From the depths of space to the ocean floor, our team at Earth Undiscovered has all the coolest facts about this amazing planet. Let us take you on a journey through galaxies and nature trails as we explore our world together!
Emilie has been a content writer for Rough Maps since 2024. She holds a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University and has been published in various magazines including Toronto Life and Exclaim. Her favourite topics to write about include food, traveling, health & wellness, and music. Emilie's favorite nature fact is that dolphins have names for each other.
Christy Chan is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, and designer. Though her travels are few and far between, she has no shortage of stories to share—trekking the Canadian wilderness, sampling poke along the Honolulu coastline, getting lost in night markets in Taiwan—and her wanderlust will eventually pin her somewhere foreign. Travels aside, if she isn't busy trying to bake the perfect cookie or relearning how to watercolour, she's scouring the nearest library, searching for the next spark of inspiration. Something enigmatic about the world that has always surprised her is that everyone lives on floating plates, vulnerable to even the slightest shift, surrounded by treacherous waters of unknown depth.
With a fine arts degree from OCAD University under her belt, Megan dips her brush in many creative fields. She’s currently exploring the world of writing, working in niches from fiction to copywriting. Meg is either traveling or dreaming of traveling when she’s not writing. Her home base is in Canada until the lakes freeze over. Megan can't comprehend that even the smartest person in the whole world doesn't have all the answers to the universe.
Chase joined Rough Maps as our inaugural employee in 2018, bringing with him a BA in Administrative Marketing from Fanshawe College and a fervent aspiration to become an advertising expert. His love for travel and his writing prowess seamlessly blend, enabling him to share captivating experiences about the wonders of our planet. Chase's favourite science fact is that it bananas are radioactive. Bananas contain potassium, which decays and makes the fruit slightly radioactive
Farva has been immersed in the world of writing since earning her B.A. in English. In the past, she has written as a freelancer and has even worked on some novels. She enjoys exploring a variety of topics, including relationships, comic books, and global culture. Superheroes—ranging from iconic figures like Batman to niche characters like Morpheus—are some of her favorite subjects. Farva's pretty sure people have discovered way more than 10% of the ocean by now, and no, the Megaladon's are not out there.
Having dealt first-hand in the realm of digital content and media since 2019, David has committed himself to making full use of his BA in History and Political Science (that being an extremely loose definition of the term "full use"). Despite this complete 180, David's passion for writing and observing the world around him has lent itself to a steadfast commitment to producing content about the topics he cares about most: travel and pop culture. David's favourite science fact is that humans are taller in the morning than they are later in the day—by about half an inch!
Since the dawn of time, Maria has subjected people to her writing. From silly stories about baseball in her youth to silly stories about cowboys in adulthood, people have been unsafe for years. She brought that love of writing to UTM (U of T’s homely sister in Mississauga) where she spent five years on the campus newspaper, eventually becoming editor-in-chief. Her work has also been published in UTM’s annual journal and one of her short stories placed second in Scribbler’s Dialogue Contest. She believes she’s funnier than she is and would have made her entire blurb Smash Mouth’s lyrics to “All Star,” if only her boss had let her. Vampire stars exist in space, sucking plasma and hydrogen from nearby stars until it turns its victim into a white dwarf star or they both explode into a supernova. Call her crazy, but she thinks the name and outcome are pretty cool.
Cathy has been a content writer at Rough Maps since 2023. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia and has always dreamed of becoming a writer. Her love for reading fueled her passion for writing, and she enjoys writing about topics like pop culture, film, travel, and personal experiences. Cathy's favourite fact about the ocean is that so little of it (only 20%!) has been explored. You'd think by now we'd have discovered most of it!
Robbie has been with Rough Maps since 2019, first as a content writer and latterly as Director of Creative and Media. His essays and reports have been published in Maclean’s, Salon, The West End Phoenix and elsewhere. Robbie is a recipient of the Eugene Levy Writing Award, a three-time winner of the York University President’s Prize, and was the Humber Yuk Yuks Standup Champ in 2016. Robbie would like to remind you that there are more stars in the visible universe than there are grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches.
There's nothing more intriguing than the mysteries of our planet and the galaxies beyond. Earth Undiscovered is here as much for us as it is for you. Just when you thought everything had been mapped, we decided to see just how much we could learn about the lesser known parts of our amazing universe. Our favourite fact about our planet is that when comparing the size of our home to the Sun, our planet is about the size of a nickle versus that of a typical front door. If that's not humbling, we don't know what is. We thank everyone for their continued support!
We are always looking to add new members to our wonderful team and hear feedback from our readers. Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]
