Facial Recognition and the Brain
Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
Mahadeo Sukhai
Vice President of Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer
Mahadeo Sukhai is the Vice President of Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
Light Pollution
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
How We See
Learn about how human vision works as well as some common types of vision problems.
Vanessa Russell
Apprenticeship Program Project Manager
Vanessa Russell is an Apprenticeship Program Project Manager for Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada.
Zoetrope
Zoetropes are an early form of animation technology. Learn about this Ingenium artifact and make your own version of this artifact using 3D printing!
How Do We See Colour?
How does the human eye see visible light as colour? And why do some people see more colours than others?
How do movies move?
Explore the concept of persistence of vision in this hands on activity.
How do I see colour?
How is light connected to the colours we see? In this STEAM activity make a colourful light catcher and discover why we see different colours?
Eye vs. Camera
The human eye lets us see the world by sending impulses to our nervous system. In many ways, it is very similar to other optical devices, including cameras.
Rachel Gardiner
Optometrist
Rachel Gardiner is an Optometrist located in Newfoundland.
Cary Supalo
Research Scientist
Cary Supalo is a research scientist for the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University.