(-) Space Shuttle astronaut

Biographical Data

Born
Birthplace Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Education

Elementary and Secondary Sault Ste. Marie
Bachelor of Sciences in Zoology and Agriculture University of Guelph, 1968
Master of Sciences in Experimental Pathology University of Western Ontario, 1971
Ph.D. in Neurobiology University of Toronto, 1974
M.D. McMaster University, 1977
Fellow as a Specialist in Neurology Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1981

Medical/Research/Teaching Career

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Neurology), McMaster University, 1982-1984
scientific staff, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, 1988-present
Distinguished Professor, Centre for Advanced Technology Education, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, 1992-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 1992-1994
visiting research scholar, Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, 1993-1995
Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1993-1994
Visiting Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, 1994-present

Spaceflight Career

One of the six original Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983.
Began astronaut training in February 1984.

Served as chairperson of the Canadian Life Sciences Subcommittee for Space Station from 1985 to 1989.
Served as a member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Science and Technology from 1988 to 1989.

Designated a prime Payload Specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1) in 1990.

Flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22-30, 1992, where she performed life science and material science experiments in the Spacelab and on the middeck. She was the first non-American woman to fly on the Space Shuttle.

Left the Canadian Space Agency effective September 4, 1992, to pursue her research.

Writings

Touching the Earth
Canada -- Landscape of Dreams
Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's National Parks
The Arid Edge of Earth
Tree Portraits
Down to Earth
Bondar Vision
The Art of Adapting
Wobblers are for the Birds: Reality Check
Almost Home
Wanting to Dream
Driving Through Chaos
Reality Sucks Energy Big Time

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