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Alex Pope
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Editor-in-Chief @cangeo.bsky.social. Raising a wildflower. Watcher of clouds. Pitches/ideas: pope@canadiangeographic.ca
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Just in time for #TariffTuesday, my feature on the 50th anniversary of the #beaver as a national symbol of #Canada. It's from the March/April issue of Canadian Geographic (@cangeo.bsky.social). 🇨🇦🦫🇨🇦 canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
The dam, the myth, the legend: 50 years of the beaver
An exploration of the buck-toothed, flat-tailed, landscape-shifting icon celebrating 50 years as Canada’s national symbol
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March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yesterday, @cangeo.bsky.social announced the winners of our 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year competition. Check out the outstanding images! canadiangeographic.ca/articles/ann...
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic honours 14 photographers who captured some of the best shots of 2024
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January 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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From 600 metres below the surface, sperm whales rise for a moment to breathe. However, what happens on this interface between worlds may mean more than we know.

Illustration: Matthew Billington
Animation: Daniel Arian
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Putting it out there: I want to consider some human geography stories for 2025. Hit me with your best feature pitches on housing, healthcare, urbanization, migration, consumption patterns and the geography of it all. Let’s go deep. #pitchme
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Canadian Geographic is going into its 95th publishing year, making the magazine part of the historical record of Canada. We’ve published some of the greatest writers and photographers and in every issue, we’re telling Canada’s story. But we can’t do it alone!
December 3, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Good morning! Here’s a super-fun read for your Monday. I like to imagine some future editor perusing the bound archives and coming across these fever-dream images: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/cel...
Celebrating Mi-Carême in the Magdalen Islands
Experiencing a centuries-old Acadian tradition with food, drink, and family in Quebec’s Îles-de-la-Madeleine
canadiangeographic.ca
November 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
New to bsky. How do we feel about shipwrecks? canadiangeographic.ca/articles/fin...
Finding Quest
Inside the expedition that found famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed last ship
canadiangeographic.ca
November 20, 2024 at 8:33 PM