Healthcare and Research
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre (ICORD)
Vancouver, BC
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The realization of this dream will have an extraordinary impact on the community of people living with spinal cord injury across this country today, and those who will be injured in the future,” Rick Hansen, President and CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation
Opened in November 2008, the ICORD at Vancouver General Hospital is the most advanced integrated research and treatment centre for spinal cord injuries in the world.
ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) is a joint initiative between the Rick Hansen Man-In-Motion Foundation, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. Dedicated to finding new ways to promote recovery after spinal cord injury, ICORD is a unique facility and one of the first in the world to integrate treatment and research for persons with spinal cord injuries.
Fully Accessible, this world-class facility integrates basic, clinical, rehabilitation and community research to improve functional independence and quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries.
- New 6-storey building
- 110,000 sf of laboratory, offices, support spaces
- 300 researchers working closely with each other and with people living with spinal cord injuries.
This project is a collaboration between Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated of Winnipeg.