NEWS FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
CHRIS CRAN’S EXPLORE
EXHIBIT TO OPEN IN JUNE
Renowned Calgary-based artist and RCGS Fellow Chris Cran has created a series of paintings of leading Society figures that will be exhibited in the Upper Gallery at 50 Sussex Dr. this summer. Cran, who was recently featured in a major exhibit by the Art Gallery of Alberta and Ottawa’s National Art Gallery, is known for challenging perception and playing with illusion, for exploring and overturning traditional artistic genres and contemporary movements alike.
Paintings and works on paper will include Society greats such as founder Charles Camsell, geologist and cartographer Joseph Burr Tyrrell (above), geolo gist Alice E. Wilson and astronaut Roberta Bondar. —Nick Walker
MEC NOW THE OFFICIAL OUTFITTER OF THE RCGS EXPEDITIONS PROGRAM
Two of the biggest names in exploration have teamed up to help make Canada better known to Canadians and the world. Now, when explorers carry the RCGS flag out into this country’s wildest spaces, they’ll do so with gear and financial support from Mountain Equipment Co-op.
Read about the expeditions that will receive sup port in 2018 at cangeo.ca/ja18/mec.—Alexandra Pope
THE 2018 CAN GEO CHALLENGE CROWNS A WINNER
The third time was the charm for an Ottawa teen who claimed victory in the final of the 2018 Canadian Geographic Challenge, Canada’s national student geography bee. William Chapman, a Grade 9 student from Bell High School, had qualified as a finalist twice before, but admitted to feeling stunned after securing first place by a single point at the Canadian War Museum on May 28.
This story is from the July/August 2018 edition of Canadian Geographic.
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ANIMAL XING
THIS PAST SUMMER AN AMBITIOUS WILDLIFE UNDER/OVERPASS SYSTEM BROKE GROUND IN B.C. ON A DEADLY STRETCH OF HIGHWAY JUST WEST OF THE ALBERTA BORDER. HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED.
Unearthing a giant
Almost 30 years ago, paleontologist Elizabeth “Betsy” Nicholls made a discovery of colossal proportions
WE DID THIS
AS THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING BECOME INCREASINGLY EVIDENT, THE CONNECTIONS TO BIODIVERSITY LOSS ARE HARD TO IGNORE. CAN THIS FALL’S TWO KEY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES POINT US TO A NATURE-POSITIVE FUTURE?
The COOLEST COUNTRY
“The coolest country” celebrates the wonders of winter with an all-Canadian theme. The 20-page travel planner includes a bucket list from travel writer Robin Esrock, steamy spa ideas, ice fishing destinations, festival fun, northern itineraries and more!
KEEPER of the SEA
FROM BEING LABELLED DEVIL’S APRON BY FRUSTRATED FISHERMEN TO BEING LAUDED AS A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SOLUTION: HOW KELP’S POTENTIAL IS BEING REALIZED, JUST AS SCIENTISTS LEARN IT’S DECLINING
WILD THINGS
WILD CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTS THE WINNERS OF ITS ANNUAL CANADIAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
AN EMPTY LANDSCAPE
AFTER MORE THAN A MILLION YEARS ON EARTH, CARIBOU ARE UNDER THREAT OF GLOBAL EXTINCTION. THE PRECIPITOUS DECLINE OF THE ONCE MIGHTY HERDS IS A TRAGEDY THAT IS HARD TO WATCH — AND EVEN HARDER TO REVERSE.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
BON INTO A CARIBOU-HUNTING CREE FAMILY IN NORTHERN MANITOBA, ACCLAIMED PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST. TOMSON HIGHWAYS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MAGICAL WORLD OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN PERMANENT ASTONISHMENT
INTO THE ARCTIC
CANADIAN PAINTER AND FILMMAKER CORY TRÉPANIER EXPLORES THE SUBLIME AND RAPIDLY CHANGING CANADIAN ARCTIC
Under the ice
Until the last decade, we knew little about what lay beneath the Arctic ice. Now scientists and explorers are shedding light on this vanishing world.
