The Children’s Vision Initiative (CVI) has a mandate to educate children, parents/ guardians, teachers and providers, about the important correlation between vision and learning and to ensure Canadian children have no vision or eye health barriers which prevent them from reaching their full learning potential.

To achieve this, CVI provides leadership and resources to CAO members, provincial associations, stakeholders, government and the general public.

The CVI Chair reports to CAO Council. CVI is also made up of representatives appointed by provincial associations. This web page is for use by CAO members and CVI Committee members. The intent is to provide a wide range of resources that may be used at a national, provincial and practice level in an electronic format. Print resources are also available from the CAO national office. Use the links below to locate the information you require. Alternatively, use the website search function.

1. Mission / Vision
2. National Experience
3. Provincial Experience
4. Experience Elsewhere

1. Federal Activities
2. Steps to Effective Advocacy
3. Templates (letters, briefs, etc.)
4. Stakeholder Support

1. Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination Reference Guide (PDF)
2. CV Materials Order Form (PDF)
3. Eye See, Eye Learn Activity Kit (PDF)

1. Templates
2. CAO Order Form
3. Other

1. Benefits and Need for Comprehensive Care
2. Vision Screening
3. Prevalence
4. ESEL
5. Other

1. Provincial CVI Web Pages
2. U.S. Federal and State CVI Web Pages
3. Federal Links
4. Provincial Links

1. Committee Members and Coordinates
2. Terms of Reference
3. Reports
4. Other

1. Minutes
2. Correspondence
3. Other