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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 scholarships for geographical research.
Re-measuring Canada’s highest mountain | Canadian Geographic
WEBOct 26, 2020 · In the spring of 2021, Alison Criscitiello, the director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at the University of Alberta, and I are teaming up to lead a group of climbers and scientists to Yukon’s Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak. We’ll be attempting to drill a new high-resolution ice core for Criscitiello’s lab, as well as repeating historic photographs taken on the mountain’s summit ...
Why mountains matter in Canada | Canadian Geographic
WEBDec 11, 2020 · Given their diversity, Canada’s mountain ranges contain a staggering spectrum of ecosystem types and boast outstanding geological features, plants and animals. While mountains matter in their own right, Canada’s high places are also imbued with meaning from both long-standing and recent relationships between mountains 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 ...
Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2020
WEBDec 30, 2020 · It also maps numerous geological features that are hard to find on any map – current or historic — such as gigantic proglacial lakes Agassiz, Ojibway and McConnell. It’s a fascinating look at our ice shaped our continent’s present-day landscape. “Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve,” published in the July/August 2020 issue of.
How Indigenous Peoples are leading the way on global …
WEBJan 16, 2023 · By Ben Powless. Indigenous Peoples are the people on the ground leading the way in biodiversity conservation. (Photo: Ben Powless) 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, dozens of people crammed into …
Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers | Canadian Geographic
WEBJan 20, 2020 · On its 90th anniversary, Canadian Geographic presents the 90 most influential explorers in the nation’s recorded history. , 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 ...
Why cave exploration matters - Canadian Geographic
WEBJun 24, 2022 · Advertisement. Fast forward to recent years, and the pace of cave exploration in Canada has continuously accelerated. A recorded a new length and depth: the cave is now over 21.3 kilometres long. Bisaro Anima, in British Columbia, became the and a 2021 expedition in the cave broke the depth record again.
50 years of multiculturalism: Where lived experiences make history
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Where lived experiences make history. On Oct 8, 1971, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy. On the 50th anniversary of the announcement, is publishing five essays that explore the theme. The series forms part of Commemorate Canada, a Canadian Heritage program to …
The shape of ice: Mapping North America’s glaciers
WEBAug 30, 2021 · At the height of the last glaciation, massive ice sheets spread across what is now Canada and northerly parts of the United States. When the Earth began to warm — about 19,000 years ago — that ice started to melt, leaving behind the Tyrrell and Champlain seas and many “proglacial” lakes, including Ojibway, Algonquin and McConnell.