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Fraser River Canyon, Labrador Javier Frutos/Canadian Geographic
The Trebek Initiative
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Announcing the new President
RCGS welcomes the Honourable Lois Mitchell as new President
FELLOWS DINNER
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RCGS statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
RCGS RESEARCH GRANTS
Announcing the 2022 RCGS Research Grantees
2022 RCGS Medal Recipients
Featured Fellow: Chantelle Richmond
Meet the explorers Through expeditions, geographic appreciation and knowledge expand

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society supports an Expeditions Program to encourage and support geographic expeditions taking place largely within Canada, by Canadians. Extending our current knowledge of Canada’s geography through exploration and scientific expeditions, the Society has a long history of funding both major and modest expeditions across the country.

Emily Choy stands in front of an Arctic landscape in a yellow lifejacket alongside yellow kayaks
Explorer-in-Residence Emily Choy
An epic paddle from the boreal forest to the mouth of the Arctic Ocean Gateway to the Arctic

In the summer of 2022, explorers Kyle Ereaux, Graham Ereaux, Alex Traynor and Noah Booth travelled through one of Canada’s most remote regions beginning in the boreal forest at the east end of Great Slave Lake and moving north along Kaché Kaɂá, or Pike’s Portage, a historic route used by Indigenous people. The four men planned to canoe about 850 kilometres through the Northwest Territories and Nunavut until they reached the Arctic Ocean. 

Northwest Territories and Nunavut
A 21-day ski sojourn over sea ice to the North Water Polynya Pikialasorsuaq Nunavut
Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth
Explorer-in-Residence Mylène Paquette
George Kourounis stands in front of lava
Explorer-in-Residence George Kourounis
Adventurer Ray Zahab on why friendships are more important than finishing an expedition The Trans-Ellesmere Expedition Nunavut
A man buckles his backpack across his chest in the desert
Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab
Scaling Mount Logan Last icy stand

Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak.

Mount Logan, Yukon
A man holds a flag in a arctic field
Westaway Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts
An underwater trek leads to an epic find Great Island Expedition Newfoundland