Dr. Colin Bain was born and raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He attended both Grande Prairie Regional College and the University of Alberta prior to receiving his Doctor of Optometry with honours from the University of Waterloo in 2014. Dr. Bain’s clinical training included an externship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas where he gained extensive knowledge of the management of diabetic retinopathy, among various other ocular pathologies. Dr. Bain is committed to providing eye care internationally, completing an externship at Lion’s Sight First Eye Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, and two volunteer trips in Peru and Romania, with more planned in the future. Dr. Bain is a member of both the Alberta Association of Optometrists, and the Canadian Association of Optometrists.