By admin on April 20, 2012
Trainee Peggy Assinck organized a team of enthusiastic ICORDians to play in HoopFest2012, a fundraising event in support of the BC Wheelchair Basketball Association. The team placed much better than last year’s entry, finishing in 5th place overall.
Click here for more great photos of the event taken by Gary Kripps.
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By admin on April 20, 2012
The ICORD Trainee Research Symposium, now in its second year, will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Thursday, May 10th. This Symposium is a one-day trainee-run initiative designed to give trainees a chance to present their research and hear from two plenary speakers studying different aspects of SCI research.
This year’s invited speakers, [...]
Posted in Announcements, Front Page News, Meetings, News | Tagged events, research, shrieber, symposium, tansey, trainee
By admin on April 20, 2012
Thanks to the generous support of Spinal Cord Injury BC, we are pleased to be able to webcast tonight’s Cafe Scientifique. Click here to tune in.
Everyone is welcome at a free Café Scientifique event.
Thursday 3 May, 6:30-9pm
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Atrium
Join ICORD researchers for refreshments and informal discussion about scientific and ethical issues [...]
Posted in Announcements, Front Page News, News | Tagged cafe scientifique, eijkholt, events, free, kwon, public events, stem cells, Tetzlaff
By admin on January 23, 2012
ICORD’s Annual Research Meeting for 2012 will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on February 21st and 22nd. All ICORD PIs, Investigators, Associate Members, staff and trainees are encouraged to participate. Registration and abstract deadline is February 8th.
Contact admin@icord.org to request a registration form.
Posted in Announcements, News | Tagged 2012, Annual Research Meeting, ARM, events
By admin on February 28, 2011
The atrium of the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre was filled with delighted music-lovers on snowy February 26th. After excellent previews in the Georgia Straight and Vancouver Sun, there was standing-room-only for Cathedrals of Science, a concert for choir and orchestra performed by Vancouver Cantata Singers. Choir member Dr. Evan Kreider documented the process of mounting [...]
Posted in News | Tagged cantata, cathedrals of science, concert, events, singers, vancouver
By admin on September 29, 2009
Don your cocktail attire and join ICORD and the Vancouver Cantata Singers for a unique interdisciplinary gala featuring live Classical & Jazz music in the architecturally-inspired atrium of the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, with libations, tasty hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction. Proceeds raised at this event will benefit both organizations.
On Saturday 14 November
818 West [...]
Posted in News | Tagged benefit, choir, chord, events, fundraising