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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: March 4
Working Under Pressure
On March 4, 1901, Dr. Wilbur Rounding Franks was born. This Canadian scientist and cancer researcher developed anti-gravity devices in the 1940s with his colleagues at the Banting and Best Medical Research Institute at the University of Toronto. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation medicine, Dr. Wilbur Franks, G-suit, March 4, On This Day, pilot centrifuge, The Roberta Bondar Foundation, Wilbur Rounding Franks
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