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British Columbia Children's Hospital is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. It specializes in health care for patients from birth to age 16. It is also a teaching and research facility for children's medicine. The hospital also operates the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, which provides specialized services to children and youth with developmental disabilities aged birth to 19.The hospital is adjacent to the B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre. Previously, the two were officially a single organization and were known as the Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia.Working with the hospital and the community, the BC Children's Hospital Foundation raises funds to support and enhance the delivery of pediatric care in British Columbia. The Foundation provides funding to B.C. Children’s Hospital, as well as its sister facilities, the Child & Family Research Institute and Sunny Hill Health Centre, to support research into childhood diseases, the purchase of medical equipment, and a range of child health education and training programs.HistoryB.C. Children’s Hospital's roots go back to the establishment of a fund for crippled children by the B.C. Women’s Institute in 1923. In 1928, Vancouver’s Crippled Children’s Hospital admitted its first patient at its Hudson Street location. In 1933, a new Crippled Children’s Hospital opened on West 59th Avenue. In 1947, it was renamed Children’s Hospital "to exemplify the growing awareness that children are not defined by their illnesses."

The Vancouver Convention Centre , is a convention centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; it is one of Canada's largest convention centres. With the opening of the new West Building in 2009, it now has 466,500 ft² of meeting space. It is owned by the British Columbia Pavilion Corporation, a crown corporation owned by the government of British Columbia.East BuildingThe East Building is located in Canada Place, which it shares with a cruise ship terminal, and the Pan Pacific hotel. It has 133,000 ft² (12,400 m²) of space, including a 91,205 ft² (8,500 m²) column-free, dividable exhibition hall, 20 meeting rooms, and a ballroom.The East building served as the Main Press Centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics.West BuildingThe West Building is directly adjacent to Canada Place and consists of of convention space, of retail space along a public waterfront promenade, and 440 parking stalls. Surrounding the building are of walkways, bikeways, public open space and plazas, for a total project area of of land and over water. The project also supplies infrastructure for future water based developments including an expanded marina, a float plane terminal, and water-based retail opportunities. The design architect for the expansion is LMN Architects of Seattle, in association with Vancouver firms MCM Architects and DA Architects + Planners. Morrison Hershfield ensured quality assurance and conducted enhanced field review during construction of all building envelope components including innovative curtain wall glazing and green roof. On February 9, 2010 the building was certified LEED Platinum by the Canada Green Building Council.