Our Waterloo Optometry Clinic has moved to the nearby location of 419 Phillip St., Unit C, as of October 21, 2024. This location will be open until late 2026 while the Waterloo Eye Institute is under construction. Our downtown Kitchener location (Health Sciences Optometry Clinic) remains open with no change to service.
Funding for the InnoHK Centre for Eye and Vision Research, which aims to bring eye and vision research to market through Waterloo-Hong Kong partnership, has been extended to 2030.
Last summer, optometry student Abarnaa Arithas joined VOSH on an eye-opening trip to Malawi—an experience that shaped her vision for the future.
Student-organized volunteer trip provided students with global experience and clinical education – and plenty of eye care to underserved rural regions.
Students from the Waterloo chapter of Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) reflect on their eye care trip to the Philippines.
Dr. Debbie Jones wins the Garland W. Clay Award for the most important paper published in Optometry and Vision Science in the last five years
Dr. Chau-Minh Phan takes on a new role as assistant scientific director at the InnoHK Centre for Eye and Vision Research.
Daniel Kessie, a Vision Science student, is using ocular imaging technology to advance clinical optometry, aspiring for future impact in Africa.
This past November, Dr. Nadine Furtado and Waterloo optometry students Sophie Borho and Leah Cuscito participated along with several recent alumni in an Eye Health Institute volunteer trip to northwestern Jamaica.
Gerry Leinweber is co-founder of international eye care charity Canadian Vision Care and optometry co-op Doctors Eyecare Network, now doing business as Eye Recommend. Learn how hockey in his youth led him into his life of service.
University of Waterloo Optometry students provide eye care to underserved communities in Senegal.