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**Roberta Bondar** The first canadian woman in space The person I chose is the first canadian women in space who was fascinated with science when she was young. When she was eight all she had ever thought about was being an astonout. When Roberta Bondar grew older she went to [|McMaster University] in 1977 for a Doctor of Medicine Degree and she was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in [|neurology] in 1981. After eight years of training. The group joined special discover motion STS gortinat January 1992. During her eight days space mission. She pertisipated in a multipal experements to discover new conections between covering from space and in decsses such as strugs herbancess and neurological illnesses. Thats why I think Roberta Bondar is the Best canadian.

Roberta Bondar was born in [|Sault Ste. Marie], Ontario on December 4, 1945. Dr. Bondar was keenly interested in the idea of space travel from an early age. Her childhood dream of traveling into space came true when she became the first Canadian woman in space in January 1992. Her fascination with flying would lead her to be able to pilot a plane even before she could drive a car. She believes that her childhood fascination with space helped to steer her towards a career as an astronaut. Following high school Dr. Bondar would embark on a long and distinguished career that would take her to places that very few human beings had gone.

In 1968 she graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in zoology and biology. Over the next six years she would attend the University of Western Ontario, where she received her Master’s Degree, and the University of Toronto for her Ph.D. Dr. Bondar would now set her sights on a medical degree from McMaster University where she became a doctor specialized in neurology (the study of the brain) in 1977. Following her internship at Toronto General Hospital she attended Tuft’s New England Medical Centre (Boston) and the Playfair Neuroscience Unit of Toronto Western Hospital for training and specialization in neuro-ophthalmology.

Dr. Bondar’s training soon provided her with an avenue to fulfill her dream of traveling in space. She became one of the six original Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983 by NASA. Seven years later Dr. Bondar was selected to be the Payload Specialist for the space shuttle Discovery. As a Payload Specialist, she performed life science and material science experiments that studied the effects of weightlessness on the human body. In January 1992 Dr. Bondar became the first Canadian woman, and the first neurologist, to travel in space.

Dr. Bondar has received many honours since her adventure in space. These include, but certainly not limited too, the Officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario as well as honourary degrees from Universities in Canada and the United States. Dr. Bondar has gone on to conduct research into blood flow in the brain during microgravity and various pathological states while still finding time to pursue her other interests, such as, scuba diving, parachuting and flying. The Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society’s (CASTS) honoured to have Dr. Bondar give the Keynote lecture at the CASTS Conference 2003.

That is why I chose **Roberta Bondar** the first canadian woman to go into space.

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