
BORDER LINES
AN EXPLORATION OF THE EVOLUTION OF CANADA’S PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES
Alex Cuba
The singer-songwriter explains why moving to Smithers, B.C., was the best decision of his life
A place of their own
The new Illusuak Cultural Centre in Nain, Labrador, offers a space for Labrador Inuit to celebrate their history and culture