- The Centre
for Vision Research (CVR) at York University offers
a one-week, all-expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on vision
science. This year's program will be held June 3-7, 2013. For further
information, see the summer school website, www.yorku.ca/cvrss, or write
to Dr. Richard Murray (rfm@yorku.ca) or Dr. Jennifer Steeves (steeves@yorku.ca).
The 2013 biennial meeting
of the Child Vision Research Society will be held at the University
of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science and the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto. June 17 to 19, 2013
For more information and to join a mailing list to receive updates as
more details become available, go to http://www.cvrsoc.org/ or you may
contact Susan Leat (1-519-888-4567 ext. 32040, leat@uwaterloo.ca).
Interactions in Vision Conference
June 26-28, 2013 The Centre for Vision Research at York University.
The meeting celebrates the contributions of Hugh Wilson and Marty Steinbach.
More information at
www.cvr.yorku.ca/content/conference-2013-interactions-vision
- 18e
Réunion annuelle
Réseau de recherche en santé de la vision du FRQS
Vendredi 19 octobre 2012
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FRQS Research
in Vision Network
18th Annual Meeting
Friday October 19, 2012
Hôtel Hilton Bonaventure
(Salons Le Portage, Fontaine & Longueuil)
900 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, QC H5A 1E4
- Donald
K. Johnson Chair in Vision Sciences
The Toronto Western Research
Institute of the University Health Network invites applicants to apply
for the endowed Donald K. Johnson Chair in Vision Sciences. The ideal
candidate will hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) and have an established
record of excellence in basic science areas that have relevance to vision.
The successful candidate
will have the ability to establish an independent, well funded, program
of international prominence and to collaborate with other members of
our research and clinical staff. There will be the opportunity to build
vision science at the UHN. Qualified candidates will be appointed to
the Departments of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University
of Toronto, and an appropriate Academic Graduate Department at a level
commensurate with their experience.
Send applications (CV, statement
of interest, and contact information for three referees) by January
3rd, 2012 to Dr. Martin Steinbach, Director of Vision Research, UHN,
by email only c/o Ms Janet Wong, (tang@uhnresearch.ca)
- Canadian
Action and Perception Network (CAPnet) Formed
A major new neuroscience
research initiative, the Canadian Action & Perception
Network (CAPnet), has been jointly established by York University, The
University
of Western Ontario and Queen’s University.
For more information, go to:
www.cap-net.ca
- If you wish to learn more
about the activities of the National
Coalition for Vision Health, check
out the Canadian Journal of
Ophthalmology editorial written by its President, Dr. Calvin Breslin,
and
available at:
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cjo/cjo42-06.html
- The
University of Toronto has a $17.25 million endowment
for sponsoring
vision health research (very loosely defined) graduate students. Since
its inception
in 2000, over 75 students have been given $2.6M in support of their
thesis research.
Topics have ranged from the molecular genetic basis of blinding eye
diseases
through higher-order studies of cognitive visual functioning. More information
available at: http://vsrp.uhnres.utoronto.ca/
- Twenty-Nine
Canada Research Chairs
in vision-related themes are listed at the
Bulletin Board link. There are also six endowed chairs in Canada. This
list can be
updated by sending information to: mjs@yorku.ca
- Two
major meetings that
Canadian vision scientists attend in large numbers are
upcoming: ARVO (Assoc. for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)and
VSS
(Vision Sciences Society). More information about each of the meetings
is on their
websites:
http://www.arvo.org/
http://www.visionsciences.org/
- The Canadian
Journal of Ophthalmology
has been publishing
scientific updates
that may be of interest to readers of this webpage. The "Cyclops"
column has been
appearing since the December 2005 issue. Download the column, and other
items of
interest from http://www.eyesite.ca
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