Vision Rehabilitation
3744, rue Jean-Brillant H3T 1P1

Vision Rehabilitation Research continues - we just changed the game a bit for 2020

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The Masters program in Vision Impairment & Rehabilitation (VIR) at the Université de Montréal has a number of distinguishing characteristics. First, it is one of three options within the Masters of Vision Science offered by the School of Optometry one of only two such schools in Canada. Second, it is the only program in Canada that prepares professionals to work with the visually impaired population throughout the life span. Third, it is the only fully bilingual program... in the world. These three characteristics ensure that the program offers depth and breadth in the teaching of Low Vision, rehabilitation for blind persons, and Orientation & Mobility for both anglophones and francophones. The existence of the program within the School of Optometry enables the inclusion of optometrists, trained as Low Vision specialists, as professors and mentors. The Masters in VIR program, with its 3 concentrations in Low Vision, O&M, and VRT was established and received its first students in the fall of 2016. However, Low Vision was the only new component. The other two evolved from a French graduate diploma program that began in 2000 for O&M and 2004 for VRT students. The 16-month program follows a traditional format with students required to take most or all of their courses at the university and at local agencies that serve blind and visually impaired persons. Exceptions are occasionally made for students in special circumstances, whereby they are allowed to complete the first semester through distance courses that they follow from home (as opposed to on-line). The overall structure of the program consists of 45 credits subdivided into 15 credits of core courses that are common to all three concentration; 23 specialty-area credits, including internships; and 7 credits devoted to a research project. To date, 32 students have completed the program (21 LV, 5 O&M, 3 VRT) and 19 are in the current cohort whose timeline has been affected by the pandemic and whose members will complete their program requirements in March/April, 2021, rather than in December 2020. All graduates who wanted to pursue their career in this field are currently employed (one exception is someone who wants to work in the USA and must wait out the pandemic). The Masters program in Vision Impairment & Rehabilitation has solid roots as well as fresh, new branches which will enable it to prepare professionals to offer quality services in Low Vision across Canada and around the world. For detailed program information & admission procedures, please contact: Graduate program assistant School of Optometry Université de Montréal 3744 Jean-Brillant St. Room 260-9 Montreal, Quebec H3T 1P1 Tel: (514) 343-6325 Beaudoin Sylvie [email protected]

Latest publication by our post-doctoral Fellow Andrea Urqueta Alfaro in the Walter Wittich lab

No Accomodation Available. One Blind Man's Account of His Experience at the COVID Assessment Centre at Toronto Western Hospital https://wp.me/pbmLAU-sQ Hello community, I am offering the story in case it can be used as evidence in anyone's healthcare advocacy and ...

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DbI invites all of you to listen Dr Walter Wittich, Coordinator of Research Network who introduce the interesting activities they are developing. Accept Walter invitation to joing DbI Research Network!

Exciting collaboration between Concordia University and our program students.

Here's a video I made for the visually-impaired in order to prepare for outdoor travel during the pandemic. Prepare your COVID travel kit!

A big THANK YOU to Hear Québec for donating clear visors to our research lab at the Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay rehab centre. Now we are well shielded !

Congrats to our graduate Rebecca Henry for publishing her Master's project!