Carin Bondar
Born (1975-05-20) 20 May 1975
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
The University of Victoria
Simon Fraser University
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
writer
Host
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Websitewww.carinbondar.com

Carin Bondar (born 20 May 1975) is a Canadian biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality. She is a host of Outrageous Acts of Science, Stephen Hawking's Brave New World, and Worlds Oddest Animal Couples.[1][2]

Personal life

Bondar was born in New Westminster and grew up near Vancouver, British Columbia. She comes from a small family of French-Canadian, Russian and British ancestry. She met mathematician Ian Affleck in 1995, became engaged in 1999 and married in 2001.[3] The couple separated in 2013 and divorced in 2017; they have four children.

After receiving a BSc from Simon Fraser University in 1999, she completed an MSc in evolution and development at the University of Victoria in 2001 and a PhD in freshwater population ecology from the University of British Columbia.[4] Bondar was forced to put her PhD studies on hold in 2005 while she took over a family business after the deaths of her father John Paul and her brother William Paul. She re-enrolled after a year's leave and completed her PhD in 2007.[5][6]

Career

Bondar began a career in science communication while raising her four young children in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Her first book, The Nature of Human Nature and her own personal biology blog led her to a blogging position with Scientific American in 2011.[7] She was invited to appear in the Science Channel's Outrageous Acts of Science in its first season, and she has maintained a hosting position on this TV show for all of its 6 seasons.[6]

Bondar has since written two more books and written/hosted several web and television programs on major networks. She has worked with The Science Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Netflix[8][9] and National Geographic Wild. Her independent web series Wild Sex[10] (produced by Earth Touch, a South African based natural history film production company), has engaged over 60 million viewers.[5] She presented on this topic at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2013 – "The Birds and the Bees are just the Beginning".[11][12][13]

Bondar is currently a writer and host of Wild Sex,[10] an animated series based on her book of the same title. She also wrote a book called "Wild Moms", for release in early 2018 ("Kirkus Wild Moms review". Retrieved 28 August 2022.). In addition to her media work and writing, Bondar holds an adjunct professorship in the department of biology at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia,[4] and works with Taxon Expeditions, a Netherlands-based company that engages citizen scientists on scientific expeditions to discover new species. The group mainly works in the Sabah region of Borneo and has thus far discovered 7 new species.

Bondar is known for her bold approach to science storytelling. She has received accolades and global media-coverage for her music video parodies including a play on Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball."[14] She has appeared in several live events including I F*#cking Love Science Live,[15] the Australian National Science Week, and the Bay Area Science Festival.

Bondar was elected to the Board of Education for the Chilliwack School District in 2021.

Books

  • The Nature of Human Nature : Lulu Press[7]
  • The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom (Orion, UK)[16][17]
  • Wild Sex (Pegasus, United States)[18]
  • Wild Moms (Pegasus, United States)[19]

Television series

Year Title Credits
2012–present Outrageous Acts of Science Science Channel, TV series, Cast
2013 Brave New World with Stephen Hawking Discovery Canada, Discovery World HD, National Geographic, presenter[1]
2013 Bad Ass Animals National Geographic Wild
2013 World's Weirdest Farms and World's Weirdest Body Parts National Geographic Wild
2015 Daily Planet Discovery Canada
2016 The World's Oddest Animal Couples Netflix Canada, TV series, Cast[8]
2017 Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You Discovery Canada
2020 Strange Evidence Science Channel

Web series

Year Title Credits
2013 Wild Sex Earth Touch Online
2015 Adventures in Biology Carin Bondar YouTube
2015 DNews Discovery Digital Networks
2015 Sex Bytes Carin Bondar YouTube
2017 Wild Moms (forthcoming) Seeker (Group 9 Media)
2017 Wild Sex Seeker (Group 9 Media)[20]

Awards and recognition

Year Award
2003 Timberwest Fellowship for Graduate Studies at UBC
2007 Gunter and Cordula Paetzold fellowship for high academic standing during PhD
2011 Grand Prize in the Discovery World HD Film Snacks competition for outreach film 'Why did the toad cross the road'[1]
2016 Canadian Journal of Zoologists Public Outreach award[21][22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dr. Carin Bondar – Biologist & Television Personality". National Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "PsiVid – A cross section of science on the cyberscreen". Scientific American. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Science Channel to Premiere New Season of OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE, Today". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Dr Carin Bondar". Tilley's. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Carin Bondar – Simon Fraser University". Simon Fraser University. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 Russell, Anne. "Carin Bondar to speak on The Nature of Sex on Nov 26 at UFV". University of the Fraser Valley. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 Bondar, Carin (November 2010). The Nature of Human Nature. Goodreads. ISBN 9780557457939.
  8. 1 2 "World's Oddest Animal Couples US". Netflix. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  9. ↑ HAUCK, JENNA (31 August 2016). "Chilliwack biologist hosts TV show, releases book". Chilliwack Progress. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  10. 1 2 "The sexual deception of plants". TED (conference). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Carin Bondar – Wild sex biologist". TED (conference). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Meet the Outrageous Acts of Science Experts; Science Channel". Science (TV network). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Carin Bondar: Seks v svetu narave". Mladina (in Slovenian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  14. ↑ Wilcox, Christie (12 January 2014). "Move over Miley: Dr. Bondar's 'Wrecking Ball' spoof is VMA-worthy!". Discover. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "I F*#cking Love Science Live: Celebrating Science on a Whole New Level". Scientific American. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Carin Bondar: The nature of sex". Radio New Zealand. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  17. ↑ Saretzky, Melinda (4 January 2016). "Dean's Seminar Series presents Carin Bondar, PhD on "The Nature of Sex"". UFV Today. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  18. ↑ Weisberger, Mindy (19 September 2016). "Live Science Book Giveaway: 'Wild Sex' by Carin Bondar". Live Science. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Dr. Carin Bondar – To The Best of Our Knowledge". To the Best of Our Knowledge. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  20. ↑ "Bring All Your Weirdest Wild Sex Questions for Biologist Carin Bondar". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  21. ↑ "Public Education Award". Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  22. ↑ "Chilliwack's Dr. Carin Bondar Picks Up National Award". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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