George & Judy Woo Centre for Sight Enhancement

About Us

The George & Judy Woo Centre for Sight Enhancement (CSE) is a clinical, teaching and research centre located within the  School of Optometry and Vision Science focused on vision rehabilitation. Centre activities include:

• clinical assessments, prescription, counselling and training through the clinical Low Vision Service
• education and training for optometry interns, optometry residents, counselling interns, graduate students, and vision rehabilitation professionals
• basic and clinical research into various aspects of low vision and vision rehabilitation
• high technology assessments as a designated Regional Assessment Centre (RAC) for the Ministry of Health, Assistive Devices Program
• provision of CCTVs for ADP's leasing program and demonstration equipment to Regional Assessment Centres across Ontario

Mission

To promote Canadian excellence in all facets of low vision rehabilitation.

History

The Low Vision Clinic was founded in 1974. Vision rehabilitation activities expanded resulting in the creation of the Centre for Sight Enhancement (CSE), 1984. George Woo (OD ’64, DSc ’19), a University of Waterloo alumnus and long-time faculty member in the School of Optometry & Vision Science was the founding director of the Centre. In 2022, CSE was renamed the George & Judy Woo Centre for Sight Enhancement (CSE). It is Canada's first and only vision rehabilitation service to be accredited by the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER).