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Pediatric Vision Project partners with The Cowan Foundation and Lions Club of Canada

The School of Optometry & Vision Science (UWOVS) is partnering with and the to develop a coordinated vision plan for the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Public Health to screen every child in senior kindergarten (SK). This plan is to meet the 2018 Ontario Public Health Standards set by the Ministry of Health.

The School of Optometry and Vision Science is celebrating a commitment of $1 million from , Canada’s most established network of optometrists, opticians and ophthalmologists.  

We are excited to announce that from now until October 15, 2023, Dr. Marta Witer and the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation are making a pledge to match across Canada and the US, dollar for dollar - up to $1 million! These gifts will go towards the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s Seeing Beyond 2020 campaign to help fund the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Eye Institute (WEI).

The School of Optometry & Vision Science is renaming its Centre for Sight Enhancement to celebrate a $1.5 million gift from longtime supporters George (OD ’64, DSc ’19) and Judy Woo.

This is the largest donation the School has received in its history.

Read the full news release here.

Presented in a digital format, the School's annual report compiles the School's major achievements between May 2021 - April 2022 under our three core missions (research impact, academic excellence adn patient-centred care).

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's School of Optometry and Vision Science is announcing a $1 million partnership with the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, expanding community members' access to world-class eye and vision care.

The School of Optometry & Vision Science's Professor Ben Thompson has been named a winner of New Zealand’s Te Pūiaki Putaiao Matua a Te Pirimia Science Prize - the country’s top award for scientific discoveries that have had a significant economic, health, social and/or environmental impact around the world.

Dr. William Bobier from the School of Optometry & Vision Science has been named Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, in recognition of his decades of leadership, teaching excellence and advocacy for the profession of optometry.

Earlier this month, an old friend visited the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. The Right Honourable David Johnston, former President of UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and former Governor General of Canada, joined faculty, students and members of the local community at the School of Optometry & Vision Science to speak about trust in our nation, the topic of his 2018 book, .

A new device being tested in the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Optometry Clinic may one day help prevent the leading cause of vision loss in older adults – and it all started with a chance conversation among quantum physicists.