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Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), also known as Canadienne des Géographes, is a nonprofit membership educational organization dedicated to advancing the study of geography and related fields. CAG was founded in 1951 at McGill University and is headquartered at the University of Ottawa, in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics. CAG's stated mission is to be "committed to the dissemination of geographic research and the promotion of geography as a key discipline in education, research, and in the public and private sectors nationally and internationally.
CAG provides members with student, career, and teaching resources, as well as access to a community of geographic scholars and professionals to engage on social, environmental, and scientific issues. CAG hosts an annual general meeting for members each year in a different locations, where members network, research is presented, ideas are exchanged, and CAG business is done. CAG publishes several publications available to members, including The Canadian Geographer, a peer-reviewed journal focused on geographic research, the CAG Annual Directory listing academic staff and research activities in geography departments in Canadian universities, and a twice yearly newsletter Communications from the CAG Executive distributed as a link via GEOGNews. Each year, CAG awards members a variety of awards and grants in recognition of outstanding scholarly or professional work in geography, including Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography, Award for Geography in the Service of Government or Business, Award for Service to the Profession of Geography, Award For Excellence in Teaching Geography, President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Canadian Association of Geographers, the Julian M. Szeicz Award for Early Career Achievement, the Starkey-Robinson Award for Graduate Research on Canada, and the Robin P. Armstrong Memorial Prize for Excellence in Indigenous Studies.
CAG hosts study groups, which provide forums for members to focus on their particular subject in geography and organize special paper sessions at the CAG annual meetings. CAG study groups include the Feminist Intersectional Solidarity Group, Environment and Resources Study Group, Tourism and Recreation Study Group, Economic Geography Study Group, Marine Studies and Coastal Zone Management Study Group, Health and Health Care Study Group, Indigenous Peoples Working Group, Rural Geography Study Group, Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Public Policy Issues Study Group, Geographic Information Science Study Group, Geographies of Asia Study Group, Geographic Education Study Group, the Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity and Race Study Group, Historical Geography Study Group, and Urban Geography Study Group. CAG is structured into five regional divisions: the Atlantic Division (ACAG), including Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Ontario Division (CAGONT), which includes Ontario, the Prairie Division (PCAG), including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, the Quebec Division (RGQ), which includes Quebec, and the Western Division (WDCAG), including Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon.