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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. 

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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.

PhD student Heather Hudecki recently won a Three-Minute Thesis competition for explaining her research on global safety standards involving colour vision for pilots. 

If you’ve ever had an eye exam, you’ve probably been asked to look at an eye chart through a device where the optometrist flips through different lenses. That device is called a phoropter. Dr. Natalie Hutchings explains how it works.

Dr. Sarah MacIver is applying her expertise in ocular disease to advocate for scope modernization and continuing professional development.

New, state-of-the-art optometric equipment donated by FDC Foundation improves patient care and clinical education.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging device that uses light waves to examine each layer of the eye so optometrists can detect and track the progression of vision-threatening diseases.

The Binocular Vision Vision Therapy (BV/VT) Interest Club, led by presidents Tim Hurlburt and Tracy Lam, connects University of Waterloo optometry students to the specialized field of binocular vision care and vision therapy.

University of Waterloo Optometry students provide eye care to underserved communities in Senegal.