Sabrina Doyle
Canadian Geographic
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Gear Review: Columbia Heatzone 1000 Turbodown
With powerful warmth and a pretty profile, the Columbia Heatzone 1000 Turbodown may just be the perfect winter coat for the average Canadian → Read More
How the Great Trail interactive map is linking communities and changing exploration
Nearly 200 events are being held across Canada today to celebrate the near completion of the Great Trail. Stretching over 22,000 kilometres from coast to coast to coast, the Great Trail (formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail) is more than 90 per cent completed. A dream nearly 25 years in the making, the Great Trail is the world's longest network of recreational trails. → Read More
How Haida Gwaii's unique geography helped the Indigenous struggle for independence
How did a small band of seafaring aboriginals secure to the rights to control land in a remote archipelago on the coast of British Columbia, where they had lived for millennia? A new book by Mark Dowie aims to answer that question. → Read More
Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound to be Canada’s largest protected area
Sometimes referred to as the Serengeti of the Arctic because of its booming biodiversity, the northern stretch of sea known as Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound now claims another boast-worthy distinction: it is Canada's newest and largest marine protected area. → Read More
One Ocean Expeditions expands fleet with the RCGS Resolute
In the historic port of Sydney, N.S., on sunny July 31, One Ocean Expeditions announced it was expanding its fleet with a ship whose name resonates with Arctic exploration history.On the cusp of One Ocean Expeditions’ 10th anniversary, the luxury adventure cruise operator announced that the new ship, the RCGS Resolute, is purpose-built to withstand the severe ice of polar expeditions. → Read More
Photos: The Calgary Stampede celebrates 105 years
Calgary is known for many things: the oil boom, the 1988 Olympics, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains. But perhaps the city has no more globally-recognized event than the Calgary Stampede. As one of the world's largest rodeos, the Calgary Stampede draws over a million visitors each year to celebrate western heritage, culture and community spirit. → Read More
Photos: Life aboard a Great Lakes freighter
Shipping cargo on the Great Lakes is big business, in almost every sense of the word. In 2010, about 48,000 people worked in the industry, helping Canadian freighter ships transport more than 142 million tonnes of cargo through the famous waterways.Carrying important-but-bulky products of the Canadian economy – think iron ore pellets, wheat, soybeans, gravel, cement, even road salt – these ships… → Read More
Meet the stone carvers working to rejuvenate Canada's Parliament buildings
"When God decided that the Israelites required a visual statement of His laws – the Decalogue – He knew that only stone tablets would suffice. 'Spell it out in stone,' He may have judged, 'and there's no excuse for ignorance or misinterpretation.' → Read More
Discover Canada through Roberta Bondar's camera lens
When Roberta Bondar went into space in 1992, becoming the first Canadian woman to see Earth while orbiting through the thermosphere, she was captivated by the planet's contoured horizon. Twenty-five years later, that fascination lives on through her photography, which often plays with the line between land and sky. She first started experimenting with cameras as a child in Sault Ste. Marie,… → Read More
Climate change study cancelled due to climate change
A much-anticipated, $17 million study on the effects of climate change in the Arctic has been partly cancelled due to, well, the effects of climate change. → Read More
Photos: The success of St. Mary's First Nation urban reserve
The Wolastoqiyik (known in their own language as "People of the Beautiful River) lived for centuries along the St. John River. Now they live on an urban reserve called St. Mary's, which sits within Fredericton, New Brunswick. It is one of the few First Nation reserves to be located within the boundaries of a large urban municipality, and over the past three decades, St. Mary’s has grown to… → Read More
Earthquakes strand climber near summit of Mount Logan
As a storm rages around Yukon's Mount Logan, mountain climber Natalia Martinez is hunkered alone near the summit, awaiting a rescue that may not arrive until Friday. → Read More
Roberta Bondar on her new role as Honorary Vice-President of the RCGS
"Exploration is not something you retire from. It is a part of one's life ethic."Twenty-five years ago Dr. Roberta Bondar circled the globe 129 times over eight days aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, and in the process, became not only the world’s first neurologist in space, but the second Canadian and first Canadian woman in space. Since returning to Earth she's continued to dazzle and reveal the… → Read More
Video: Old Montreal comes alive through Cité Mémoire's projection art
"2017 is a big year," says Martine Venne. The average Canadian might assume she's referring to Canada's 150th birthday, but in fact Venne, a media manager with Tourisme Montreal is talking about a much older milestone: Montreal's 375th anniversary. → Read More
Adventure athlete Simon Donato on lessons learned in the backcountry
Simon Donato has been many things: geologist, entrepreneur, television host, ultra-endurance athlete, and Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Now, with the release of The Boundless Life: 13 Lessons Learned the Hard Way, he can add published author to the list. → Read More
Canada ranked 7th happiest country in the world
Canada is one of the happiest countries in the world. Based on a mix of economic, social and health-related variables, the World Happiness Report ranked Canada as the seventh happiest country, following closely behind Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland and the Netherlands (which bumped Canada out of last year's sixth spot). → Read More
Why Moncton, N.B., is Andrew Gunadie's (a.k.a. Gunnarolla's) favourite place in Canada
Andrew Gunadie, known best as "Gunnarolla," rose to YouTube stardom after posting "Canadian, Please" – a rap ode to his home and native land – in 2009. Since then, the host, videomaker and Contiki ambassador has travelled the world, and will be speaking about some of his favourite destinations at The Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto → Read More
Explorer Adam Shoalts on forthcoming solo Arctic expedition
Some people plan to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday with fireworks. Others will opt for community barbeques. Adam Shoalts, explorer and Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, has chosen to fête the sesquicentennial by spending five months alone in Canada’s mainland Arctic. → Read More