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Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope?
The elusive Greenland shark photographed at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, NU. (Photo: Hemming1952/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) With vast expanses of icy waters, extreme depths and the ...
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (left) presented Hemming with the medal at the Royal Geographical Society in London on May 12. (Photo: Riley Schnurr) On May 12, I had the honour of helping to ...
As a multi-use trail, the entirety of ʔapsčiik t̓ašii is paved which allows cyclists and visitors to have a steady surface to explore on. (Photo: Parks Canada) Steeped in nature and history, Pacific ...
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 ...
Already gaining steam before the pandemic, interest in urban farming — and hunger for hyper-local food — has soared. A look at three Canadian takes on the urban farming phenomenon The early days of ...
Most international borders adhere to some sort of logic. They follow coastlines or rivers, watersheds or natural barriers. They make sense. Not so the 49th parallel. The border from the Lake of the ...
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 ...
Maps have long played a critical role in video games, whether as the main user interface, a reference guide, or both. As games become more sophisticated, so too does the cartography that underpins ...
The spirit horses at Mādahòkì Farm each have unique characteristics and their own personality. (Photo: Robin Esrock) You don’t have to be an equestrian to appreciate eight unusual horses grazing on ...
Dresses hung on crosses along a roadside honour the children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. It was announced in July 2021 that 215 probable graves had been found on the grounds of ...
Nickel Tailings #31 (detail) forms part of Edward Burtynsky’s Mines and Tailings, a series devoted to exploring the environmental aftermath of metal mining and ...