Welcome to the October 2025 issue of White Cane Magazine – Celebrating World Sight Day and Advancing Health Across Canada!
Check out this exciting issue of White Cane Magazine to:
- Read National President Jim Tokos’ message marking World Sight Day 2025 and the Act Now, Act Together Conference in Toronto — a national call to action for eye health and advocacy.
- Explore “World Sight Day: A Canadian Perspective” by Editor Mike Potvin — reflecting on the theme Love Your Eyes through a distinctly Canadian lens.
- Learn how Shelley Ann Morris’ article “Sharing Lived Experiences” encourages organizations to collaborate meaningfully with the vision loss community from the start.
- Dive into “Advocacy 101” by Jessa Ross to discover how self-advocacy, community advocacy, and systems advocacy drive change — especially after the passing of Bill C-284: The National Strategy for Eye Care Act.
- Discover how the Get Together with Technology Program is exploring AI’s role in accessibility and innovation for those living with vision loss.
- Read highlights from the Canadian Ophthalmological Society’s national survey revealing how Canadians are embracing innovation, climate awareness, and preventive eye care.
- Find out how new research from Fighting Blindness Canada and Bausch + Lomb is shaping the future of treatment for blinding eye diseases and dry eye management.
- Celebrate milestones in accessible media as AMI announces new and returning content on AMI-audio, AMI-tv, and the streaming platform AMI+.
- Learn about breakthrough surgeries in Canada, including the first tooth-in-eye transplant restoring sight — a world-first milestone performed in British Columbia.
- Cheer on Team Canada’s blind and partially-sighted athletes as the International Blind Ice Hockey Series comes to Montreal for the first time ever!
- Meet local leaders in vision health and inclusion, including the Association québécoise de la dégénérescence maculaire’s 35-year mission to bring macular degeneration “out of the shadows.”
- Discover opportunities to make a lasting impact through the 1944 Legacy Society and the CCB’s continued leadership in advocacy, awareness, and community building.
And much more!
This issue is available in accessible Word and PDF formats.
Enjoy the read!