During a tour of the new Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Ida Chong, Minister of Technology, Trade and Economic Development, and Rick Hansen, president and CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, listen to John Steeves, director of International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries, explain how a specially built treadmill is used to evaluate wheelchair design. The Blusson Spinal Cord Centre in Vancouver is the world's largest, most advanced and most comprehensive facility devoted to spinal cord injury research and patient care. The Province provided $12.9 million for the centre through its B.C. Knowledge Development Fund. [News release]
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