Canadian Geographic

1 week ago | canadiangeographic.ca | Jonny Bierman

Supporting Indigenous-made goods is a meaningful act of reconciliation—one that fuels community growth and economic opportunity. For millennia, Indigenous Peoples across Canada have created goods rooted in the land, reflecting deep cultural knowledge and regional diversity. Today, Indigenous art and products are crucial in cultural revitalization, preserving tradition and raising awareness of the diverse and unique cultures that thrive from coast to coast to coast.

1 week ago | canadiangeographic.ca | Abi Hayward

Wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Connel Bradwell was researching orcas when he saw something… he did not expect: two male orca engaging in courtship behaviour. No: they weren’t roommates. As a queer biologist, Bradwell started to ask questions: “How come I didn’t know that much about homosexuality and queerness in the natural world? Why haven’t we been talking about this?

2 weeks ago | canadiangeographic.ca | Robin Esrock

Some bucket list adventures require more than planning; they need the stars to align. The weather must cooperate, conditions need to be perfect, the best guides should be on duty and travel schedules must sync. On Vancouver Island, high winds torpedoed my whale-watching adventure. In Labrador, low clouds grounded the small plane that was bound for the Torngat Mountains. In Yellowknife, days of rain washed away any chance of seeing the Northern Lights.

2 weeks ago | canadiangeographic.ca | Alexandra Pope

I can still hear the barking with my ears underwater. It’s April, and the waters of the Gulf of California are cold and turbid, churned by the seasonal windstorms that rake this narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean between mainland Mexico and the Baja California peninsula. I’m too late to witness the region’s most iconic winter visitors: blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, which migrate to these highly productive waters each year to calve and feed.

3 weeks ago | canadiangeographic.ca | Madigan Cotterill

“You lifted your hand again,” Will Gadd says to me, calmly but firmly, as he grabs the bright blue rope attached to my fellow first-time ice climber about six metres above us. I apologize (for a second time) and promise it won’t happen again. Belaying, I’m learning, is not as easy as it looks. But then again, neither is ice climbing. Thankfully, I’m being guided by one of the best in the world, while wearing gear built precisely for moments like this.