The Roberta Bondar Foundation

We love the bold colours in this Summer Camp Bondar Challenge photo! Take a look at the rest of this year’s winning photos in our archive: bit.ly/43bRl47

Let’s celebrate #WorldWaterDay! Water isn’t just a habitat for fish—it’s also crucial for many migratory birds. Shorebirds like Red Knots and Piping Plovers rely on us to keep their lake and ocean beaches clean and free of disturbances.

Happy International Day of Forests! Here are some of our favourite photos of forests across Canada from our Bondar Challenge participants.

This Bondar Challenge submission inspires us to get outside and take photos, even on those foggy spring days!

That's a wrap for our Patterns & Parallels exhibit in The Pas! Thank you to University College of the North and The Pas Guest List for joining us in bringing this incredible photography to Manitoba, and to everyone who joined us in learning about at-risk migratory birds.

This Wilderness Bondar Challenge photo makes quite a splash! 📸 “Pitter Patter” by Thorsten Doig

Happy International Women’s Day! Together, let’s support the women and girls who are becoming the environmental leaders of tomorrow. Through our environmental education programs, we’re providing girls with opportunities to explore their passion for science and connect to nature.

Roberta Bondar made history in 1992 as the first Canadian woman in space, proving that the sky is never the limit. Today, women continue to shape Canada’s space story, working on missions as astronauts, scientists, and engineers. 📷: NASA

Our Patterns & Parallels exhibit is on display in The Pas for one more week! Don’t miss this last chance to see some incredible photography and learn about migratory birds at University College of the North.

This Summer Camp Bondar Challenge photo shows the forest from a new perspective. 📸 “Sky Tree” by Tipper Borgeson

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay! Our National and Provincial Parks provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other unique wildlife. Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada’s largest national park and a key site for our fieldwork documenting endangered Whooping Cranes.

This photo was taken by a participant of our Wilderness Bondar Challenge, a yearly expedition to Wood Buffalo National Park. Among nesting whooping cranes and free-roaming wood bison, students learn from the land and develop their photography skills.

While conducting fieldwork, the RBF often finds banded birds and reports updates to the researchers who tagged them.

Scientists use bands to identify Piping Plovers and track their migration patterns. This Plover has an orange band on its upper leg, meaning that it comes from the Great Lakes population. The colour and arrangement of the other bands indicate the brood (or family) it comes from.

There’s less than a month left to visit our Patterns & Parallels exhibit in The Pas! Stop by University College of the North to explore migratory bird corridors from three perspectives: space, aerial, and the Earth’s surface. Open to the public until March 14.

Nature photography is a year-round activity! This snowy Bondar Challenge photo was taken by a 9-year-old participant from Calgary. 📸 Benny Mason

Did you participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count over the long weekend? Thank you for joining thousands of people across the globe to help scientists better understand bird populations! #GBBC Check out the map to watch as the submissions roll in: bit.ly/4roPLpy

The Great Backyard Bird Count is back! Spend 15 minutes this weekend counting all the birds you see in your backyard or local park and recording your findings in eBird or Merlin. Your submissions help scientists better understand and protect birds around the world. #GBBC

It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We’re proud to be supporting and inspiring girls in science through our environmental education programs and exhibits. Science is at its best when we all have a voice. #WomenInScience

Escape the cold with our Patterns & Parallels exhibit at University College of the North! Check out Whooping Cranes and Piping Plovers in the Gulf of Mexico 🏖️, and Lesser Flamingos in Tanzania and Kenya 🦩. Open in The Pas until March 14, in partnership with The Pas Guest List.