IRIS the Visual Group announces that Dr. Mark Langer, Optometrist is now co-owner of our location in Vernon, BC. The Vernon IRIS location #691 has been a longstanding success in the Okanagan for over 25 years.

Dr. Mark Langer, originally from Beaverlodge, a small farming community in Northern Alberta, comes from a large family with six siblings who are all health care practitioners. 

In 2011 while attending Optometry school at Pacific University in Oregon, Dr. Langer attended a presentation by IRIS founder, Dr. Francis Jean. He started practice with IRIS right after graduation.

The new IRIS partnership consists of the co-ownership of shares in a BC registered corporation that holds the assets of the Vernon location only and operates as IRIS Optometrists Opticians.  Dr. Langer will receive dividends based on the profit of this individual location only and participate in the appreciation of value of his shares as his practice grows. 

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Myopia is becoming an increasingly concerning world health issue, with prevalence levels projected to rise every year.

The partnership between Myopia Profile, the premier international educational platform for myopia management, and EssilorLuxottica sought to address the growing, imminent need for best practice myopia management among eye care practitioners who will need to address the global increase in myopia prevalence in our younger population.

The partnership has seen a huge boost in engagement with Myopia Profile’s educational platforms among eye care practitioners, particularly with spectacle lens topics, with a 10-fold growth in search terms for ‘myopia control spectacles lenses’ among eye care practitioners over the last year, and a 4-fold increase in searches by members of the public.

“There has been a colossal increase in engagement with our digital platforms since we started our partnership with EssilorLuxottica,” says Dr. Kate Gifford, founder and director of Myopia Profile. “We have seen doubling growth year-on-year, and are thrilled to see the myopia message spreading wider and wider – but we can also see where there is more work to do. We can see that there is definitely a thirst for knowledge and information with regard to myopia-control spectacle lenses, and we aim to provide more of that, through our partnership with EssilorLuxottica.”

EssilorLuxottica and Myopia Profile plan on releasing a series of podcasts that cover clinical communication in myopia management, as well as the practice fundamentals of getting started in managing childhood myopia. The exclusive podcasts will offer engaging 10-minute episodes with a focus on providing simple steps and practical advice to eye care practitioners. They will be housed exclusively on EssilorLuxottica’s new learning platform, Leonardo.

Other key highlights of the partnership include:

A video lesson by Dr. Kate Gifford for EssilorLuxottica’s myopia management certification program titled ‘Moving beyond myopia correction to control’ available on Leonardo.

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Optique Cristal lab announces that, for the whole month of October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month), Toplook / Optique Cristal will contribute to the Breast Cancer Foundation.

In this context, $5 will be given for each order of Toplook / Optique Cristal products. An opportunity to help contribute to this cause, while offering customers a trendy product designed in Quebec.

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To celebrate its 75th anniversary, OWP has reissued an iconic acetate model from the 80s. With its unique lines and unconventional look, the 249 model is timeless and is still as trendy as it was when it was first released back in 1981. Limiting the production to 1,947 pieces worldwide, a nod to the year the company was founded, is propelling its status to a “collector’s item” for design lovers.

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