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ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) is a UBC Research Centre that is focused on spinal cord injury (SCI). Our research platform includes two Research Programs, each of which span Discovery and Clinical Research: • CURE—to accelerate the search for a cure for spinal cord injury, and • QOL—to enhance the quality of life for people living with spinal cord injury ICORD currently has 38 Principal Investigators and more than 250 trainees. ICORD researchers received more than $20 million in competitive research grants in 2009-10, with almost $4.9 million of that funding for spinal cord injury research projects. ICORD PIs come from many different departments at UBC, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology and the University of Victoria, which demonstrates the wide breadth of expertise within the Centre. ICORD PIs include five Chairs that were established through the support of the Rick Hansen Foundation as well as various Canada Research Chairs, MSFHR Scholars, and CIHR New Investigators. ICORD is located within the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre (BSCC) on the site of Vancouver General Hospital and is thus also a part of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI). The BSCC includes ICORD, the multidisciplinary Brenda & David McLean Integrated Spine Clinic of VCH, and the Rick Hansen Institute (RHI).

Welcome to the Department of Psychology, the largest academic unit in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. Our 60 faculty members and 132 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows conduct research across the spectrum of psychology representing these sub-disciplinary specializations: Behavioural Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive Science, Developmental, Health, Teaching and Learning, Quantitative Methods, and Social/Personality. Our academic programs offer enriched teaching and learning experiences to position our students for success in graduate studies, as scientists, or in careers in the public and private sectors. Our students graduate with a breadth of skills and outlooks needed for the workplace and the world.

We are UBC Sailbot, an engineering design team based at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. We specialize in building small and medium-sized autonomous vessels, handling everything from design and construction, to system integration and testing. As passionate engineering students from all backgrounds, we strive to challenge engineering boundaries by designing reliable autonomous sailboats. We provide unique opportunities for students to develop their technical experience in a multidisciplinary environment, along with teamwork and leadership skills, all while contributing to innovations in the field of marine engineering.

The UBC Sauder School of Business is Canada's leading academic business school, maintaining an international reputation for excellence in research and learning, and unmatched global partnerships. The faculty has more than 2,700 students in Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs, and boasts over 40,000 alumni in 80 countries. Located in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia, rated by the Economist Intelligent Unit as the world's top city in its global liveability rankings, the school draws from the internationalism of the city and its Pacific Rim setting to provide an unrivalled global business perspective. The school is situated in the heart of the spectacular UBC campus, home to forest, ocean and mountain vistas. A second campus, Robson Square, is located in the heart of Vancouver's bustling downtown peninsula. The business school was renamed the Sauder School of Business in 2003 in recognition of the support and generosity of William Sauder, BCom 1948, Chancellor Emeritus of UBC and former Chairman of Interfor.

The UBC Sauder School of Business is Canada's leading academic business school, maintaining an international reputation for excellence in research and learning, and unmatched global partnerships. The faculty has more than 2,700 students in Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs, and boasts over 40,000 alumni in 80 countries. Located in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia, rated by the Economist Intelligent Unit as the world's top city in its global liveability rankings, the school draws from the internationalism of the city and its Pacific Rim setting to provide an unrivalled global business perspective. The school is situated in the heart of the spectacular UBC campus, home to forest, ocean and mountain vistas. A second campus, Robson Square, is located in the heart of Vancouver's bustling downtown peninsula. The business school was renamed the Sauder School of Business in 2003 in recognition of the support and generosity of William Sauder, BCom 1948, Chancellor Emeritus of UBC and former Chairman of Interfor.

Welcome to the extended KIN community on LinkedIn! We are happy to have you with us here as we are strengthened and enriched by our partnerships with the community beyond the School’s walls. Since its foundation in 1946, the School has had an extraordinary impact through its graduates on shaping the identity of British Columbians through physical activity, sport and wellbeing. Over the past 75 years, our alumni community has contributed immensely to the culture of active living for which BC is famous. The School has evolved to become one of the most interdisciplinary programs at UBC. And as a result, our community is rich and diverse – with impacts on health care delivery, chronic disease and injury prevention, physical literacy in children, understanding balance deficits among society’s elder population, international diplomacy and how to help Canada’s athletes and coaches optimize their performance, improving the health of people in marginalized communities, socio-cultural issues – disability, mental health, Indigenous health, sexual abuse, the effects of social media and pop culture, gender identity, sustainability, and inclusion. We invite your participation in the future of the School of Kinesiology. We want you to stay active and connected! And we hope to be able to continue to give back to you in some way on this page, be it as a career network hub, an information source, cutting edge, evidence-based research findings, or informative conversations about the advancement of Kinesiology in society. Thank you for joining us here! Dr. Robert Boushel, Director of the School of Kinesiology

The School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) at UBC focuses on training the next generation of public health leaders to generate new knowledge and work to improve and sustain the health of all people, in Canada and abroad. The School is among the most research-intensive units at UBC in terms of competitive research funding and career awards per faculty member. Welcome to our current students, faculty and staff, as well as to our hard-working alumni, and prospective students interested in a career in public health.

The UBC Social Enterprise Club envisions a global community of students who use Social Enterprise to improve their own communities and those of others. They discuss and work in Social Enterprise, a field which combines altruism with entrepreneurship to propose innovative business solutions to social problems. To realize this vision, the Social Enterprise Club seeks to educate students about all aspects of Social Enterprise, engage students in active examples of Social Enterprise, and connect students to Social Enterprise organizations and professionals and other passionate students, locally and internationally. Whether you’ve been involved in Social Enterprise before or you’re completely new to the field, Social Enterprise Club welcomes you into a community of individuals who share a desire to learn about and be involved in Social Enterprise. In the coming year, the Social Enterprise Club will offer many exciting events and opportunities for you to deepen your knowledge, be engaged, and become inspired.