BC Government announces funding for PARC

Provincial MLA Naomi Yamamoto and BC Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux were at ICORD on July 14th to announce some exciting news: a $350,000 investment by the Province to support ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC), a Read More…

ICORD researcher releases ground-breaking data

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable debilitating condition characterized by inflammation and pain in the joints. Because of this, people with RA may suffer from chronic pain, as well as restricted range of motion, leading to a lower quality of Read More…

Seed grants awarded for Spring 2014

Seed Grants are designed to support novel research projects proposed by ICORD Principal Investigators and Investigators. Funding for these initiatives is provided by the Rick Hansen Foundation through the Blusson Integrated Cures Partnership. The following projects were funded in the Read More…

Congratulations to Jacquelyn Cragg, ASIA Apple Award recipient!

Congratulations to ICORD trainee Jacquelyn Cragg and her colleagues Dr. Vanessa Noonan and ICORD PIs Drs. Andrei Krassioukov, and Jaimie Borisoff, for winning the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury (SCI) research! Read More…

Two new awards for visiting trainees and scholars

We are pleased to announce two new awards! The VISIT program is for international trainees, and the ICORD Distinguished Visiting Scholar is available for scholars who are visiting ICORD. Funding for these opportunities is provided by the Rick Hansen Foundation as part of Read More…

PARC featured on Breakfast Television

ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) was featured on Breakfast Television! On the morning of Thursday Feb 27th, Breakfast TV LiveEye host Dawn Chubai came in to the PARC to talk with ICORD Research Developer Jocelyn Tomkinson about the important Read More…