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2020 Vision Summit

In recognition of the symbolic year 2020, Fighting Blindness Canada, the Canadian Council of the Blind, and other national vision organizations are hosting a summit in Ottawa on February 12 called the…

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FROM FOUNDATION TO FIGHTER

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO For 45 years, the Foundation Fighting Blindness has raised and directed critical funding into sight-saving research for blinding eye diseases. From our earliest days as…

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Watch, Listen & Learn!

Every month we host a Facebook Live, where each session focuses on a variety of things from current research to lab tours, to assistive technology and more. In order to make these…

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Getting an Eye Exam with Optometrist Dr. Kevin Anderson [Facebook Live] (Video)

Watch our Facebook Live session from May 17, 2018, where we visited Shoppes of Angus Glen Optometry and spoke with optometrist Dr. Kevin Anderson. In honour of Vision Health Month, Dr. Anderson…

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The Difference Between Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy [Facebook Live] (Video)

Watch our Facebook Live session from Friday, March 23, where we were joined online by special guest Dr. Jill Dolgin from the gene therapy company AGTC. In this video, Dr. Mary Sunderland…

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Top Tech Tips from a Low Vision Specialist [Facebook Live] (Video)

On Friday, February 23rd, Fighting Blindness Canada visited Dr. Ana Juricic, the Low Vision Doctor, to get her advice on low vision aids and technology. Watch the video below to learn more…

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