Our revamped clerkship program gives optometry students new learning opportunities in practices across Canada.
Jonah Gilham’s recaps ramped up the excitement at this year’s Cornea Cup hockey action
A new COETF-sponsored scholarship honours the memory of noted PEI optometrist Dr. David McKenna.
Increasing access to vision care in one of Ontario’s largest First Nation communities
Learn about upcoming CE opportunities and a new information series – UWaterloo and You
A new WOVS clinic will combine traditional treatments with the latest technology to help patients with dry eye disease see more comfortably.
WOVS research in neuro-modulation could revolutionize the treatment of patients with macular degeneration
Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) has played an important role with students at the School of Optometry & Vision Science over the years. Many students have traveled abroad to provide optometric services in remote regions of the world that have little or no access to eye care. However, we have only recently formed our own Waterloo Canadian student chapter, and this year we also introduced our first independently organized trip to two remote villages in Senegal, West Africa.
On November 26th more than 200 students, staff and faculty at the School of Optometry & Vision Science gathered for an evening full of practical career advice mixed with inspiration, offered by two of the industry’s key influencers.
In August, as they’ve done for the past three years, WOVS clinicians and students hold a pop-up clinic that’s making a visible difference for kids in one of Toronto’s grittiest neighbourhoods.