World-Leading Centre
The world's largest, most advanced and most comprehensive facility devoted to spinal cord injury research and patient care was opened. The six-storey, $45-million centre is home to ICORD, which stands for International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries and is a partnership of the University of British Columbia, the Rick Hansen Foundation, the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. ICORD has more than 300 researchers working to develop strategies that will help people adapt to and recover from spinal cord injuries.