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The Society's objective was to produce a popular magazine primarily focusing on Canadian geography. The first editor was Charles Camsell , since 1915 a fellow of the British Royal Geographical Society , as well as a geologist who had been responsible for mapping large parts of Northern Ontario , Manitoba and the Yukon .
The Centre for Geography and Exploration, located at 50 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, is headquarters to the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and home to Canadian Geographic magazine, as well as Can Geo Education and special project departments. The Canada and the World Pavilion was a small museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Exhibits were ...
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society was founded in 1929 by a group of eminent Canadians, including Marius Barbeau, an ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology, the Hon. A.E. Arsenault, Premier of Prince Edward Island and justice of the province's supreme court, Lawrence J. Burpee, Secretary for Canada of the International Joint Commission, John ...
Rosemary Thompson is Vice President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, which publishes Canadian Geographic, the country’s #1 magazine online and in print with 4.3M readers each month. CanGeo Education has built a network of 28,000 educators that work with its free learning materials in the classroom.
Michelle Valberg CM is a Canadian nature and wildlife photographer who has documented Canada's landscapes and wildlife, especially the Arctic. In 2022, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions in photography and philanthropy, particularly in raising awareness of Canada's North.
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; French: Commission géologique du Canada, CGC) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the environment.
In 2015, he was named as one of Canada's 100 greatest modern day explorers by Canadian Geographic magazine. [ 27 ] In 2016, the feature film documentary, RiverBlue , chronicled Angelo’s three year around-the-world journey by river from 2012 to 2015 during which he uncovered and documented the extensive freshwater pollution impacts of the ...
The Society is the publisher of Canadian Geographic magazine and its French-language counterpart Géographica. In 1935 Camsell was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George by King George V. [4] In 1945 the Royal Geographical Society of London awarded him their Founder's Medal for his contributions to geology. [5]