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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 →
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 →
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A Hurricane Force
On March 27, 1905, aeronautical engineer Elizabeth Muriel Gregory “Elsie” MacGill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Attracted first to the red-hot field of radio, she became the first woman electrical engineering graduate from the University of Toronto. Working … Continue reading
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