The Roberta Bondar Foundation

Taking Care of Earth, Taking Care of Us. Reconnecting people with nature through art + science 📸 🌎 🦩

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Check out our blog post about World Environment Day: https://t.co/eEbpW8W2K7

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Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay! Caring for the environment starts with developing a connection to your local ecosystems. Through the Bondar Challenge, we’re helping youth make that connection through nature photography.

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From now until August, Piping Plovers will be nesting and raising their young along the Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes, and in the prairies.

During this crucial time, make sure to keep your distance from Plover habitats, leave no trace on the beach, and keep pets on leashes.

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Check out our most recent blog post on the International Day for Biological Diversity! This year's theme is the role of local action in protecting biodiversity. https://t.co/S3mt83sFi3

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We’re buzzing with excitement for this year’s Summer Camp Bondar Challenge! If you want your camp to participate, head to our website for registration details: https://t.co/bva5zBRUXd

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Kenora showed up in a big way for Dr. Roberta Bondar’s artist talk at the Douglas Family Art Centre! It was an evening full of art, birds, and environmental education. The winners of the Muse’s Bondar Challenge also received a private tour of the exhibit with Dr. Bondar.

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During spring migration, rufa Red Knots congregate in huge numbers at stopover points like Delaware Bay to refuel. The Red Knots eat horseshoe crab eggs and mollusks, swallowing the shells whole and crushing them in their stomachs!

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Join Dr. Roberta Bondar for an evening at The Muse in Kenora! Dr. Bondar will be presenting her Patterns & Parallels photography exhibit and taking us behind the scenes of her fieldwork with at-risk birds.

May 22 at 7 pm at the Douglas Family Art Centre, admission by donation.

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Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay! Our Space for Birds fieldwork documents endangered migratory birds like the Whooping Crane. Whooping Cranes have been rescued from the brink of extinction thanks to endangered species legislation, but they still face threats due to habitat loss.

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If you’re interested in participating in science to protect migratory birds, check out Birds Canada’s citizen science resource: https://t.co/NTNFsBRUUn

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This World Migratory Bird Day is all about how your observations protect migratory birds. Whether through participating in citizen science programs or recording sightings in eBird, all birders can support bird conservation!

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We love when our Bondar Challenge students show us the magic in nature!

📸 “Mystic Forest” by Jolie Vermillion

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Find the registration details here: https://t.co/JzoDrOVJ0k

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Hey summer camps! We’re now accepting applications for the 2026 Summer Camp Bondar Challenge. Don’t miss out on this chance to bring environmental education programming to your campers and engage in some friendly competition with other camps. 📸

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This Bondar Challenge participant wanted to capture the changing of the seasons through “the life cycle of a plant, from a dried leaf to a flower that brings in life.”

📸 “Glimpse of Spring” by Ajuni Sodhi

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It’s Piping Plover migration season! Some Plovers have already been spotted on beaches around the Great Lakes, so make sure to give these birds their space as they get settled in.

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It’s International Flamingo Day! Our #SpaceForBirds project documents Lesser Flamingos, which can be found inhabiting large lakes in East Africa. Despite forming flocks up to a million birds, Lesser Flamingos are an at-risk species due the requirement of their unique habitats. 🦩

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This #EarthDay, we’re feeling inspired by the Artemis II astronauts, who showed incredible bravery and conducted research that will give us insight into the formation of our beautiful life-sustaining planet.

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Take a look behind the scenes of our new Patterns & Parallels exhibit at The Muse in Kenora! The process of installing the exhibit involves carefully transporting and hanging over 50 individual art pieces.

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What does this Bondar Challenge photo look like to you?

📸 “Seeding the Future” by Vy Nguyen