Bondar roberta biography of albert

Home • Collection • Biography • Canadian Astronauts • Mission STS-42 • Microgravity Lab • Homecoming

Biography

Dr. Roberta Bondar was born in Sault Ste.

Marie Ontario on December 4, 1945. Dr. Bondar completed both her elementary and secondary schooling in Sault Ste. Marie graduating from Sir James Dunn Collegiate & Vocational School. Her father, Edward Bondar was an office manager at the Sault Ste.

Marie Public Utilities Commission and her mother, Mildred, taught business and commerce.

Bondar roberta biography of albert

Both parents encouraged Roberta and her older sister, Barbara to be goal oriented and the girls were involved in many activities including Girl Guides, the YMCA, Anglican Church groups and many sporting activities. As a young girl Dr.

Bondar was fascinated with science and her father built her a laboratory in their basement. In high school, a science project led Dr. Bondar to a summer job studying the spruce budworm at what is today the Great Lakes Forestry Centre.