Canadian Geographic
WEBCanadian Geographic is a publication of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Society is dedicated to making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world.
Issues - Canadian Geographic
WEBThe Royal Canadian Geographical Society is dedicated to helping Canadians appreciate the value of geography in their understanding of Canada and its place in the world. Best known for publishing Canadian Geographic magazine, the Society also supports Canadian expeditions and provides grants and ...
Why mountains matter in Canada | Canadian Geographic
WEBDec 11, 2020 · Today, around 1.3 million people live within Canada’s mountain areas, while an additional 75 per cent of Canada’s total population lives within 100 kilometres of mountain areas.
How Indigenous Peoples are leading the way on global …
WEBJan 16, 2023 · On a grey December day, a few blocks from Montreal’s Palais de Congrès where world leaders were gathered to hammer out a new global framework to protect biodiversity, dozens of people crammed into a large shaputuan — Innu gathering tent — across from the city’s old port.While it was chilly inside, and each gust of wind seemed like it might lift up the wood and canvas structure and ...
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada | Canadian Geographic
WEBThe Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada is a step on the path toward understanding. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Métis National Council and Indspire, created a groundbreaking four-volume atlas that shares the experiences, perspectives, and histories of ...
The cat came back: Canada’s - Canadian Geographic
WEBJul 21, 2021 · A month later, Darlington and her team found C10 once more. Cougars generally avoid people, and when they got closer, C10 left the den long enough for the team to affix ear tags to the fluffy, blue-eyed kittens already larger than a house cat.
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers | Canadian Geographic
WEBJan 20, 2020 · For the 90th anniversary of Canadian Geographic, we asked a panel of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Explorers-in-Residence and Honorary Vice-Presidents to give us Canada’s greatest explorers, dead or alive, mariner, mountain climber, polar trekker, anthropologist or astronaut.The only condition? Their picks must have been born in Canada or lived here long enough to qualify for ...
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers: Going beyond - Canadian …
WEBJan 29, 2020 · FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU II 1771-1872 | Salt River, N.W.T. Yellowknife tribal chief, Arctic guide and advisor to both Alexander Mackenzie and John Franklin; was the reason Franklin’s 1825 Arctic expedition was the most successful of its time.
Last icy stand: Scaling Mount Logan | Canadian Geographic
WEBMar 9, 2022 · On May 15, 2021, under a clear and windless sky, Alison Criscitiello and I skied out onto Mount Logan’s glaciated summit plateau. From the Yukon mountain’s base, it had taken us and two friends — Rebecca Haspel, a geologist from Calgary with a serious talent for self-propelled adventure, and Toby Harper-Merrett, a Montreal-based climber and vice-president of the Alpine Club of Canada ...
Canada could gain 4.2 million square kilometres of agricultural …
WEBMar 10, 2020 · In the next 50 to 100 years, Earth’s agricultural landmass could increase by almost one-third. And, according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS One, Canada and Russia could be home to the majority of those new farming frontiers, with respective gains of 4.2 and 4.3 million square kilometres each. “Much of the land in our northern hemisphere is not suitable for agriculture at ...