The Bloorview Research Institute (BRI) is embedded within Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital that is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It has ranked amongst Canada’s top 40 research hospitals for more than a decade. The institute is the only university-affiliated research institute in Canada dedicated to pediatric disability and one of very few around the world. BRI brings together teams of top researchers and trainees from a wide array of disciplines including physicians, psychologists, allied health professionals, engineers, neuroscientists, sociologists and even urban planners.Together, they work collaboratively with the community to co-design and conduct transformative, clinically relevant research focused on childhood onset disability, injury and developmental diversity.