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2026 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition

For further information visit the COS website.

Continuing Education Opportunities for TCOS Members

NOW AVAILABLE! 2025 TCOS WORKSHOP WEBINARS AND QUIZZES FOR CE CREDITS!
Members can benefit from the 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. Sign up and login instructions: 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

Initiatives and Contributions

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

Congratulations to the 2026 Arlene E Stearns Rising Star Award winner.

Congratulations to our TCOS Vice-President Sarah Munir, who received the first-ever Arlene E Stearns Rising Star Award. This award is generously sponsored by FOREA and given to a Novice orthoptist who serves their membership organizations in extraordinary capacities.

Congratulations to the new 2025 Orthoptic graduates.

We are excited and pleased to welcome our new colleagues - Jonah Kipnis, Mawj Al-Hammadi, Michela Mockler, Skylar Dempster, Lisa-Margery Balmain and Cassandra Bayol.

Congratulations to the 2025 TCOS Scholarship Award winner.

2025 TCOS Scholarship Award winner, Liz Tang, receiving her certificate for her paper titled "Seeing the Problem: Orthoptics in Traumatic Brain Injury Care’. Liz is an orthoptic student from Dalhousie University's Clinical Vision Science program in Halifax, NS.

Congratulations to the 2025 Academic Achievement Award winner.

Congratulations to Skylar Dempster (Halifax program), who received The Canadian Orthoptic Society's 2025 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 to the 2025 Ortopad Innovative Orthoptic Research Award winner.

Congratulations Mawj Al-Hammadi. 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.