Fighting Blindness Canada, or FBC, was founded over 50 years ago and is the largest charitable funder of vision research in Canada.

They work with numerous vision-loss stakeholders in advocacy work.

Larissa Moniz, Director of Research and Mission programs for FBC, explains:

“There is a bill right now going to Parliament called Bill C284 which is to support a national eye care strategy. All of the groups like the Canadian Ophthalmology Society, Canadian Association of Optometrists, CNIB - there are over a dozen groups - we're all working together to put our voices behind this really important strategy."

Currently, FBC is creating awareness about an advanced form of dry, age-related macular degeneration call Geographic Atrophy, also known as G.A.

It is estimated there are around 200-thousand Canadians living with the condition.

Moniz says the only treatment in Canada right now are nutritional supplements.  The only other treatment is available in the U.S. and requires injections in the eye.

Learn more about Fighting Blindness Canada and their work with vision research.  Catch Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon.