On Wednesday October 30th, the Canadian Council of the Blind and Fighting Blindness Canada hosted the Vision Health Conference at the Toronto Reference Library. 

Today, we will feature one of the presentations from that conference that was done by Dr. Keith Gordon, the Principal Investigator for the Vision Health Report, about the state of vision health in Canada in 2022 and 2023. 

You can find more information about the report at ww.ccbnational.net or www.fightingblindness.ca 

Highlights:

• Introducing the Vision Health Conference and Dr. Keith Gordon (00:00)
• Background of the Vision Health in Canada Report (1:16)
• Results of the 2023 Report Card (3:40)

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