Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Group photo from the Centre’s 2025 Annual Meeting, where Breakthrough T1D revealed a transformative donation from the Canucks for Kids Fund.

JDRF Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia

JDRF Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia

Read more about the JDRF Centre of Excellence on the JDRF Website

UBC launches Canada’s first JDRF Centre of Excellence for Type I diabetes research

UBC launches Canada’s first JDRF Centre of Excellence for Type I diabetes research

Read more about the JDRF Centre of Excellence on the UBC Website

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) & UBC Faculty of Medicine launched Canada’s first Centre of Excellence in type 1 diabetes research in December 2021. In 2025, Canucks for Kids gave a transformative donation to the Centre.

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

The Centre allows for rapid progress and efficiently translation of discoveries in the lab to clinical solutions for people living with T1D

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

Welcome to the Breakthrough T1D Canucks for Kids Fund Centre of Excellence at UBC!

We respectfully acknowledge and thank the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh), and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations on whose unceded and traditional territories.