Given that CDL-Recovery exists to bring success to ventures committed to dealing with the impact of Covid-19 on Canada, I need to support ventures as requested. Daily job may include market analysis, customer development, financial analysis, and other core activities related to building early stage start-ups as designated by CDL-Recovery mentors and allocated by the […]

The Digital Lab is an integrated unit of both BC Children’s Hospital and the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. In alignment with the vision of both organizations, we produce and manage a portfolio of digital innovation projects that aim to improve pediatric health and healthcare services; including research, education, health advocacy, and the […]

I will be working as an Accounting Intern at the John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland. The John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland supports some of the most vulnerable people who are impacted by COVID-19, including the homeless population and individuals with disabilities. This internship can help the organization ensure that they are […]

The Creative Destruction Lab is a seed venture development program for massively scalable science and technology based ventures founded to positively impact the human condition. The CDL has instituted a unique summer program in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerates ventures that address Covid-19 in terms of information-based solutions. CDL-West, based at UBC Sauder […]

31 pairs of spinal nerves, containing both sensory and motor nerve fibers, serves two important functions: pathway for sensory, motor impulses and are essential for spinal reflexes. Damage of spinal nerves has been one of the major concerns in diagnosis, treatment and spinal intervention. This project proposes to promptly and accurately extract neurological structures from […]

This project will build on system mapping that has been started by our partner organization, The Alliance to End Homelessness (Ottawa), to understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on the homeless population in Ottawa, including gaps in services and barriers in accessing services, and innovations that are happening to enable more effective services.

Les troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) sont reconnus depuis plus de trois siècles par le Manuel Diagnostique et Statistiques des Troubles Mentaux (DSM). Cependant, cette classification diagnostique ne permet pas de prendre en compte la majeure partie de la population qui présente des attitudes et des comportements alimentaires inappropriés (ACAI), pouvant mener à un TCA. […]

The John Howard Society is a social services organization that supports over 25 different programs in Community Living Services, Community Services and Justice Services throughout the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Prince George and the Yukon Territory. As a result of COVID-19 the organization has taken multiple hits from reduced number of employees due to COVID-19 […]

1 in 5 people suffer from a mental illness, such as depression, Alzheimer’s & Parkinon’s during their lifetime. Currently, there are no treatments for these diseases, because the underlying causes of these diseases is not known. Neurescence has developed a technology that is essential for understanding how local and long-range neuronal circuits form to create […]

Health care systems in Canada and countries around the world are challenged by increasing demands for services, while providing those services within fixed health agency budgets. To address these challenges, the Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation, Loblaw Company Limited and Green Shield Canada has formed a collaborative partnership. The proposed research will engage academic […]

There is a growing body of evidence that certain combinations of bioactives derived from natural source products may have potent effect on neuritogenesis and foster neuronal cell viability. The effect of neuron plasticity suggests there are potential treatments of major neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions. In this project we are proposing to use a robust in […]

Background: The Creative Destruction Lab is a seed venture development program for massively scalable science and technology based ventures founded to positively impact the human condition. The CDL has instituted a unique summer program in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerates ventures that address Covid-19 in terms of information-based solutions. CDL-West, based at UBC […]