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The article offers information on the classroom energy diet challenge (CEDC), a three-month contest where approximately 12,000 students from across Canada learned about energy awareness. CEDC, which ended in March 2012, challenged students and teachers to become more energy-aware by earning points as they completed up to 25 tasks. The contest is a partnership between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Shell Canada to educate youth on energy awareness.

The article offers information that 12,000 Canadian students are taking part in a competition Classroom Energy Diet Challenge to become the Canada's most energy-efficient classroom.

The article reports that in order to recognize International Polar Year (IPY), the Canadian Council for Geographic Education, in collaboration with the Canadian Polar Commission, has developed a set of 38 bilingual lesson plans about the North. As reported, students can now track icebergs and explore diamond mining in Canada's Arctic, right from the classroom. The plans are intended to introduce students till grade 12 to Arctic issues and to inspire the next generation of polar scientists.

The article reports that grade 11 students Derek Ho and John Yao tested their geography skills and a new mapping tool during the launch of the 2007 edition of The Canadian Atlas Online in November 2007 in Toronto, Ontario. The mapping feature allows users to zoom in on Canadian destinations at street level. The atlas also includes new sections on climate change and the rivers of Canada.

Reports on the victory of Weiyang Yao, a grade-seven student at Peoples Christian Academy in Willowdale, Ontario in the Great Canadian Geography Challenge sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. Technique of Yao focusing on the competition; Prize won by Yao.

Deals with the tour of the office of the "Canadian Geographic" magazine by the team of students representing Canada at the 2003 National Geographic World Championship. Rank of the team in the competition.

Reports on the victory of Bedford, Nova Scotia student Ethan Macaulay at the Great Canadian Geography Challenge on May 24, 2003. Worth of scholarship won by Macaulay; Questions covered in the online contest.

Reports on the student winners of the 2002 Polar Bound Contest of 'Canadian Geographic' magazine. Details on the voyage of a group of high school students to the High Arctic on the Russian ship Kapitan Khlebnikov; Background on daily lectures and excursions concerning the ecology of the arctics in the Northwest Territories; Impact of the expedition on the students.

Reports on a research project by Karen Brelsford, a geography student at the University of Victoria, which aims to search for the derelict buildings at Banff and Jasfer national parks in Alberta. Information on a research grant received by Brelsford.

Reports on the bronze medal garnered by students from Canada in the 1995 International Geography Olympiad in Orlando, Florida. Name of contestants; Performance of the team in contest preliminaries and finals.