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College of Fellows Dinner 2007

RCGS Fellow Marie Sanderson (ABOVE LEFT, at left), Diane Maxwell and Joyce Fraser peruse silent-auction items. Anik Dorion-Coupal and her father, Fellow Henri Dorion (ABOVE MIDDLE), accept the Gold Medal. Fellows Johnny Peters (ABOVE RIGHT, at left) and George Hobson. (Photos: David Barbour)

High flyers
Guests at The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s annual College of Fellows dinner in November must have felt as if they were soaring. Not only were the dining tables surrounded by 75 aircraft at the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa, but astronaut Steve MacLean also transported the audience into space with photos, videos and details of his second spacewalk, in 2006. The event honoured Massey, Gold and Camsell medallists and raised money for the RCGS.

Sébastien Molgat (LEFT), son of Fellow Liane Benoit, displays a signed photo of astronaut Steve MacLean (Photo: David Barbour)

Astronaut Steve MacLean (at left), with Canadian Geographic editor-in-chief Rick Boychuk. (Photo: David Barbour)

Climate oceanographer Eddy Carmack of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Sidney, B.C., was awarded the Massey Medal for his contributions to the field of geography. (Photo: David Barbour)