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This year, fundraising for Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is easier than ever! We’ve introduced a new online platform that will streamline the fundraising process for our amazing Sight Saver fundraisers and your…
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During World Glaucoma Week we wanted to tell you about one of the glaucoma research projects Fighting Blindness Canada is funding. In January we announced that Dr. Balwantray Chauhan (Dalhousie University) has…
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Canadians are spending more time than ever staring at digital screens during the pandemic —on computers, tablets, TVs, smartphones, and other devices. A 2021 study from Western University found that screen time…
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Discovering opportunities and helping build community Sarah Patel is a past FBC Young Leaders Co-Chair, a full-time early childhood assistant and trained counsellor, runs a YouTube channel, co-hosts a podcast, and is…
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Stephanie Jones, an Associate Director at RBC has been touched deeply by the work that Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) does. Her husband has a blinding eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP) that…
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By Gerry Chevalier Hello. I am Gerry Chevalier from Edmonton. I am a retired IT professional, and I am blind as a result of retinitis pigmentosa. Blindness may make everyday tasks seem…
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