Who We Are
Dr. Graham Trope formed the Glaucoma Research Society of Ontario in
1988 to raise funds to find a cause and a cure for glaucoma. In 1997, the Society became the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada, a national registered charity committed to funding research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of glaucoma.
The Glaucoma Research Society of Canada is the only Canadian charity solely dedicated to funding glaucoma research. Since 1989, it has raised more than two million dollars in support of 150 research projects.
The Society’s mission is to support new ideas at their inception with seed money. Research proposals are peer-reviewed, and a highly regarded Scientific Advisory Committee, chaired by Dr. Trope, reviews the recommendations for the Society which awards research grants annually.
Board of Directors
Martin Chasson, current President,
and Margaret Rodrigues, Past-President,
cut anniversary cake at the 2008 Annual General Meeting.
- Martin Chasson, CA, President
- Rick Gallop Vice-President
- Renée Wolfe, Vice-President
- Samuel Holtzman, CA, Treasurer
- Mark Shaffer, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Executive Secretary
- Graham Trope, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
- Rajiv Bindlish, MD, FRCSC, DABO
- Louis J. Devor, CA
- S. Blair Fearon, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCSC
- Neeru Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCSC, DABO
- James M. Parks
Honorary Board Members
- Senator A. Raynell Andreychuk
- Sonja Bata, OC, Director, Bata Shoe Company
- Senator Catherine S. Callbeck
- Gordon A. Chellew, BA, CIP, Past Vice-President
- Michael Claener, Past-President
- Kenneth Cohen, LLB
- Alan F. Cruess, MD, FRCSC, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Victoria General Hospital,
Halifax - Fredrick Feldman, MD, FRCSC
- W. Bruce Jackson, MD, FRCSC, Director General, University of Ottawa Eye Institute
- Michael Motolko, MD, FRCSC, FACS
- The Hon. Allan H. Wachowich, Chief Justice, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta
- Vic Wareham, BA, District Governor A-16, Lions Club
Scientific Advisory Committee
- Graham Trope, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Chair, Toronto
- Andrew C. Crichton, MD, FRCSC, Calgary
- Lisa Gould, MD, FRCSC(C), Winnipeg
- Raymond P. LeBlanc, MD, FRCSC, Halifax
- Ordan J. Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D., Edmonton
- Frederick S. Mikelberg, MD, FRCSC, Vancouver
- Paul H. Murphy, MD, FRCSC, Saskatchewan
- D.P. Tingey, BA, MD, FRCSC(C), London
- Yeni Yücel, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Toronto
Financial Information
The Society’s Charitable Donation Registration Number is 88917 8695 RR0001.
Contact us for more information
phone: 416.483.0200
toll-free: 1.877.483.0204
email: info@glaucomaresearch.ca
write:
Glaucoma Research Society of Canada
1929 Bayview Avenue, Suite 215E
Toronto, Ontario, M4G 3E8
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Glaucoma Research Society
of Canada
1929 Bayview Avenue, Suite 215E
Toronto, Ontario, M4G 3E8
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