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A recent study conducted by the Canadian Council for the Blind found that loss of vision is the disability that Canadians fear the most and more than 25 percent of Canadians have a friend or family member with significant vision loss.
The Centre for Sight Enhancement at the University of Waterloo wants people to know that vision loss doesn’t have to lead to loss of independence. On Saturday, September 21, the Centre will host Overcoming Vision Loss, a public education event for people with visual impairments and their caregivers. The goal of this free event is to not only help participants learn more about their eye condition but also to discover new ways to improve their quality of life and maximize their independence.
“Low vision takes a toll both physically and emotionally,” says Dr. Tammy Labreche, Director of the CSE, “But there are tools and strategies available that can help people continue to lead active and independent lives. We want to let people know that there’s hope after vision loss.”
Registration for the event opened Wednesday, August 21. The event will highlight the CSE’s services, including assessment, counselling and assistive devices, as well as the personal experiences of CSE patients. Experts from the University’s School of Optometry & Vision Science will give “Eye Talks” on common causes of vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and stroke. Visitors will learn about low vision rehabilitation and assistive technology that may help enhance their vision and improve their quality of life. They will also have opportunities to use low vision simulators and “explore” inside the eye in the School’s virtual reality lab.
Established in 1984, the Centre for Sight Enhancement is a clinical, teaching and research unit within the School of Optometry & Vision Science. In the Centre’s Low Vision Clinic, clinicians and staff work with patients to improve visual function through the effective use of assessment, training, counselling, and assistive devices. Learn more at
Overcoming Vision Loss takes place at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at 200 Columbia Street West in Waterloo and runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The University of Waterloo's new program in Gender and Social Justice is partnering with Words Worth Books to host a local monthly meet-up of Professor Pam Palmater's Reconciliation Book Club.
Each month, as part of her Reconciliation Book Club, Palmater, a Mi'kmaw lawyer, member of the Eel River Bar First Nation, and Ryerson professor, assigns a book and discusses it on her YouTube channel.
The local gathering will meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Words Worth Books to discuss the latest book in the reading series. Words Worth, located at 96 King St. S., will stock the books Professor Palmater assigns.
At the group's inaugural meeting on September 4, the book up for discussion will be Karen Stote's An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women. Professor Stote will join the group's discussion.
All are welcome, as the events are free and no RSVP is necessary.
For more information please contact Professor Shannon Dea by sending an email to sjdea@uwaterloo.ca.
The summer 2019 issue of the IST Newsletter is now available. Read about the O365 employee email investigation; the new AI chatbot; how residence rooms are allocated; our new IT video series; the important of strong passphrases; and more!
Associate University Secretary Mike Grivicic snapped this pic of a deer on the University's North Campus near Bearinger road while biking in to work Friday morning.
Just in time for the end of the summer season, the University Club has launched its new Autumn menu this week. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Waterloo Sustainability will be hosting a BYOLunch & Learn on Friday, September 13 entitled "Transportation Updates on Campus" that will feature Kevan Marshall, Principal Planner, Transportation and Demand Management, from the Region of Waterloo to share information and updates on:
The event will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in EIT-3142. Following the presentation, attendees are invited to walk to the ION platform by the Davis Centre (DC) for a demonstration. Feel free to bring your own lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.
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Workday Drop-in Support, Tuesday, August 27, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., EC1 1021.
Getting Started in LEARN, Wednesday, August 28.
Copyright for Teaching, Wednesday, August 28, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., LIB 329.
Waterloo Women's Wednesdays: How to Set and Crush Your Goals, Wednesday, August 28, 12:00 p.m., MC 5479.
Fall 2019 Orientation schedule, Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, September 7.
First-Year Orientation, Saturday, August 31 to Saturday, September 7.
International Orientation, Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, August 31.
Exchange and Study Abroad Orientation, Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, August 31.
Single & Sexy 2019
Parent and Family Orientation, Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1.
Residence Move-In Days, Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1.
Family Send-Off, Saturday, August 31, 2:30 p.m., Hagey Hub.
Transfer student orientation, Sunday, September 1.
Labour Day holiday, Monday, September 2, most University operations closed.
Co-operative work term begins, Tuesday, September 3.
NEW - Chemistry Seminar series: Diffusion through Free Volume Redistribution featuring Phillip Choi, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Lectures begin, Wednesday, September 4.
NEW - Chemistry Seminar Series: Transglutaminase-mediated protein labelling: successes and challenges featuring Joelle N. Pelletier, Professor of Chemistry, Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal
Getting Started in LEARN, Thursday, September 5.
WUSA First-Year Fair, Thursday, September 5, 10:30 a.m., Student Life Centre Great Hall.
Applications for Green Residence Ambassadors due, Friday, September 6.
Communication for the Workplace, Friday, September 6, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., SCH 228F.
Graduate student orientation, Saturday, September 7.
Black and Gold Day Men’s Rugby vs. Guelph, Saturday, September 7, 1:00 p.m., Warrior Field.
Brown Bag Lunch: HREI Training Offerings, Wednesday, September 11, 12:00 p.m., HH 373.
Fall Welcome Week, Monday, September 9 to Thursday, September 12.
Free Fitness Week, Monday, September 9 to Sunday, September 15.
Fall Welcome Week: Warrior Breakfast, Monday, September 9, 8:00 a.m., Student Life Centre.
Fall Welcome Week: Sex Toy Bingo, Monday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.
Mental health and return-to-work coordination: a workshop on strategy, Tuesday, September 10, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Oakham Lounge, 63 Gould Street, Toronto.
WPL Public Lecture featuring Professor Dale Martin, “Breaking Bad Proteins in Diseases of the Brain,” Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Waterloo Public Library Harper Branch community room.
Fall Welcome Week: Tinder Tales, Tuesday, September 10, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Humanities Theatre.
Warriors Athletics and Recreation Open House, Wednesday, September 11, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., SLC Great Hall.
Grammar Studio I: The most common grammar trouble spots, Thursday, September 12, 1:00 p.m., SCH 228F.
The Games Institute and IMMERSe present "Superheroes and Sexuality" with Anna Peppard, Thursday, September 12, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Games Institute, EC1.
NEW - Sustainability at Waterloo BYOLunch & Learn: Transportation Updates on Campus, Friday, September 13, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., EIT 3142.
Conditioning Classes Registration Deadline, Friday, September 13, 1:00 p.m.
The Daily Bulletin is published by Internal and Leadership Communications, part of University Communications
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.