man using eye drops
Jan 8, 2025

January is Glaucoma Month, and Fighting Blindness Canada connected with Dr. Delan Jinapriya, a glaucoma specialist and the medical director of the Galen Eye Institute, Queen’s University, and asked him to answer…

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2024 with lightbulb for the zero
Jan 8, 2025

From the passage of Canada’s National Strategy for Eye Care Act, to the world’s first eye transplant, to the approval of an FBC-funded clinical trial for a first-of-its-kind stem cell treatment, there’s…

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Girl covering one eye with eye chart behind her and FBC iris in the background.
Nov 11, 2024

Legislation lays planning groundwork for Canadians to access essential eye health services Ottawa, ON — [November 7, 2024] — The recent passage of Bill C-284, the National Strategy for Eye Care Act…

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The image is a closeup of medical viles filled with liquid in a lab.
Nov 6, 2024

Fighting Blindness Canada is excited to announce our 2024 Research Grant competition awardees. These grants, worth $784,105, provide crucial seed funding for Canadian vision researchers to move forward projects and generate data…

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Nora and Michael Cooper
Nov 4, 2024

“I knew at six weeks that something was wrong.” Nora Cooper will never forget the start of her journey to find a diagnosis for her son, Michael. It was 50 years ago….

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Boy getting his eyes examined.
Oct 9, 2024

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Clinician Scientist Emerging Leader (CSEL) award. These awards give emerging clinician scientists funding to help them further their research projects. Past CSEL…

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