I had the extreme honour becoming a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society last night. Wow. @RCGS_SGRC pic.twitter.com/PxVH4DML7m
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) November 19, 2015

So honored to be named an @RCGS_SGRC fellow. Hard to describe how I’m feeling. pic.twitter.com/Cxumdm6Mht
— Aaron Salus (@Aaron_Strut) November 19, 2015

@RCGS_SGRC @OurLabrador Nakumeek RCGS. A true honour to be involved, and looking forward to contributing to greater initiatives! 🙂
— Caitlyn Baikie (@CaitlynBaikie) November 19, 2015

3. The Hon. Kirsty Duncan brought science back

Duncan, Canada’s newly-minted Minister of Science and herself a geographer, received a huge cheer from the crowd for her opening remarks, which included this line:

“We are a government that believes in science.” — @RCGS_SGRC Annual Fellows Dinner #CdnSci
— Hon. Kirsty Duncan (@ScienceMin) November 19, 2015

Enjoyed an inspiring speech by Kirsty Duncan @ScienceMin at the @RCGS_SGRC #RCGS15 dinner. #CdnSci is back! @lmisene @westernu
— Gordon Oz Osinski (@drcrater) November 19, 2015

4. We celebrated GIS Day

Could we have picked a more perfect day for an event honouring geographers?

Totally excited @zachvant received Geographic Literacy Award @RCGS_SGRC RCGS_SGRC so well deserved! And on GIS day! pic.twitter.com/e3zc6wvJyt
— James Boxall (@JamesGIS) November 19, 2015

5. We inked a new partnership with the Trans-Canada Trail

Representatives of the RCGS/SGRC and @TCTrail sign a MOU to formalize our new partnership at #RCGS15: pic.twitter.com/LdnAXGV5Pb
— The RCGS/La SGRC (@RCGS_SGRC) November 19, 2015

6. James Keelaghan performed — twice

No geography event would be complete without a rendition of Stan Rogers’ classic “Northwest Passage,” and Keelaghan delivered. The Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter also surprised Margaret Atwood with a special performance in honour of her birthday: