October 26, 2022Faculty of ScienceUniversity of VictoriaVictoria, British Columbia Perspective Shift: Moving Beyond the Familiar to Reach for the Extraordinary Still exploring 30 years after her historic space voyage, Dr. Roberta Bondar delivered this year’s Lipson Lecture. The astronaut/physician/scientist/photographer addressed what it takes and…
The National Wildlife CentreCaledon ON The National Wildlife Centre prepares for its biggest fundraiser on September 22 to advance its ability to extend the best of human knowledge and care to animals who share our ecosystem. Dr. Roberta Bondar continues her work for the…
Keri FergusonWestern Alumni GazetteFall 2022 How Canada’s first female astronaut, Dr. Roberta Bondar, became one of Canada’s strongest advocates for our natural world. Ferguson’s article includes nuggets and insights from Dr. Bondar’s groundbreaking journey on the International Microgravity Laboratory thirty years ago, through leading…
Curt PetrovichCBC News A Canadian trio speak their concerns and opinions about the effects of radiation on human beings who enter a space environment beyond the protection of the Earth’s magnetic field. Sharing these, along with their suggestions, are pharmaceutical scientist, Corey Nislow, radiation…
The Senate of CanadaOttawa Ontario Renowned Canadian artists Roberta Bondar and Edward Burtynsky are lending the Senate of Canada artworks that capture an aspect of climate change on Canada’s endangered species and natural landscapes. MORE “Visual Voices: Artists & the Environment”, an art installation…
Rosemary CounterFinancial PostToronto Ontario Dr. Bondar shares the details of her six summers, starting as a teen, working with moths at a government-funded genetics laboratory. She received a clean white lab coat every Monday and an unlimited supply of spruce budworm moths. She learned she…
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W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology & Office of the VP ResearchMcMaster University Then, surprise! The W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology dedicated a special plaque and spruce trees to honour Dr. Bondar, McMaster ’77, first Canadian woman and first neurologist…
International Society of Automation (ISA)ISA Calgary Show Dr. Roberta Bondar, Luncheon Keynote Presenter, May 11, discussed the intervening 65 years from communications satellites to present day robotics, as the ongoing human quest to explore and understand outer space. The ISA Calgary Show offers its…
Distillery District Magazine vol 72Toronto ON Editor Keith Veira’s questions of Dr. Roberta Bondar reveal some of her unique, fascinating medical and technical insights. The pages include examples of Bondar’s large format photographic works that are represented by the Loch Gallery, Toronto. Check them out!