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Aug 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, including the provision of eye care in Canada. The impact on Canadians’ eye health is outlined in a new report released by…

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Aug 10, 2021

Until recently there were no treatments for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) but investments in research over the past decades have started to pay off. Treatments are now being tested and, in the…

Read More about Your impact: How FBC funded research is leading the way to new treatments for retinal degeneration
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Aug 4, 2021

Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is a proud partner of Accessible Media Inc. (AMI). To support Canadians living with vision loss by providing eye health information and educational resources, FBC and AMI collaborated…

Read More about FBC Featured on AMI’s ‘The Pulse’ Podcast
Jul 5, 2021

We are once again blown away by the incredible support of our Cycle for Sight community! Cycle for Sight Virtual 2021, held on Saturday, June 19th, was an amazing success! With 555…

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Jul 5, 2021

Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) strives in building valuable relationships with its supporters and partners. Over a decade ago, FBC had the honour of being introduced to L’OCCITANE Canada and the L’OCCITANE Foundation,…

Read More about L’OCCITANE give $120K to support Canadian vision loss community
Jun 30, 2021

Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is pleased to be supporting Dr. Peter Campochiaro’s (Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University) research into retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Dr. Campochiaro is a world-renowned clinician-scientist whose research program…

Read More about FBC-funded researcher studies photoreceptor cell metabolism in RP

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