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Envision: seeing beyond magazine. Sadly, this issue will be our last.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Shirley Ha, B. Sc (Hons), O.D.
As you’re probably aware, these are very challenging times for media
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companies, both in Canada and worldwide. And in that context, this
Joshua Josephson, B. Sc, OD, FAAO, FACLP
magazine’s most senior leadership has decided to cease publication
immediately. MEDIA COORDINATOR / COPY EDITOR /
RESEARCHER
Omar Chraïbi
We hope you will enjoy the final issue of Envision: seeing beyond. In it, you’ll editorial@bretoncom.com
find an insightful story by our features’ writer Evra Taylor about how Canada’s WEB COORDINATOR
Marc Vaskelis
changing demographic profile is impacting the frame business, and making it marcv@miromedia.ca
more inclusive. Evra has also written an article about American designer Greg SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Arnette, who launched a business from the trunk of a rental car and later sold it to envision@bretoncom.com
one of the world’s largest optical companies. GRAPHIC DESIGN
Shirley Ha has an interesting piece on the ALTIUS® Performance-Tinted Contact Marco Gagnon
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While not yet available in Canada, it offers hope that there will be further product CIRCULATION / CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
developments in these fields. Omar Chraïbi
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I am very proud of the work we’ve done in the past 12 years, covering the optical
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