Dr. Roberta Bondar
Keynote Speaker | Toronto, Ontario
Creative Thinker
Astronaut | Professional Photographer | Author
Dr. Roberta Bondar Expertise Communication, Presentation Skills, Hybrid Workplace, Leadership, Personal Leadership, Mental Health, Peak Performance and Women's Leadership.
About Dr. Roberta Bondar
Dr. Roberta Bondar is a Canadian first female astronaut, neurologist & author. She is also Canada's first neurologist in space. Environmental education. Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-42 in 1992, she conducted experiments for 18 countries in the first International Microgravity Laboratory, a precursor to the International Space Station.
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DR. ROBERTA BONDAR BIOGRAPHY
The world’s first neurologist in space, Dr. Roberta Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contributions to space medicine research, fine art photography and environmental education. Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-42 in 1992, she conducted experiments for 18 countries in the first International Microgravity Laboratory, a precursor to the International Space Station.
For over a decade after her spaceflight, Dr. Roberta Bondar headed an international research team working with NASA on neurological symptoms seen after spaceflight, and their connections to neurological diseases on Earth.
Trained as a member of NASA’s Earth Observation Team, Dr. Roberta Bondar expanded her professional photographic expertise as an honors student in Professional Nature Photography. Her fine art photographic works are held in private, corporate and institutional collections in Canada, the U.S. and England. She is the author of four best-selling books featuring her writing and photography.
Dr. Roberta Bondar continues to use fine art photography to explore and reveal Earth’s natural environment from the surface, seeing the world through the creative lenses of medical doctors, scientists, photographers, astronauts and writers. In her current project Protecting Space for Birds, Dr. Bondar is integrating three views of migratory bird corridors in the Americas and Asia-Europe-Africa—space, surface and aerial, to give us insight into the habitats needed by and to protect endangered and threatened birds.
Dr. Roberta Bondar’s distinctions are diverse and include Companion of the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and into the International Women’s Forum’s Hall of Fame, 28 honorary doctorates from Canadian and American Universities, Chancellor of Trent University 2003-2009, six Canadian schools in her name, a Specially Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an Honorary Fellow and Honorary Vice-president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and her own star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
Dr. Roberta Bondar Topic Presentations
Dr. Roberta Bondar Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
Inspired from Beyond ~ Inspiration from Beyond is Enhanced by Passion and Commitment
Resilience ~ Staying Informed, Diminishing Fear
The Art of Seeing and the Art of Being ~ Creativity Through Clarity of Vision
Considered Risk ~ Opening up Possibilities for Change and Growth
Perspective Shift ~ Moving Beyond the Familiar to Reach for the Extraordinary
Patterns of Philanthropy for Life ~ Contributing to the Fabric of Society
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