Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar to speak at U of S

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity (ICCC) presents Astronaut Roberta Bondar, who will give a talk titled "Earth Patterns from Afar - A Challenging Perspective," on:

Time: Thursday, February 4, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Location: Convocation Hall, Peter MacKinnon Building, U of S

Admission is free. Everyone is welcome.

About Roberta Bondar

Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first woman astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space, will present a lecture at Convocation Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 3:30 p.m.

Bondar conducted scientific experiments for 13 countries in the First International Microgravity Laboratory on the space shuttle Discovery mission in 1992.

Back on Earth, she headed an international space medicine research team working with NASA for more than a decade, continuing to find new connections between astronauts recovering from the microgravity of space and neurological illnesses. She continues to speak to medical, scientific, corporate and environmental organizations about change, social responsibility and our environment and is a respected advisor to industry and government.

Bondar is an Officer of the Order of Canada, appointed to the Order of Ontario and is a Laureate of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. She has received 25 honorary doctorate degrees from North American universities and is featured on the 2003 Canada Post Roberta Bondar Astronaut stamp.

Influenced by the view of the world from space, Bondar photographed all of Canada’s National Parks between 1998 and 2000 which resulted in the best selling books: Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada’s National Parks and Canada: Landscape of Dreams.

Bondar is co-founder of The Roberta Bondar Foundation, formed to educate and improve knowledge of the environment. The foundation inspires people to see their environment in a positive light, to become more attuned to its characteristics and factors that influence change and for some, to encourage them to seek a career in any of the sciences. 

For more information, contact:

Jenn Morgan (306) 966-7893 or jenn.morgan@usask.ca

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