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ore than two years after the COVID-19 virus upended all of our JoAnne Sommers
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lives, there are plenty of signs that Canada and the world are joannesommers2@gmail.com
returning to a semblance of normality. Public health restrictions,
including vaccine mandates, have been eased or lifted, people FEATURES WRITER
Evra Taylor
Mare starting to travel again, both inside Canada and abroad, and Tel. 416 458-4409
many are returning to work outside the home. Perhaps best of all, we can now evrataylor@yahoo.com
enjoy gathering with friends and family again with less fear of negative health ASSOCIATE EDITOR
outcomes. Shirley Ha, B. Sc (Hons), O.D.
SPECIAL ADVISOR, CONTACT LENSES
Yet, even as the pandemic becomes endemic, its lingering effects remain. Joshua Josephson, B. Sc, OD, FAAO, FACLP
COVID savaged the global economy, putting many people out of work and MEDIA COORDINATOR / COPY EDITOR /
destroying businesses, while driving inflation through the roof and leaving us RESEARCHER
Omar Chraïbi
with continuing supply chain disruptions, including the ongoing shortage of editorial@bretoncom.com
microchips. WEB COORDINATOR
Vanessa Pelletier
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loyalty of our advertisers and readers and the opportunity to continue providing ADVERTISING
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In this issue of Envision magazine, our features writer Evra Taylor and Associate Tel.: 450 629-6005
Editor Shirley Ha take a close up look at presbyopia, which affects nearly two Fax: 514 360-6523
billion people worldwide. Despite the fact that almost everyone over the age of CIRCULATION / CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Vanessa Pelletier
40 will develop some degree of presbyopia, and the reality that it can’t be cured, support@bretoncom.com
the growing number of innovative treatment options is cause for celebration. PRINTING
One of these options is extended depth of field (EDOF) contact lenses, which Miromedia
Shirley Ha discusses in her article in the Making Contact section. Elsewhere Published six times a year
in this issue, we invite you to discover Evra Taylor’s portrait of Caron Kraitt, Legal deposit
National Library of Canada
the award-winning U.K.-based eyewear designer and owner of the eponymous ISSN 1925-8801 (Print) | ISSN 1925-881X (Online)
eyewear design firm, who draws inspiration from multiple sources, such as
cinema, architecture, fine arts and photography to create her stylish and elegant Canadian Publication Mail Product
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With the summer season upon us, we hope you have the opportunity to get publication, is strictly forbidden, without the written
out and explore the country. And however, you spend your vacation, we look authorization of the publisher.
forward to seeing you later this summer for the July/August issue and our Printed in Canada
special men’s eyewear feature. Till then, stay safe and be well. n Please recycle
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