OAO President’s Award for School director
Dr. Stanley Woo has received a prestigious award from the Ontario Association of Optometrists for his contributions to the optometric profession.
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.
Dr. Stanley Woo has received a prestigious award from the Ontario Association of Optometrists for his contributions to the optometric profession.
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 New Brunswick and University of Waterloo exploring the creation of a school of optometry in Saint John
Award-winning Waterloo-Hong Kong startup Eyenova Biotech aims to improve early-stage eye drug testing by creating an ‘eye on a chip’.
Mount Royal University and University of Waterloo are taking the first steps toward establishing a school of optometry in Alberta.
Dr. Lyndon Jones received the Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the enhancement and development of relationships between optometry and other professions.
A new bill has passed that will pave the way for a national strategy on eye care to support the prevention and treatment of eye disease. The School is among the organizations that advocated for Bill C-284.
When fourth-year student Brandt Burdeniuk graduates next year, his experiences in the Doctor of Optometry (OD) program will have taken him from coast to coast.
The University of Waterloo has broken ground on the Waterloo Eye Institute (WEI), the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s new centre of excellence in vision research, optometric education and patient care.
New School of Optometry & Vision Science research centre poised to make advancements in understanding diseases and conditions of the eye and beyond.