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JanWhat Changed Dr. Bondar’s View
Piya Chattopadhyay | The Sunday Magazine (CBC) | January 16 2022 Roberta Bondar left Earth 30 years ago and never saw the planet the same after that Thirty years after becoming the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in … Continue reading →
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DecHappy Birthday, Roberta!
On this day in Sault Ste Marie Ontario, future neuro-ophthalmologist and payload specialist Roberta Lynn Bondar was born. Of course, no one knew all that at the time. Or even what those words meant. She had to learn to walk … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: June 16
Kernels of Truth
On June 16, 1902, biologist Barbara McClintock was born. McClintock studied courses in genetics before it was accepted as a discipline. Using maize cobs as her exploratory medium, she noticed colour spots on kernels that could not be explained by … Continue reading →
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