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Fig 10: Marlee Spafford, Alisa Sivak and Elizabeth Irving (UW) at their newsworthy poster “Patient Views on Internet
Purchasing of Eyewear.

Several optometry students from both schools also won awards.

J. Pat Cummings Scholarship Student Travel Fellowship funded by an
Brij Patel (3 yr student, Waterloo) educational grant from Johnson & Johnson
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Michelle Zakem (3 yr student, Montreal) Vision Care, Inc.)
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Sergiu Picioreanu (3 year student, Waterloo)
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Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Han Qiao (MSc candidate, Waterloo)
Care (Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.) Kalpana Rose (PhD candidate, Waterloo)
Paul Lamothe, OD (Class of 2016, Montreal) Hendrik Walther (PhD candidate, Waterloo)
Alexis Keeling, OD (Class of 2016, Waterloo) Michelle Zakem (3 yr student, Montreal)
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Lili-Anh Le Minh (4 yr student, Montreal)
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AOF –VSP/FYi Doctors Scholarship Eric Lortie-Milner(4 yr student, Montreal)
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Victoria Lomax (4 yr student, Waterloo)
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Karin Lypka (4 yr student, Waterloo) Allergan Resident Travel Fellowships
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Solange Lacroix (4 yr student, Montreal) Caroline Plasse (OD, Montreal)
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Annie-Pier Leblanc (4 yr student, Montreal) Anne-Sophie Buteau (OD, Montreal)
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Essilor Student Travel Fellowship
Alexander McKeen, (3 yr student, Waterloo)
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Maxime MacGregor (4 yr student, Montreal)
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Award recipients from the 2016 meeting included Alan Tomlinson (honorary degree-holder from UW), who
received the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies Founders award, and Tammy Labreche
and Kristine Dalton (UW), who received a Fredrick Rosemore Low Vision Education Grant. Several students from
both schools were also recognized with travel grants and scholarships (listed below). Congratulations to all of the
2016 honorees and award recipients!

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