About "RCGS"
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration, and one of the largest non-profit educational organizations in the nation.
Shared interests: Norwegian ambassador Jon Elvedal Fredriksen gives welcoming remarks at a symposium on Arctic Futures in Norway and Canada jointly hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Society at Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration on Nov. 23. (Photo: Ben Powless/Can Geo)
Canlit icon Margaret Atwood has been honoured with a stamp by Canada Post. (Image: Canada Post)
Clockwise from left: Kyle Enzoe, Sam Deranger, Valadee Lockhart and leader Terri Enzoe are part of Ni Hat’Ni Dene Rangers, an Indigenous Guardians program in Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories. As part of the conservation program, the youth learn traditional Dene ways and monitor the health of the lake and its wildlife. (Photo: Pat Kane/Can Geo)
Randall Wilkie, left, is the recipient of this year’s Alex Trebek Medal for Geographic Literacy, while Margaret Leland, right, received the inaugural Gilles Gagnier Medal for Innovation in Geographic Education.
Foundation stars Jared Harris as Hari Seldon, a genius mathematician who predicts the inevitable downfall of the future Galactic Empire. (Photo courtesy Apple TV+)
Guillaume Moreau and Philippe Voghel-Robert of Expédition AKOR portage a series of impressive rapids on the Meadowbank River, Nunavut. (Photo: Expédition AKOR)
Cory Trépanier perched at the mouth of Wilberforce Falls, Hood River, west of Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, while painting one of the pieces from his Into the Arctic series more than a decade ago. (Photo: Max Attwood)
Chief Perry Bellegarde, right, with RCGS CEO John Geiger and President Gavin Fitch at an event celebrating his appointment as Honorary President of the Society, held Nov. 4 at Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration in Ottawa. (Photo: Ben Powless/Can Geo)
