The Graduates in Vision Science (GIVS) consists of the Master's and Doctoral students at the School of Optometry and Vision Science. With more than 40 students from countries all over the world, GIVS students are committed to furthering our advancement of knowledge in Vision Science and related disciplines, and is one of the largest vision science graduate program in the world.
Your GIVS Council for 2025-2026
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Congratulations to our 2020 award winners!
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Angela Zhang
Best Paper Award at MICCAI OMIA Workshop
Amitojdeep Singh co-authors: Sourya Sengupta, Abdul Rasheed Mohammed, Ibrahim Faruq, Varadhu Jayakumar and Vasudevan Lakshminararayan
Sigma XI Award
Heinz Otchere
VPRI Graduate Student Award
Asiya Jabeen
Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
Melanie Mungalsingh
Congratulations to our 2020 Graduates!
Spring 2020
Amir Moezzi (PhD)
Asiya Jabeen (MSc)
Lori Pollit (MSc)
Mohana Kuppuswamy Parthasarathy (PhD)
Parisa Mirzapour (MSc)
Yutong Jin (MSc)
Fall 2020
Amritha Stalin (PhD)
Sourya Sengupta (MSc)
Congratulations to Dr. Mohana Kuppuswamy Parthasarathyon her successful PhD defense!
Topic: Motion Processing in Reverse Phi
Supervisors: Dr. Vengu Lakshminarayanan
Date of defense: Thursday November 7, 2019.