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Terrance Stanley Fox, CC , Order of the Dogwood, athlete, humanitarian, cancer research activist (born 28 July 1958 in Winnipeg , MB; died 28 June 1981 in New Westminster , BC ). After losing his right leg to cancer at age 18, Terry Fox decided to run across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research.
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timeline Terry Fox. After losing his right leg to cancer at age 18, Terry Fox decided to run across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. With the use of a customized running prothesis, he set out from St. John's, Newfoundland, on 12 April 1980 and covered 5,373 km in 143 days — an average of 42 km (26 miles) per day.He was forced to stop his Marathon of Hope outside.
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Communities, businesses and individuals donated $1.7 million while Fox was running. A national CTV telethon in his honour a week after his marathon ended brought in $10.5 million. Since then, annual Terry Fox runs and other Terry Fox Foundation initiatives across Canada and around the world have raised almost $800 million for cancer research.
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A Canadian humanitarian, activist, and athlete, Terry Fox has finally been honoured in Downtown Toronto in a long-awaited public art installation beside the Toronto Music Garden at 439 Queens Quay West.
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(CBC) A new public art installation honouring the legacy of Canadian icon Terry Fox was unveiled in Toronto on Thursday.
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Who was Terry Fox? Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. After losing his leg to cancer at only 18 years of age, Terry set out to do the impossible: run across Canada, one marathon a day, in pursuit of his dream to find a cure for cancer. What was the Marathon of Hope?
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Terrance Stanley Fox CC OD (July 28, 1958 - June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east-to-west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.
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Terry Fox Legacy Art Project Toronto Credit: Legacy Art Project Toronto and DTAH. The City is partnering with Waterfront Toronto, Legacy Art Project Toronto and the Waterfront Business Improvement Area (BIA) to install public art at Toronto Music Garden, commemorating the legacy of Canadian athlete, humanitarian and activist Terry Fox.
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Legacy Art Project Toronto and its working group include diverse members of Toronto's community from business and civic leaders to philanthropists, planners, architects and dedicated volunteers. " This public space project is built on the spirit of courage, determination, and action that Terry Fox embodied.
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(Jane Robertson/CBC) Terry's journey came to an end on Sept. 1 outside Thunder Bay, Ont., when he was overcome by a coughing fit and severe chest pains. The next day, he held a press conference.
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Before his death on June 28, 1981, Terry had achieved his once unimaginable goal of $1 from every Canadian. More importantly, he had set in motion the framework for an event, The Terry Fox Run, that would ignite cancer research in Canada, raising more than $850 million since 1980, and bring hope and health to millions of Canadians.
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The Terry Fox Legacy Art Project was made possible with the funding and installation support of the City of Toronto, the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), the Legacy Art Project Toronto, the Waterfront BIA, the Toronto Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
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Terry Fox (born July 28, 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada—died June 28, 1981, New Westminster, British Columbia) Canadian activist who became a national hero and an inspirational figure for his battle against cancer. Through his Marathon of Hope event, a race across Canada, he raised millions of dollars for cancer research.
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Legacy Art Project honouring Terry Fox aims to inspire visitors POSTED: SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 In This Blog: Waterfront Toronto has been working with individuals and charitable foundations who share our vision of a world-class waterfront.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 9 min to read JOIN THE CONVERSATION A photo from June 29, 1980, of Terry Fox and The Star's Leslie Scrivener. TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO
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The Terry Fox Run is an annual non-competitive charity event held around the world to raise money for cancer research in commemoration of Canadian cancer activist Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope. The event was founded in 1981 by Isadore Sharp, who had contacted Terry in hospital by telegram and expressed his wishes to hold an.