Grab your Waterloo gear and get ready to celebrate at Alumni Black and Gold Day this fall! Meet us on campus Saturday, October 1 for a variety of in-person activities and events, including the Warriors Men's Football game against the U of T Varsity Blues.
The Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony will take place in Federation Hall, followed by a reception.
As always, seating is limited. Please R.S.V.P. before Friday, November 11, by securing you seat and complimentary ticket here, in order to allow time to prepare individual name tags and ensure there is enough seating reserved for staff and faculty.
This virtual seminar on Looking Into the Eyes to Understand the Brain will be presented by Dr. Paul Constable, PhD, BSc (Optom), Cert Ocular Therapuetics.
Dr. Constable joins us from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Caring Future Institute, Flinders University, Australia.
This virtual seminar on Development of antimicrobial contact lenses - from laboratory to clinic and back again will be presented by Dr. Mark Willcox, professor and research director at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia.
At least 2.2 billion people live with a vision impairment globally, 1 billion of which could have been prevented or have yet to been addressed. In Canada, 1.2 million people identify as having vision loss and this number will double in the next 25 years.
The eyes are an organ that many take for granted. Understanding the daily impact of vision and how it affects the entire body and its functioning is something that majority of people do not appreciate.
The Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony will take place in Federation Hall, followed by a reception.
As always, seating is limited. Please R.S.V.P. before Wednesday, March 1, by securing you seat and complimentary ticket here, in order to allow time to prepare individual name tags and ensure there is enough seating reserved for staff and faculty.
You+Waterloo Optometry Speaker Series
We are excited to announce that our annual Vision Science Graduate Student Conference will be held on Tuesday, April18th, this year!
The schedule will be posted here shortly.
Register for the conference here, and if you have any questions, please contact us at: vsgraduatecoordinator@uwaterloo.ca
SAVE THE DATE: June 2 and 3, 2023 for Alumni Weekend!
The School of Optometry & Vision Science will have eight hours of continuing education for ODs, along with fun activities for you to enjoy. We will conclude our weekend with a Waterloo Eye Institute gala featuring everyone's favourite optometry band, The Lost Faculties.