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First issue of Canadian Geographic 1930
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80th Anniversary: Arctic retrospective
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80th Anniversary: Camsell’s cure for loneliness
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2008 - John Pollack & Doug Davidge
2008 - Nicholas Arkell, Heather Cray, Allison Cassidy and Michael Angelopoulos
2007 - Rachel Herron
2007 - Danica Hogan
2007 - Hannah MacDonald
2007 - Felicia Pickard et al.
2006 - Heather Penner
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2006 - Véronique Tremblay
2005 - Sarah Bogart
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2005 - Christine Robichaud
2004 - Lanna Campbell
2004 - Findlay MacDermid
2003 - Ronald Gaudet
2002 - Hubert Pelletier-Gilbert
2002 - Jennifer Hiscott
2002 - Grace Hung
2001 - Karen Brelsford
2001 - Dan Strickland
2000 - Emily Addison
2000 - Jean-Pierre Bombardier
James Maxwell Studentship in Human Geography
Recipients of the Maxwell Studentship in Human Geography
2008 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Thomas Cummins-Russell
2007 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Alana Ramsay
2006 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Cory Dobson
2005 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Martha Stiegman
2003 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Véronique Bussières
2002 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Shirley Chiu
2000 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Geoff Rempel
1999 Maxwell Studentship Recipient - Kerry Lake
James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography (PhD)
RCGS Studentship in Northern Geography (Masters)
Studentship in Northern Geography Recipients
2006 RCGS Studentship in Northern Geography - Suzanne Jarvis
2006 James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography - Jessica Tomkins
2005 RCGS Studentship in Northern Geography - Jamie Reschny
2005 James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography - Rebecca Turpin
2003 James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography - David Hardie
2002 James W. Bourque Studentship in Northern Geography - Joan Bunbury
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2005 Expeditions
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Rivière Denys 2005 Expedition
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2004 Expeditions
Simon Says Explore: A Child’s Arctic
Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition
The Dubawnt River Art Expedition
Haida Gwaii Learning Expedition 2004
Alone across Labrador 2004
2003 Expeditions
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2000 Expeditions
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Speaker Series 2010
“Why Ancient Wisdom Matters” Exploration and discovery with anthropologist Wade Davis
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Speaker Series 2009
“The Ends of the Earth” Looking through the lens of photographer Paul Nicklen
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Speaker Series 2008
“Meeting Nanuk” In person with Ian Stirling
“A Walk in Space” with Canadian Astronaut Steve MacLean
Speaker Series 2007
“Wild about Weather” An evening with David Phillips
“Meeting Nanuk” In person with Ian Stirling
Speaker Series 2006
“The Iceman Returns to Labrador” by Jerry Kobalenko
“Father Goose: The WILD life of Bill Lishman”
Speaker Series 2005
“Nahanni Forever”
“Being Caribou” with Karsten Heuer - in person
“Dreams and Journeys: An Environmental Odyssey” By Mike Beedell and Ian Tamblyn
Speaker Series 2004
“Extreme Adventures on Ellesmere Island” by Jerry Kobalenko
“Come Rendezvous with the Wild”
“Grizzly Seasons” by Charlies Russell
Speaker Series 2003
“Step by Step to the Summit” by Bernard Voyer, O.C., C.Q.
“On Top of the World” by Bernard Voyer, O.C., C.Q.
Speaker Series 2002
“A Year On Ice” by Graeme Magor
“A Walk in the Wild” by Charlie Russell
“Space for Species” by Marc Garneau
Speaker Series 2001
“Journey North” by John Dunn
Speaker Series 2000
Speaker Series 1977-1999
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2009 Winner - Sidney Ribaux
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The Massey Medal
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2010 Recipient - Raymond Price
2009 Recipient - Michael Church
2008 Recipient - Bruce Mitchell
2007 Recipient - Eddy Carmack
2006 Recipient - Serge Courville
2005 Recipient - Dr. Tim Oke
2004 Recipient - Dr. Larry Stuart Bourne
2003 Recipient - Dr. Richard Colebrook Harris
2002 Recipient - Dr. John Oliver Wheeler
2001 Recipient - Dr. Lawrence McCann
2000 Recipient - Dr. Robert McGhee
1999 Recipient - Dr. Alexander T. Davidson
1980 Recipient - Maurice Haycock
1963 Recipient - Graham Westbrook Rowley
Award Recipients since its inception in 1959
The Gold Medal
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Winners
2009 Recipient - Wade Davis
2007 Recipient - The Nature of Québec/Le Québec au naturel
2006 Recipient - The Atlas of Canada
2004 Recipient - Jean Lemire and Edryd Shaw
2003 Recipient - Roger F. Tomlinson
2002 Recipient - Gordon Slade
2001 Recipient - Norman Hallendy
2000 Recipient - Bernard Voyer
Award Recipients since its inception in 1972
The Camsell Medal
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Winners
2009 Recipients - James Raffan and Ted Johnson
2008 Recipients - Kenneth Boland and Carman Joynt
2007 Recipients - Stuart Semple and Brian Osborne
2006 Recipients - Karen Lochhead and Michael Schmidt
2005 Recipients - James Maxwell and Denis St-Onge
2004 Recipients - Dr. Samuel Arseneault and Alexander T. Davidson
2003 Recipients - Blair Seaborn and David Kirkwood
2002 Recipient - Alan O. Gibbons
2001 Recipient - Dickson Mansfield
2000 Recipient - Winifred Wadasinghe-Wijay
Award Recipients since its inception in 1992
Geographic Literacy Award
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Winners
2009 Recipient - Eric Kramers
2008 Recipient - Linda Gollick
2007 Recipient - Robert Twerdoclib
2006 Recipient - Paul VanZant
2005 Recipient - Dick Mansfield
2004 Recipient - Dale Gregory
2003 Recipient - Lew French
2002 Recipient - Margaret North
2001 Recipient - Phyllis Arnold
2000 Recipient - John Trites
Award Recipients since its inception in 2000
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