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Faculty, staff, and students hit the ground running with a strategic planning exercise over the past year that has helped to crystallize our vision for the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science.  With stakeholder feedback, we identified a number of key strengths and opportunities that we have reviewed and discussed to help guide our future over the next several years.  A formal presentation of the plan will take place in the next couple of months, but I am happy to give you a preview of the highlights that we have shared during the year. 

Marking our golden anniversary this year at Waterloo's School of Optometry & Vision Science has been an exciting opportunity to look back at our history, recognize and celebrate distinguished members of our community, and look ahead to the next decade through our ongoing strategic planning exercise. Many of you celebrated with us during our combined celebration and Continuing Education (CE) event this fall. In this issue of our School Newsletter, we highlight some of the main events that we have been a part of during this exciting year.

At this time of year, we often see and hear geese flying south in their beautiful V-formations, and perhaps share a quiet wish that we might follow them to warmer shores!  The aerodynamic benefits of the V-formation are well known – the front goose presses forward into the wind, while those behind are able to gain some shelter and so use less energy.  The lead goose changes every so often and can then gain the benefit of reduced drag.  It all comes down to teamwork!  By sharing roles, the geese make good progress and get to their sunny, warm goal!