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National Geographic
World Championship
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| 2009 World Championship: Team Poland (bronze), Team USA (silver) and
Team Canada (gold). |
Organized by the National Geographic Society of Washington,
D.C., this international geography competition is held
every two years. Canada has participated in every international
competition since 1995 and has done very well winning
Bronze in 1995, Gold in 1997 and 2009,
Silver in 1999 and 2001,
and Bronze in 2005 and 2007.
Canadian team members each receive an all-expenses-paid
trip that begins with a visit to Ottawa to meet the President
of The
Royal Canadian Geographical Society and tour the city,
followed by travel to the site of the World Championship
for two days of competition.
The team will be accompanied by a teacher-member of the Canadian
Council for Geographic Education.
• For more information, visit the National
Geographic World Championship web site.
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