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Aug 5, 2022

As parents and children are gearing up to head back to school this fall, it is the perfect time to think about the importance of your children’s eye health. Healthy vision is…

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Aug 4, 2022

Ramya Amuthan is a producer and co-host of Accessible Media Inc.’s (AMI) daily lifestyle and entertainment audio program, Kelly and Company. In it, Kelly MacDonald and Ramya speak with fascinating community members…

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Jul 8, 2022

On Saturday, June 18th, Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC)-funded researcher Dr. Stephan Ong Tone swapped his white coat for a cycling jersey to raise funds for vision research at FBC’s Cycle for Sight…

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Jul 8, 2022

In June 2022 a small team from FBC attended the Retina International World Congress in beautiful Reykjavik, Iceland. We sat down with FBC Manager of Education, Morgan Ineson, and FBC youth representative,…

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Jul 8, 2022

On June 14th in the House of Commons, Hon. Judy Sgro, MP for Humber River-Black Creek, introduced Bill C-284 to establish a National Eye Care Strategy. Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) applauds this…

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Jun 7, 2022

Fighting Blindness Canada’s (FBC’s) Clinician Scientist Emerging Leader Awards (CSELA) were launched in 2017 to build the pipeline of ophthalmologists and optometrists who also do research. Clinician-scientists help translate laboratory research into…

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