A Pandemic Innovation: Student-Led Model to Increase Accessibility to Educational and Mentorship Opportunities

We acknowledge the exceptional work of past and current COSIG members (Suhaila Abdelhalim, Anas Abu-Dieh, Abdullah Al-Ani, R. Damilola Adekunle, Nicole Costanzo, Deion D’Souza, Antoine Etcheverry, Dominique Geoffrion, Diana Danielova Gueorguieva, Rishi Gupta, Tyler Henri, Emma Hillier, Maggie Hou, Jordan Huang, Emre Islam, Mohammad Khan, Ekaksh Khurana, Clara Long, Taylor McGaughey, Eisi Mollanji, Sarah Moussa, Charles Paco, Alexandru Panaitescu, Jen Park, Michael Penny, Kristen Piché, Cameron Robb Mackay, Dominique Salh, Andrew Samuel, Danielle Solish, Alana Sorgini, Amirthan Sothivannan, Shayyan Wasim, Bryan Wong, and Laura Wu), the guidance of the Canadian Council of Ophthalmology Residents (CCOR), and the generous time of faculty and residents from all 15 Canadian ophthalmology residency programs as speakers and mentors. We would like to especially highlight the support of Dr. Danah Albreiki, Dr. Michael Dollin, Dr. Chloe Gottlieb, and Dr. David Maberley for VISCO 2022; and Dr. Sherif El-Defrawy, Dr. Jonathan Micieli, and Dr. Amandeep Rai for VISCO 2021; Dr. Nina Ahuja and Dr. Nupura Bakshi for COMP 2022; Dr. Fiona Costello, Dr. Femida Kherani, and Dr. Radha Kohly for COMP 2021; Dr. Cynthia Qian, Dr. Guillermo Rocha, and Dr. Agnes Wong for CAM 2022; Dr. Hélène Boisjoly, Dr. Jennifer Rahman, and Dr. Sanjay Sharma for CAM 2021, and Dr. Setareh Ziai, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS), COS Foundation and Canadian Council of Ophthalmology Residents (CCOR) for the in-person 2023 COS Medical Student Symposium. We also acknowledge those who have funded our projects: Behind the Slit Lamp received the 2022 Canadian Federation of Medical Students Global Health Initiative Grant ($1000). The COSIG Annual Meeting (CAM) received the 2022 University of Sherbrooke Student Engagement Support Funds ($800), 2021–2022 Vision Health Research Network Scientific Event Grants (total of $1276), 2022 Manitoba Medical Student Association Student Initiative Grant ($800), 2021 Alberta Medical Association Student Affairs Sponsorship Program ($500), and 2021 McGill Alumni Association Student Sponsorship Program ($750). VISCO received the 2022 Bricks Builder Grant ($500), a University of Ottawa Department of Ophthalmology Grant in 2022 ($1000), and a University of Toronto Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences Grant ($1000) in 2021.

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