{"id":4315,"date":"2022-05-26T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccb.monthlyconversion.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:35:35","slug":"vision-month-summit-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/vision-month-summit-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Month Summit 2022","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><br><\/strong>The Vision Health Month Summit took place on Monday, May 16 from 4:00 to 5:45 pm at Christ Church Cathedral in the Great Hall, located at 414 Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOPIC:<\/strong> <strong>Preventable Blindness Through a National Vision Health Strategy<\/strong><br><strong>SPEAKERS:<\/strong> <em><strong>Carol Hughes<\/strong><\/em>, MP, Algoma\u2014Manitoulin\u2014Kapuskasing, Ontario, Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole;<br><em><strong>Dr. Keith Gordon<\/strong><\/em>, Senior Research Officer, Canadian Council of the Blind;<br><strong><em>Dr. Chad Andrews<\/em><\/strong>, Director of Research and Policy, College of Optometrists of Ontario;<br><em><strong>Doug Earle<\/strong><\/em>, President and CEO, Fighting Blindness Canada.<br><strong>DATE:<\/strong> Monday, May 16, 2022<br><strong>TIME:<\/strong> 4:00-5:45 pm EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sNOAa5YCxdU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View CCB Vision Month Summit 2022<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"CCB Vision Health Month Summit 2022 Final\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNOAa5YCxdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Summit featured expert discussion to achieving the vision health community\u2019s calls for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A <strong><em>National Vision Health Strategy<\/em><\/strong> that stresses prevention, research, treatment, and rehabilitation of vision loss, the implementation of which requires a coordinated effort on the part of federal, provincial, and territorial governments.<\/li><li>It also stresses that Health Canada establish a <strong><em>Vision Health Desk<\/em><\/strong> within the Public Health Agency to clearly focus government efforts on the prevention, research, treatment, and rehabilitation of vision loss.<\/li><li>Finally, it stresses the need for increased <strong><em>Vision Health Research&nbsp;Funding,<\/em><\/strong> which is presently woefully inadequate. 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