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04
DecOur New Partnership
with EcoSchools CanadaWe have teamed up with EcoSchools Canada to give students across the country the opportunity to participate in the school-based Bondar Challenge and support their EcoSchools certification application. The nature photography challenge is inspired by the remarkable work of … Continue reading →
04
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: mapmaking
Shaping the Globe
On March 5, 1512, Gerhard Mercator was born in Flanders. He received as fine an education as he could from church tutors and used this formal education and his selection of master craftsmen to work with to become a cross-discipline … Continue reading
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Tagged Gerard Mercator, Gerhard de Cremer, Gerhardus Mercator, mapmaking, March 5, Mercator projection, On This Day, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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