The University of British Columbia’s Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Centre was inaugurated as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence on Thursday September 1, 2016, one of only two centres in Canada to attain the designation from the Federation Internationale de Football Association, based in Zurich.
Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer, Mr. Steve Reed, Vice President of Canada Soccer Association and Dr. Deborah Money, Executive Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine were among those speaking at the ceremony, while others such as Bob Lenarduzzi, President of Vancouver Whitecaps FC joined as special guests.
The prestigious designation comes at an exciting time for soccer at UBC (with 53,300 students) and within British Columbia and Canada.