Ryan Sharpe listens intently to a question during the final round of the 2019 Canadian Geographic Challenge, held in the Alex Trebek Theatre at 50 Sussex in Ottawa. Sharpe went on to place second in ...

The song of a male red-winged blackbird takes on a visible form as it stakes out its territory on a cold spring morning. (Photo: Stanley Bysshe) Our planet has a soundtrack. There are the birds, of ...

The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces In some ways, there aren’t many streets like Toronto’s ...

As Canada embarks on a process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, the Métis are still without territory to call their own Historian Arthur J. Ray wrote* that many of Canada’s Indigenous people ...

First Canyon in Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories. Cave entrances can be seen high in the cliffs. The incredible karst of the park reserve is one feature which led to its ...

Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope? I’m walking up a ridge of bedrock outside my house, talking to my brother 1,800 ...

Hôtel de Glace (ice hotel), offers guests a one-of-a-kind winter experience just outside of Québec City. (Photo: Étienne Dionne) When dealing with more than 30,000 tons of ice, you need to know your ...

Caribou numbers in Canada are dropping drastically — and quickly — leaving the iconic land mammal on the brink of extinction For caribou, the numbers tell the tale. The famous George River herd of ...

The Vancouver Island marmot, burrowing owl, greater sage-grouse and northern leopard frog are thriving again thanks to the zoo’s efforts Sandie Black canoes down a lake in Lakeland Provincial Park, ...

A spirit bear walks the intertidal zone of Princess Royal Island, occasionally stopping to flip rocks in search of food underneath. I was about five when I first first encountered ‘maas ol (white bear ...

After years of work, the Sixties Scoop Network has launched their interactive mapping platform In our own Words: Mapping the Sixties Scoop Diaspora. It started out with a drawing on a piece of paper.

The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic It started innocently enough, with sniffles and a cough. Then the fever pounced. Every muscle, every ...