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The college moved to its PM" cent Sl George St site in Tor onto in 1945 and in 1952 the program was expanded to four years in length. The curriculum Wits steadtiv upgraded and in 1937 tho enum- was oxlondcd to lhrco yeah and admission requirements raised to the Grade 13 love! Cottrsey. for practising Optometrists were aim initiated "The luck of research and on portumly for graduate stude in Canada at a lime when vi~iun care is becoming ituteasitsuly nu. parlanl “in another factor in seeking a university ettvirorttttertt for oplottuttry." he said "The profession is pleased that Opto. metry is going In ttte Universits of Waterloo which has already established rigorous programx in the rclalod fields of hiding); physics, and psychology." Training in oplomotry in On taria has progressed from an an premiership system lo a five year unn'mxiiy (Purse over the past 50 yeat's' In 1917 " Royal Com mlxsirm on Medical Education rt' commended a two-year (-uurw in optometry This was bum“ in 1920 al Cent-al Tochnival School in Toronto In 1925 the Ctrticue of Optometry was established and admission rerwiremortts Ut'rt' raiwd from Gr‘ndo l0 to 12 uric-h to alleviate the shortage o optometrish which presently exist» and I will bring the train- ing of optometrists in Canada in tihe with that to he found m 'ea,,';, universities in the us, UYK and other countries "The integration of the Col- lege of Optometry as a univer- sity discipline in an Ontario uni- versity is a matter of great im, parlance to the public and to the profession." said E. F. Attridge, President, College of Optomot~ rists of Ontario. the licensing body for tho optometry pronu- sinn. "This development will do The change-over has received the approval of the Ontario De partment of University Affairs so that Waterloo will receive regular operating grants for optometry studies The optometry course il Water, loo will be five years after Grade 13 instead of the present four. Graduates will receive an OD. (Doctor of Optometry: degree. Within a few years the new school could assume the status of a separate facully with grad- uate programs, research aetivi- ties and its own building, Discussions and studies to iw, locate the college at Waterloo have been going on for several rears. The move to Waterloo at this time coincide ', with the need for the present college property try the University of Toronto its part of the site for its new S42 million inter-university research 'library. . At Waterloo. the college will become a School of Optometry within the Faculty or Science. The College of Optometry of Ontario. which has operated ar an in d e p e n dent professional school since 1925, will cease to exist following the changeover to the University of Waterloo. The move will herald several radical changes in optometrical education. Details of the transfer were announced today in a joint state- ment from the College of Opto- metrists (the eo11ege's governing body) and the University of Waterloo. The change will place the study of optometry as an inte- gal part of I university for the "first time in Canada. The College of Optometry at Toronto, Canada's only English- language optometry school. will move to the University of Water- loo at Kitchener-Waterloo this (all I "N "We. CW, WM; My s. "a College of Optometry at Toronto Moves to University of Waterloo Full expansion. however. will not lake place until increased permanent laboratory. classroom. clinical and research space is provided at Waterloo At Waterloo all science stu- dents take a first year program of common studies. selecting their maior field of study in their se- cond year. This will be consid- ered as a preparatory year for optometry students who would then begin their final four years of professional training. Students from other universities may en- ter after completing a suitable first year science course. This will permit a considerable expansion in optometry enrol. merit. With optometry included as a university program. stud- ents would also have the flexi- bility to transfer to a general science program and graduate with a BSc, degree. The St. George St. quarters permit lie enrolment of no more than 35 freshmen a year. Grad- uating classes of 20 to 26 op- tometrists a year barely maintain the present level of 533 optomet- rists in Ontario, a ratio of one to every 13.000 persons. A ratio of one to 10,000 is recommend, ed. College officials state that if the number of qualified people who apply to enrol in optometry could be accommodated the one to 10.000 rutie could be met. The College of Optometry has long been hampered by shortages of space-and money resulting in inadequate numbers of graduates to match the population increases in the province and the increas- ing need for vision care. The final step took place this week when the Department of University Affairs endorsed the transfer of the College to the University of Waterloo. The first informal discussion between the College and the Uni. versity of Waterloo took place in 1967 shortly after Waterloo was established. The College was ac- credited by The Council on Edu. cation of the American Opto- metric Association in the same year. In 1962 the Royal Commission on Health Care recommended that optometry education become affiliated with a Canadian uni. versity and in 1965 the optometry" professors submitted a brief to the Minister of University Affairs. In 1966, a joint committee of the college and University of Water- loo faculty conducted a compre- hensive study of optometry edu- cation, particularly in the USA. The committee's recommendation that optometry be taught at an Ontario university was approved by the senate of the University of Waterloo. For the next "tree years Wat '6reeting Cards ' Party Supplies “ Social Stationery . Picnic Supplies Wallets Pens I. Pentils of a types Briefcases SCHENDEl STATIONERY SEEN}! STATIONERY also The search for space at Water. loo and arrangements for moving laboratory and clinical equipment from Toronto are now underway. During the next 10 weeks the staff of the College of Opto- metry and the University of Waterloo must complete many physical and academic arrange- ments to make the optometry pro grams operative by September at the University of Waterloo. The brief also emphasized the need for expanded and improved programs of vision care for school children. an upgrading of occupational vision care services to meet the needs of an indust- rialized society and increased ser. vices and research in geriatric vision care for the over-70 group. almost all of whom need and can benefit'from vision care services. In its brief to the Committee on the Healing; Arts earlier this year the College stressed the need for research and graduate train- ing in optometry to be initiated at a Canadian university. College and University om, cials believe that the main bene- fits of the merger will be real- ized when graduate studies and research programs can be instit- uted. k erloo will, in effect, operate two optometry programs. The pre. sent program of the College will be conducted for the 78 students who are entering second, third and fourth years this Call. 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