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39th World Congress of Ophthalmology

COC has allotted the following CE credits: Total meeting CE = 18.8 Core, 24.5 non-Core Click here for more information

55th Sally Letson Symposium

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22nd Annual Kaye Family Learning Day

2025 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Members can benefit from five years of educational webinars found in the Members Only section of TCOS website.

TCOS is providing video presentations of conference workshops and scientific sessions. These informative webinars are accompanied by a quiz and are eligible for continuing education credits. Now TCOS members can benefit even more from new research and ideas AND obtain CE credits - online. The webinars are easily viewed and are not live events. Watch at your leisure!

AACO Online Webinar Access for Canadian Orthoptists:

As of the June 2023 COS, AACO has extended access to their online webinars for core COC/AOC credits.Canadian Orthoptists are now able to virtually attend all AACO didactic webinars for the nominal fee of $20 USD. The webinars typically offer 1.5 hours core COC/AOC CE credits.

Please visit the Orthoptics.org AACO Webinars website.

Select "More Information" on any webinar of interest then the "Register Here" button and it will prompt you to login in or sign up as a new user below. Follow the email instructions to login, once you pay the fee and sign up, you will have immediate access to the webinar.

There are instructions on how to watch the recording and collect a CE certificate for each webinar. AACO has an email address dedicated to troubleshooting technical issues and is quick to respond if anyone runs into any trouble.

There is an online learning center that houses all of the webinars here:aaco.mclms.net

2024 TCOS annual membership registration available!

To download and complete your TCOS Registration form click here. Email your completed form to TCOS Co-Secretary Treasurer May Chidiac at maychidiac@sympatico.ca.

Pay online using PayPal by clicking here.

* NO Membership fee for Orthoptic students and for those Orthoptists who graduated from a Canadian Orthoptic Teaching program in 2023.
* Fresnel Prism Company has graciously offered a donation to provide 2024 TCOS Membership for FREE to all 2022 graduates from a Canadian Orthoptic Teaching program..
Students, 2022 and 2023 orthoptic graduates, be sure to complete and submit your 2024 TCOS membership registration form to receive membership benefits.

Register with your professional Society. Access membership pricing for Orthoptic Journals. Purchase professional Error and Omission insurance at a great TCOS rate. Keep your Society vibrant - register, participate, volunteer.

You must be a registered, paid member of TCOS in order to access online webinars and quizzes for CE credit. All online webinars and CE credit quizzes are accessible to TCOS members for FREE.

AOC certified Orthoptists have reciprocity with Canada and can also register and pay for an annual TCOS membership.

TCOS donated $2445.45 to the IOA's Small Change for Big Change. Anyone wishing to contribute to IOA initiatives in the future can reach them at the IOA website.

TCOS is a proud supporter of the JCAHPO Education and Research Foundation.

TCOS supports the Foundation for Orthoptic Research and Education in the Americas (FOREA)

FOREA depends on donations to fund generous scholarships and we hope that you would consider making a donation so that FOREA may continue with this endeavour and support our students. Please consider making a donation to FOREA forea.net/make-a-donation. Any donation amount is helpful and truly benefits our Canadian orthoptic community. FOREA will continue to work on a process to allow tax receipts to be provided for Canadian donations.

Congratulations to the new 2024 Orthoptic graduates.

We are excited and pleased to welcome our new colleagues - Imran Jan, Hayley McIntosh, Safiya Rizwan and Sydney Stogios.

2023 TCOS Scholarship Award winner, Sydney Stogios, receiving her certificate for her paper titled "The Role of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the Examination of the Amblyopic Patient." Sydney is an orthoptic student from the Dalhousie teaching program in Halifax, NS.

Congratulations to Hayley McIntosh (Halifax program), who received The Canadian Orthoptic Society's 2024 TCOS Academic Achievement Award, in recognition of superior scholastic achievement. This is awarded to the graduate with the overall highest score on the combined COC certification written, oral and practical examinations.

Congratulations Kimberly Merrill!

The winner of the Ortopad Innovative Orthoptic Research Award, selected from the 2023 TCOS Scientific Session presentations. Her talk was titled “Muscle Paresis After Orbital Decompression”. This award, generously sponsored by Ortopad, is awarded to the best overall research presentation by an orthoptist, with emphasis placed on content, delivery, and originality.Thanks to the support of Mr. Harmutt Otto (owner of Ortopad & co-owner of Optego Vision), this certificate is accompanied by a monetary award of $200.00.