Camsell Medal

2005 Winners - James Maxwell and Denis St-Onge

2005 Camsell winners, James Maxwell (left) and Denis St-Onge. (Photo: David Barbour)

In October, James Maxwell and Denis St-Onge received The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Camsell Award, in recognition of outstanding service. St-Onge became president in 1992, the year the prize was ﬁrst awarded. He was also crucial in the development of géographica, the Society’s French-language magazine. As executive director in the 1990s, Maxwell helped establish the Canadian Council for Geographic Education.

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“I grew up hearing all about the Sydney steel mill, the tar ponds and the controversy over the cleanup. The more I read and learned, the more my curiosity was piqued. It seemed a natural area for me to take my studies.”

— Hannah MacDonald,
Mount Allison University

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