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Hoopfest Fun

Hoopfest Fun

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.

Trainee Research Symposium takes place May 10th

Trainee Research Symposium takes place May 10th

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, [...]

Stem cells: safe or sinister? Cafe Scientifique will be webcast on May 3.

Stem cells: safe or sinister? Cafe Scientifique will be webcast on May 3.

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 [...]

ICORD Annual Research Meeting for 2012

ICORD Annual Research Meeting for 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.

Full house for world premiere

Full house for world premiere

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 [...]

Spinal Chord: a benefit supporting research & the arts

Spinal Chord: a benefit supporting research & the arts

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 [...]