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	Terry Fox Laboratory [BC Cancer Research Centre]
		The Terry Fox Laboratory represents a young and dynamic multidisciplinary Unit at the forefront of research to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
		The Terry Fox Laboratory was formally established in 1981 as a joint undertaking between the British Columbia Cancer Agency, the B.C. Cancer Foundation, the University of British Columbia and the National Cancer Institute of Canada.
		All of the Faculty of the Terry Fox Laboratory have appointments in one or more Departments at the University of British Columbia and are strongly committed to the training of students at every level in all aspects of modern research.
	www.bccrc.ca /tfl (406 words)

	Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program
		In 1977, 18-year-old Terry Fox, while a student at Simon Fraser University was diagnosed with bone cancer and lost his right leg to prevent the spread of the disease.
		Terry Fox has received numerous honours - including the Order of Canada, a postage stamp, several memorials, schools, a mountain and an HBO movie - but his greatest legacy is the annual Terry Fox Run which is held in cities across Canada and around the world.
		Terry was also featured as one of CBCs "Greatest Canadians" and is currently the subject of a pictoral biography recently released by Douglas Coupland.
	www.terryfox.org /english/terry.html (356 words)

	TERRY FOX THEATRE - Port Coquitlam, BC
		With a seating capacity of 336, the Terry Fox Theatre is the largest venue in the north-east sector encompassing the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody.
		Although attached to the school, the theatre is operated as a stand-alone professional facility by the Terry Fox Theatre Advisory Group (TAG), a registered federal charity governed by a volunteer board of directors.
		The Terry Fox Theatre exists to inspire, educate and entertain students, families and residents of the Tri-Cities, and to celebrate the cultural diversity of the people who live here.
	www.terryfoxtheatre.com (315 words)

	CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top Ten Greatest Canadians - Terry Fox
		Terrance Stanley Fox was born July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Rolly and Betty Fox.
		Fox's plan was to start in St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 and to finish on the west coast of Vancouver Island on September 10.
		Terry Fox Runs are held yearly in 60 countries now and more than 360 million have been raised for cancer research.
	www.cbc.ca /greatest/top_ten/nominee/fox-terry.html (2045 words)

	Terry Fox - Interesting People - Cool Canada - Library and Archives Canada
		It began when Terry Fox was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
		Terry began his "Marathon of Hope" on April 12, 1980 as he dipped his artificial foot in the Atlantic Ocean.
		However, the grueling pace that Terry set for himself, through rain or shine, was cut short when doctors discovered that cancer had spread to his lungs.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /cool/002027-2106-e.html (263 words)

	The Chiangmai Terry Fox Run - 1999
		Terry Fox was a brave young Canadian who had his right leg amputated above the knee in 1977 following cancer diagnosis.
		While in the hospital Terry was so overcome by the suffering of cancer patients that he decided to run across Canada to raise awareness of the disease and funds for cancer research The run became known as the Marathon of Hope.
		Terry had been equipped with an artificial limb following his operation, and not only did he learn to walk again, but through sheer grit and determination he learned to run as well.
	www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com /terry_fox_1999.html (1136 words)

	Terry Fox at AllExperts
		Terry (Terrance) Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Rolly and Betty Fox.
		Soon after Fox was forced to stop, the CTV television network organized a telethon in hopes of raising additional funds for the cause.
		The Terry Fox Run was established a few years after his death and has raised hundreds of millions around the world.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/te/terry_fox.htm (1222 words)

	Terry Fox: The Labyrinth and Other Works \| essay by Constance Lewallen
		Fox believes the architects knew of the underground river and calculated the height of the cathedral accordingly, since the water table is precisely the same distance below the ground as the top of the cathedral is above it.
		Fox set this trap for unsuspecting spectators so that, in tripping over the ring, they would be shaken into a new awareness, in preparation for experiencing the full installation.
		Fox experimented in drawings with alternate configurations of the labyrinth: changing the turns to ninety-degree angles, which opens up the pattern and forms three crosses; drawing it linearly on a long piece of adding-machine paper; and so on.
	thegalleriesatmoore.org /publications/foxcl.shtml (1785 words)

	Famous People - celebrity and historical
		Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 –; June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist.
		He was proclaimed a national hero, and the annual Terry Fox Run events organized all across Canada, in the United States, and in other countries around the world, have raised more than $360 million for cancer research.
		His story is dramatized in the 1983 HBO TV movie, The Terry Fox Story, which the Fox family always has criticized as being too negative as it depicts Terry as having a fiery temper.
	www.famouspeople.com /famous_biographies/terry_fox.htm (580 words)

	Terry Fox Statue - Ottawa Attractions
		In 1980, Terry Fox, who had lost a leg to cancer, began a coast-to-coast journey across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
		Terry Fox began his "Marathon of Hope" in St. John's, Newfoundland in April 12, 1980 and ended it on September 1, 1980 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
		Although Terry Fox did not make it across Canada, he did raise nearly $25 million dollars for cancer research, an equivalent of almost $1 for each Canadian.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /terry_fox.html (266 words)

	Terry Fox
		Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but he was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
		When he was a teen, Terry Fox was very much involved in various sports, but at the age of 18, he was diagnosed with bone cancer, and had to have his right leg amputated above the knee.
		Terry never finished his run, stopping near Thunder Bay, Ontario after having run 5373 kilometers over 143 days worn out and in need of medical attention as his cancer reappeared in his lungs.
	www.canadians.ca /more/profiles/f/f_terry_fox.htm (237 words)

	The Seattle Times: Living: Cancer fighter's "Marathon of Hope": 25 years later, Terry Fox still inspires
		Terry Fox lost a leg to bone cancer at 18 but ran 3,339 miles across Canada in 1980.
		Terry Fox ran his way into the hearts of Canadians with an astonishing physical effort.
		Terry Fox Runs were made last year by 2.2 million people in more than 50 countries, in cities as diverse as Sydney and Zagreb, Kabul and Caracas.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/living/2002403777_terryfox27.html?syndication=rss (1291 words)

	Terry Fox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Terry Fox Laboratory represents a young and dynamic multidisciplinary Unit at the forefront of research to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
		As Ontario's tribute to Terry Fox's contribution to his country, this statue and monument is dedicated to his memory on behalf of all Ontario citizens.
		The Terry Fox Hall of Fame is a tribute to the courage and spirit of Canadians who have triumphed over their disabilities and to those who have helped them strive toward their goals.
	www.sesd.sk.ca /psychology/Psych20/Terry_Fox.htm (990 words)

	The My Hero Project - Terry Fox
		Terry Fox lost his leg to cancer when he was a teenager.
		Terry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1958.
		The reason I chose Terry is because he encouraged me to run in the Terry Fox Run which raised over one millon dollars.
	myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=terryfox (788 words)

	Terry Fox
		Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but he was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
		Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast.
		Terry was so weak when he tried to walk across the street to a car so they could get a bite to eat outside the hospital, he collapsed.
	www.fortunecity.com /marina/shark/180/id62.htm (2753 words)

	Terry Fox \| MetaFilter
		I was only 10 years old when Terry dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean and began his run across Canada with the aim of raising just $1 for each Canadian.
		Terry Fox is the only individual featured in the movie because, as Coupland's narration explains, he's the only person everyone in Canada can agree on.
		Terry Fox was Character and Courage and a lot more, he was also Determination Incarnate.
	www.metafilter.com /45191/Terry-Fox (2373 words)

	Amazon.ca: Terry Fox: His Story (Revised): Books: Leslie Scrivener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Terry Fox may not have been a saint, but neither does he need to be beatified biographically.
		Terry's one-legged run halfway across Canada in 1980 is a story of great national pride here, and indeed many countries have caught on to the spirit.
		Terry's tragic, heroic story is commemorated every year with the fundraising "Terry Fox Run", held around the world, with the proceeds going towards cancer research.
	www.amazon.ca /Terry-Fox-His-Story-Revised/dp/0771080190 (1050 words)

	Terry Fox Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Terry Fox has a special place in the hearts of everyone at Briarcrest, and we try to do our little bit to keep the Marathon of Hope going.
		Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean.
		Terry Fox was a very great man. He walked 5,000 miles.
	schools.tdsb.on.ca /briarcrest/terry.html (339 words)

	The Terry Fox Run Singapore :: The Marathon of Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port
		An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated six inches above the knee in 1977.
		While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
	www.terryfoxsingapore.org /scs-runforhope/about_terryfox_inspired.htm (608 words)

	Ronald Feldman Fine Arts: Terry Fox: Illuminations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the works of Terry Fox, text, time, sound, objects, symbol and space are interwoven to such an extent that real space and mental space combine to create a new space.
		Terry Fox, a central participant in the West Coast performance, video, and conceptual art movements emerging in the late 1960’s, developed a new aesthetic that combined the visual arts with text and also explored the properties of sound and its relationship to space.
		With an economy of means, Fox explores the interrelationship of the senses and the concept of synaesthesia.
	www.artnet.com /event/117833/terry-fox-illuminations.html (576 words)

	Amazon.ca: Terry: Books: Douglas Coupland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Terry has been written with the support of the Fox family and the design reflects the style of Douglas Coupland’s Souvenir projects, mixing more than 145 superb photographs of a previously unknown collection of family memorabilia with a very moving text about Terry’s life and the Marathon of Hope.
		Terry Fox was the Hero that Canada always needed.
		Since Terry Fox has already won a place in the hearts of Canada maybe the world should know more about the story of the young man who used every cell in his body to fight the disease that was cuting his life way too shot.
	www.amazon.ca /Terry-Douglas-Coupland/dp/1553651138 (1007 words)

	Terry Fox
		At the age of 18 Terry lost his right leg to cancer.His dream of running a cross-country marathon to raise money and awareness began the night before his surgery.
		Terry ran 3,339 miles, until he was forced to stop his run in Thunder Bay Ontario.
		Terry gave hope where there was none, and courage where there was only fear.
	www.geocities.com /kkaiser61/terryfox.html (194 words)

	Terry Fox
		Terry that he would be able to run again, and it inspired him to take on a challenge that would eventually raise
		Terry’s goal of a dollar for every Canadian had been reached and exceeded.
		Terry Fox’s honours and awards are too numerous to list in full here, but they include the following.
	members.aol.com /rmcdiarmid/terryfox.html (1210 words)

	TERRY FOX THEATRE - Port Coquitlam, BC
		In 1998, the provincial government’s announcement that a new replacement school would be built for Terry Fox Secondary School in Port Coquitlam caught the imagination and interest of the arts community.
		That group of individuals named itself the Terry Fox Theatre Advisory Group (TAG) and subsequently mounted a successful fund-raising campaign to equip the theatre with state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment.
		The Terry Fox Theatre played a dual role right from the beginning by serving as a school and a community theatre capable of showcasing an exciting array of professional, amateur and student productions.
	www.terryfoxtheatre.com /about_us.htm (300 words)

	Terry Fox - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Terry Fox - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fox, Terry (1958-1981), Canadian athlete, whose transcontinental run helped raise more than $24 million for cancer research, making him a national...
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	encarta.msn.com /Terry_Fox.html (115 words)

	About Terry Fox - Terry Fox Day - Simon Fraser University
		Terry was an 18 year old first year Kinesiology student at SFU and a member of the SFU junior varsity basketball team in 1977 when he was diagnosed with bone cancer that resulted in the amputation of his right leg six inches above the knee.
		After undergoing chemotherapy and seeing other people, particularly children, suffering with cancer, Terry decided that he wanted to make a difference in the world, he wanted to do something to help cure this dreadful disease.
		In November 2004, Canadians voted Terry Fox the second Greatest Canadian of all time, after Tommy Douglas, following a nationwide contest organized by CBC (over 1.2 million votes were cast).
	www.sfu.ca /terryfox/about.html (1275 words)

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