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.
Students and researchers in vision science have received awards through the Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund (COETF).
Waterloo Eye Institute Low Vision Clinic helps Syrian refugee get special glasses that will allow him to drive.
Stories of just some of the approximately 200 refugee patients a year that Dr. Lisa Woo remembers seeing at the Health Sciences Optometry Clinic (HSOC) in downtown Kitchener, run by the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science.
Eye clinic at Churchill Health Centre the first to use donated optometric equipment being kept in Northern Manitoba.
Students learn from optometrists and ophthalmologists at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science.
In 1974, the University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry and Vision Science launched its Low Vision Clinic, offering people with vision loss wraparound support through clinical assessments, technology and counselling. Ida Fisher was one of the clinic’s earliest clients.
Read Ida's story here,
University of Waterloo optometry student prompts changes to standardized eye exam cards