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Wheels in Motion supports MacWheelers

McMaster students, faculty, staff and alumni will run, walk, roll and wheel a 15-kilometer course in support of the MacWheeler program. On Sunday, June 12, two McMaster teams will participate in The Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event, committed to improving the 'quality of life' of people living with spinal cord injury. This year, proceeds from the event will support the MacWheeler program, a community-based program offering individualized exercise training for people with spinal cord injury, located in the Ivor Wynne building in the Center for Health Promotion and Rehabilitation.

Witelson Prize celebrates six years of furthering ophthalmology in Canada

The Henry Chaim Witelson Memorial Prize in Ophthalmology is celebrating its sixth anniversary of giving unique learning opportunities to McMaster University medical students to learn about ophthalmology and participate in preserving or restoring eyesight. The sixth anniversary of the prize is especially notable since each recipient has fulfilled the goal of the prize, which is to encourage more students to enter the field of ophthalmology and contribute to the exciting new developments in clinical care and research in a rapidly changing medical/surgical specialty.