Peterborough, OntarioJessica Nyznik,The Peterborough Examiner “This article is what we are all about.” Dr. Roberta Bondar, The Roberta Bondar Foundation How and Why a Bondar Challenge stimulates the thoughtful “seeing” of Nature in youth, then helps them use technology to capture unique images for sharing intriguing…
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.…
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…
As a lead into Canada’s 150th birthday, Reg Sherren, a CBC feature journalist, follows Dr Roberta Bondar into Toronto’s Parkdale Jr and Sr school. An effervescent storyteller, Sherren weaves fun, fact, and philosophy in The Next Canada a thoughtful vignette about Bondar’s values, salient background, defining…
Parkdale Public School, Toronto ON Congratulations to the latest School-Based Bondar Challenge award winners! Students of Parkdale Public School, Vy Nguyen and Fairooz Zamaluddin hold their winning photographs, each professionally developed and framed as part of their award packages. See ALL winning School-Based Bondar Challenge images!
Cambridge ON Don’t miss The Foundation’s special selection of fine art prints from the TELE + new works + Bondar Challenge youth winners = Landscapes of Biodiversity now playing at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory! A beautiful venue. Unique animal galleries. A remarkable conservatory! Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory 2500 Kossuth RoadCambridge, Ontario, N3H…
Read Kingston Whig-Standard reporter/photographer Julia McKay’s feature on two 2014 School-Based Bondar Challenge winners, their teacher and school — Napanee students get the pictureThe students’ winning images are presently featured with The Roberta Bondar Foundation’s new exhibition Savannah Survivors at Toronto’s First Canadian Place.
Toronto ON Our newest partner in The Foundation’s growing network of sponsors is Nikon Canada Inc. With their support we have been able to expand the national scope of the 2013 Summer Camp Bondar Challenge. “The summer camp setting helps youth unplug for a…
Four high school students from PWK High School, Fort Smith, NWT, were honoured for pictures they took during the Bondar Challenge, a photography program of The Roberta Bondar Foundation. The Challenge was offered at Sweetgrass Station in the Alberta section of Wood Buffalo National Park, the first national…
Northern JournalDon Jaque From Sweetgrass Station, Wood Buffalo National Park, the Northern Journal reports Dr Roberta Bondar’s concentrated workshop in nature photography for wilderness campers from PWK High School, Fort Smith, preparing for the Bondar Challenge. Astronaut inspires students on environment during Sweetgrass trip.