{"id":76293,"date":"2021-05-13T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=76293"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:30:58","slug":"steven-cooke-famed-explorers-club","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/steven-cooke-famed-explorers-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University’s Steven Cooke Becomes Fellow of Famed Explorers Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton University's Steven Cooke Becomes Fellow of Famed Explorers Club\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Environmental Science and Biology Prof. Steven Cooke<\/a> has become a fellow of The Explorers Club<\/a>, joining an illustrious group of current and former members such as astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, film director James Cameron and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1904 in New York City, The Explorers Club promotes scientific exploration of land, sea, air and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. Club members have been responsible for a number of famous adventures, such as the first trips to the North and South Poles, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean and first to the surface of the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Steven Cooke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fellowship is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves by directly contributing to scientific knowledge in the field of geographical exploration or allied sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooke says he\u2019s excited to have been named a fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not somebody who is going to the deepest depths of the ocean or climbing the world\u2019s largest mountains. This is about exploring freshwater and doing so in terms of trying to understand it, to better manage it and protect it,\u201d says Cooke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThere are different kinds of fellows recognized for different reasons and mine is definitely more for the scientific contributions around understanding freshwater ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting because it really is quite a diverse group of folks, including some really interesting explorers, innovators and changemakers. I think that\u2019s what I like about it the most. To share stories about human nature interactions and trying to get the broader public interested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooke says he\u2019s inspired by the chance to work with like-minded people to advance biodiversity conservation issues and learn how other fellows engage with the public.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThere are a lot of high-profile folks involved that have pretty loud platforms\u2014a lot of people such as Sir Richard Branson who are very involved with environmental issues and have the ability to get things done and connect with a lot of community members,\u201d says Cooke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of it is about networking and relationship-building as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of British Columbia Prof. Andrea Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cooke\u2019s recent PhD graduate Andrea Reid<\/a>\u2014now a professor at the University of British Columbia\u2014is also a fellow of The Explorers Club. Cooke looks forward to connecting with her and other colleagues when he can travel to club headquarters for an annual meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start his journey with the club, Cooke plans to use their research expedition flags to publicize his research projects on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing able to take that flag and have it as a formal explorer\u2019s club expedition really helps to create opportunities to connect with different audiences in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Environmental Science and Biology Prof. Steven Cooke has become a fellow of The Explorers Club, joining an illustrious group of current and former members such as astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, film director James Cameron and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Founded in 1904 in New York City, The Explorers Club promotes scientific exploration of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":76306,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[13,31],"cu_story_tag":[1919],"class_list":["post-76293","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_story_type-research-discovery","cu_story_type-sustainability","cu_story_tag-faculty-of-science"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/76293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/76293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98579,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/76293\/revisions\/98579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=76293"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=76293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}