Baddeck, Nova ScotiaAlexander Graham Bell Historic SiteElizabeth Patterson, The Cape Breton Post From her view of Bell’s Silver Dart replica hanging above the ceremonies representing Canada’s first powered flight to her own memory of orbiting the Earth in STS Discovery — and all within 80 years of each…
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, July 19Baddeck, Nova Scotia, July 21 For two performances only High Flight — an evening of multimedia “sonic splendor” — images and sounds, orchestra and chorus, as Dr. Roberta Bondar joins the Elmer Iseler Singers in celebration of the 25th anniversary of her…
Baddeck, Nova Scotia Cape Breton Post:This year marks 110 years since the formation of the Aerial Experiment Association by Mabel Bell – the first woman in the world to fund, form and manage an aviation company. From July to September in Lunenburg and Baddeck,…
Toronto, Ontario Sunday, June 18: Luminato 2017 Performance of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s celebrated Life Reflected, director and creative producer Donna Feore’s merge of storytelling, original compositions, and immersive multimeda to reflect four legendary Canadian women: anti-bullying advocate Amanda Todd (My Name is Amanda Todd), writer…
KENORA Students Inspired and Captivated By Canada’s First Woman Astronaut Pope John Paul II School: 6th to 8th grade students across the KCDSB welcomed Dr Roberta Bondar into their midst and helped celebrate the 25th anniversary of her historic spaceflight and Ontario’s 150th anniversary. Dr.…
Sarnia, Ontario Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Journal, reports that Dr. Bondar, keynote speaker at an Enbridge Famous 5 event (Sarnia), spoke of her concerns about the planet’s finite resources, offering advice and encouragement to students in the audience, saying We harm the environment at our…
Michael Harding, InnovationOxford, leads Roberta into motivations and memories from her childhood through her education, summer jobs, and years of diverse training to her present in this 25th Anniversary commemoration of her flight aboard the First International Microgravity Laboratory. In taking Dr. Bondar through…
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario The Sault Ste. Marie Science Festival that kicked off Monday, April 24th sparks an interest in science among all age groups and creates an opportunity to celebrate science. Dr. Roberta Bondar, a former Science Fair winner herself when a 9th…
Sault Ste. Marie Science North and The Roberta Bondar Foundation have formed a new partnership to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s historic space travel with Earth Matters, a multi-city series of guest appearances throughout Northern Ontario focused on the trailblazing astronaut’s…