About The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Board of Governors 2008-2009

The Society’s Board of Governors is comprised of 6 Officers and up to 24 Governors from across Canada.

2008-2009 RCGS Board of Governors

Standing (left to right): Jean Fournier, Phil Howarth, Mike Schmidt, Paul Ruest, Paul Cosulich, Peter Harrison, Jim Carmichael, John Geiger, Marc Régnier, Ted Manning
Sitting (left to right): Phyllis Arnold, Simon Ommanney, Iain Wallace, Keith Exelby, Gisèle Jacob, Peter Adams, Bruce Amos, Beth Dye
Absent: Chris Burn, Art Collin, Roger Bird, Élisabeth Nadeau, Andrew Pritchard, Gordon Slade

Officers

Gisèle Jacob
President
Gatineau, Quebec

Bruce Amos
Vice-President
Ottawa, Ontario

Christopher Burn
Vice-president
Ottawa, Ontario

Peter Harrison
Vice-President
Ottawa, Ontario

Paul Ruest
Secretary
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Keith Exelby
Treasurer
Ottawa, Ontario

Governors

Peter Adams
Peterborough, Ontario

Phyllis Arnold
Edmonton, Alberta

Roger Bird
Ottawa, Ontario

Jim Carmichael
Powell River, British Columbia

Arthur E. Collin
Ottawa, Ontario

Beth Dye
Kamloops, British Columbia

Jean Fournier
Trois Rivières, Québec

John Geiger
Toronto, Ontario

Philip Howarth
Dundas, Ontario

Edward Manning
Ottawa, Ontario

Élisabeth Nadeau
Ottawa, Ontario

Simon Ommanney
Toronto, Ontario

Andrew Pritchard
Ottawa, Ontario

Marc Régnier
Montréal, Québec

Michael Schmidt
North Saanich, British Columbia

Gordon Slade
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Iain Wallace
Ottawa, Ontario

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— Hannah MacDonald,
Mount Allison University

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