COBC Newsletter August 2021

Annual Report | Standards of Practice Survey | OAC Webcast
 

2020–2021 Annual Report

COBC's Annual Report for 2020–2021 is now available! The report offers insights into the College's financial picture, the work we've been doing this past year, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our industry.

Read the Annual Report
 

Help us build new Standards of Practice for BC opticians

Last week, we sent our registrants and stakeholders an important survey about our new Standards of Practice. We need your input! Remember, the deadline to participate is Monday, August 30.

Didn't receive the survey? Contact our team at reception@cobc.ca.
 

Set up your BC Services Card for online services

The Government of BC has a new mobile app that allows you to use your BC Services Card (or BC Driver's Licence) to access services like Health Gateway, StudentAidBC, BC Business Registry, My Service Canada, and many other programs online.

The app also makes it quick and easy to complete a criminal record check through the Ministry of Public Safety, which you must do every 5 years as a Licensed Optician. 

Learn more about the app    Download the app    Set up your card for online use
 

OAC Connect Webcast

On Sunday, August 15, the Opticians Association of Canada is hosting a live webcast on the topic of "The Eye and the Body" with speaker Sophia Leung.

Read more about the event to see if it might be a good fit for one of your CCP learning goals!

Learn more & register
 

Did you know?

If you leave a job or start a new one, you can edit your business address through your COBC account online. You can even add multiple business addresses and decide which one(s) to show on the public directory.

As the Standards of Practice state, keeping this information current is a matter of public safety.

College of Opticians of BC operates on the traditional, ancestral and unceded Coast Salish territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

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