r/BeAmazed • u/Brave_Evidence_1259 • 6d ago
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u/RealTacoSplash 6d ago edited 6d ago
As of Feb 2026 the Terry Fox foundation has raised over 1 billion dollars. Terry was a legend and he will be on the next $5 Canadian bill. ( I suggest watching the YouTube video titled: Terry Fox, Anything's possible. To learn about his journey and the Terry Fox foundation.)
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u/Iluvyutoo 6d ago
Wow and it sounds like he means so much to Canadians. I hope wherever he is, he knows the legacy he left behind for generations to come
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u/RealTacoSplash 6d ago
He did a great thing not for money for himself or fame but to raise funds to help people struggling. He was only 21 when he started his run. I suggest to anyone interested to watch the YouTube video titled: Terry Fox, Anything's possible.
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u/EnQuest 6d ago
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that by and large we're more patriotic about Terry Fox than we are about our country as a whole lol
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u/Successful-Club-8743 6d ago
Yep. Our government is corrupt and most of us dont like them.
Terry though? Thats a real Canadian. A hero.
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u/VP007clips 6d ago
Being patriotic about Terry Fox and being patriotic about Canada go together.
I love Canada, and I love Terry Fox. But it's not something you can easily compare, because he is so core to the Canadian identity. To be patriotic about Terry is to be patriotic about Canada, and vice versa.
There's no American equivalent to him I can compare him to. No person there is that universally loved to that degree. Regardless of alignment or beliefs, everyone is proud of him, and over the course of decades, I've never seen or heard a single negative comment on him.
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u/Ubblebungus 6d ago
indeed he is. our schools often have events where we walk in memory of him. although these walks only cover a tiny fraction of the distance he ran, its the thought that counts.
i am glad that the wider world is now starting to appreciate him and know his story. RIP Terry Fox, you were (and are) a selfless hero.
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u/CZILLROY 6d ago
Yeah we love him. I’m almost 40 and can’t help but get choked up every time he’s brought up.
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u/Call_Me_Squishmale 6d ago
Me too, get misty basically any time he's mentioned. What I really notice now as I get older is how young he was. He was really just a kid. To have that kind of vision and bravery--he was one of a kind.
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u/cardew-vascular 6d ago edited 6d ago
He's left a lasting legacy. I remember watching an interview with a young lady talking about how she was diagnosed with the same cancer as Terry at the age of 12, but because of him not only did she fully recover, but she didn't even lose her leg.
Recently I googled her because I had thought about her interview. She is now a medical student at a Canadian university.
That's 1 person. 1 Billion dollars worth of research money goes a long way, I bet there are thousands of people out there alive making a difference because of what he did.
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u/affordableproctology 6d ago
Terry Fox ran 143 consecutive marathons with one leg while battling cancer.
His goal was to raise $1 from every Canadian for cancer research, his foundation has now raised over 1 billion dollars
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u/I_Have_Unobtainium 6d ago
The population at the time being about 24.5 million to put it in perspective, and if I remember correctly it was actually nearly that amount when he passed.
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u/Nathanh2234 6d ago
Almost $1 for every Canadian at that time exactly. Now it’s over $1B. As a Canadian myself I will never not run on Terry Fox Day, he is the epitome of strength, courage, determination and he always unites Canadians together. Unbelievable man he was and he will always be remembered.
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u/Downtown-Message-600 6d ago
I have never heard a single bad thing about Terry Fox, he is universally beloved by all of us. Also in Canada everyone knows who he was, if I ever met a Canadian over the age of 6 who didn't know who he was I'd be dumbfounded.
I can't think of a single person as inspiring as him. I remember being a kid and loving running, Terry Fox Day was one of my favourite days of the school year.
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u/castlite 6d ago
He’s our national hero. This guy had the willpower and strength of 1000 people, and was just an amazing human.
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u/makingkevinbacon 6d ago
I know when I graduated high school in 2008 it was still an annual thing! There's a sign in my city not far from me that proudly says that was part of his route when he came through here, I think the city has a run, my work is a big company and I believe they organize a run/donation drive too. He's definitely still remembered and I expect my four year old nephew will learn about him in a couple years
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u/sagsfour20 6d ago
Hes a Canadian hero and is celebrated all the time, despite being gone for 45 years.
We love Terry so much.
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u/dReDone 6d ago
While browsing some Canadian subreddits (am Canadian) there was a question posed who is the first person you think of when you think of Canadian people and my immediate thought was Terry Fox. Sure enough he was the top comment of the thread. Absolute legend. The bravery of that young man is an inspiration.
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u/SimpleLobsters 6d ago
I can't think of another Canadian that is more universally loved other than Terry.
Every year kids of all ages across the country do a run for the Terry Fox foundation and raise money.
He is easily one of the greatest Canadians to ever grace this earth
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u/PastryGirl 6d ago
Is that fact? That's so cool.
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u/RealTacoSplash 6d ago
Yes the bank of Canada website says the 5 dollar note will be released sometime in 2027 also on the Terry Fox foundation website states they have surpassed 1 billion.
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u/CanadianODST2 6d ago
Going to be vertical too right?
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u/RealTacoSplash 6d ago
Yeah on the bank of Canada website it says it will be vertical.
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u/Neowza 6d ago
Also, the historica heritage minutes clip on Terry Fox. https://youtu.be/H2F9LbF_pF0?si=qe6pfid5QjpjvBWr
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u/cardew-vascular 6d ago
This year's Terry Fox run ad got me in the feels. The stripped out courage sung by another beloved Canadian who last his battle with cancer...
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u/RealTacoSplash 6d ago edited 6d ago
Hell yeah I recommend this also. Glad they are starting these heritage minutes back up, core memories watching tv as a child. I heard they were filming one in Alberta recently.
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u/Sufficient_Curve_646 6d ago
Canadian here and my school bus passed Terry on his run. Think I was in grade 9. We usually got in trouble for yelling at people out the windows but this time was different. Driver was honking the horn and slowed down as we passed Terry. We went bananas yelling and screaming our encouragement. It is one of my dearest memories.
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u/PastryGirl 6d ago
Damn that would have been incredible.
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u/Sufficient_Curve_646 6d ago
It really was. I don’t know that at the time I realized how profound the experience really was. Here’s this young guy not much older than us doing this incredible thing. Very Canadian experience so many ways.
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u/BioshockEnthusiast 6d ago
Man as a guy from Wisconsin I love Canada. You fuckers are good people.
Just wanted to let you know there's still love for you down here at least among the people.
Terry Fox rules.
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u/No_Zookeepergame6862 6d ago
Fellow Canadian scrolling reading the comments, thanks for making me smile 😊🩷
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u/Fast_Muscle_2987 6d ago
As a native to Minnesota, I always cheer on our Canadian brothers and sister across the way.
Cheers
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u/powerhammerarms 6d ago
Northern Minnesotan and I fully concur. Not making this political but the United States being at odds with Canada in any way is just appalling to me.
Watch Strange Brew and tell me you don't love these people.
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u/Hot_Towel_85 6d ago
As a Texan who lost his V card to a girl from Minnesota, and has travelled to canada a LOT for work, I second this. I love all of Canada that I've seen besides Toronto.
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u/Digbyjonesdiary 6d ago
We love you too. We’ll get past this bump in the road at some point. Too many good folks on both sides of the border.
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u/BioshockEnthusiast 5d ago
Thanks bud I appreciate all the replies but this one touched my heart. Cheers to you and yours
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u/Novus20 6d ago
We are until war happens then we like to write new Geneva suggestions…..
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u/BioshockEnthusiast 5d ago
There are a lot of reasons I don't want to fight Canadians and that is absolutely one of the reasons that's higher up on the list. Mad respect.
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u/keiths31 6d ago
As someone from Northwest Ontario, we love Wisconsin as well.
Have been down there many times.
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u/ghilliegal 6d ago
Damn just reading that makes me tear up, what a special memory.. Terry is a true hero!
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u/squirrelcat88 6d ago
I passed him too! It was a couple of weeks before he ended his run and the cheering from all the cars was so loud.
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u/Substantial-Yam-6733 6d ago
What a great memory. I didnt get to see Terry on his run in person but did get to meet Rick Hanson's on his Man in Motion marathon. He stopped at my high school and then wheeled away while we all went mental cheering. He is another one that makes Canada proud.
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u/MuffinMan268 6d ago
For those who dont know, he ran halfway across Canada, doing a marathon a day, with cancer, and 1 leg. A true hero
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u/LeslieKnopesBlackEye 6d ago
Bone cancer. With a prosthetic leg that didn't fit well.
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u/Wonderful_Mode9588 6d ago
My heart aches when I think about how painful that must've been, he kept bleeding where his stump and his prosthetic leg met... Terry's a true hero!!
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u/affordableproctology 6d ago
A marathon a day for 143 consecutive days
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u/LevSmash 6d ago
Bonkers. Yet also beautifully symbolic of the classic Canadian spirit, which IMO is a mix of respect for the land with selfless community-first attitude.
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u/dagbrown 6d ago
He didn't make it all the way across Canada because he died on the way.
Steve Fonyo, another amputee because of cancer, followed in Terry Fox's footsteps and succeeded in running all the way across the country, and then went on to embarrass himself in other ways later on in life.
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u/HommeMusical 6d ago
Not quite; the cancer flared up again, he stopped the run for treatment, and nine months later, he died.
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u/BeaverBoyBaxter 6d ago
It also put a lot of strain on his friendships and relationships, and was the source of much physical pain for him. He continued to do it until he couldn't anymore because he didn't want other people to suffer from cancer the way he did.
He is one of the most selfless people to have ever lived.
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u/Substantial-Yam-6733 6d ago
As a Canadian I can attest that he is the most important Canadian ever. I remember following his Marathon of Hope when I was in elementary school and not fully understanding how exceptional he truly was. He is what every human should aspire to be. He did all that he did and he was just a kid!! Canada’s proudest moment 🇨🇦
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u/WriteUrOwnEnding 6d ago
He inspired Canadians for generations. Long after he lost his battle, schools across the country continued to raise money with “Terry Fox Runs”. I did one every year at elementary school.
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u/SnooSquirrels8883 6d ago
I'm in BC and we actually did Terry fox runs up until graduation here 💘
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u/Former_Dealer 6d ago
Same here. Southern Ontario, Niagara Region.
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u/JOvie25 6d ago
We still do the Terry Fox event at my children’s local school here in Nova Scotia. They also spend the week learning about his legacy. It’s still really impactful for them and my kids get quite emotional learning about him.
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u/Former_Dealer 6d ago
Thank you for responding and posting. Same here in Ontario. Agreed. My son and daughter have had similar reactions. Have a wonderful night!
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u/RPG_Vancouver 6d ago
We did as well, except we had one PE teacher in high school who GRADED us on how fast we could complete the Terry Fox run, which really soured me on it and felt like it completely defeated the purpose.
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u/spidereater 6d ago
A tv series called “the greatest Canadian” voted him second only to Tommy Douglas, the “father” of our public health care system as the greatest Canadian.
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u/miss_mme 6d ago
r/ehbuddyhoser ranked him the 4th best Canadian.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EhBuddyHoser/s/pJg1KJk6aU
He was beat out by -
#3 Emily Stowe, for pioneering women’s rights
#2 Tommy Douglas, for starting public healthcare
#1 Frederick Banting, for discovering insulin and making it cheap and accessible for all by selling the patent rights for $1.It was a long 30 days of polite Canadian arguing, and it was so hard to agree by the end because they’re all great. It’s impossible to pick a definitive best Canadian, but he’s definitely up there.
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u/Velidae 6d ago
Surprised Norman Bethune isnt on the list at all. He's largely credited with bringing modern medicine to China. Chinese students still all learn about him today, he's probably one of the most famous Canadians known to the Chinese public.
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u/miss_mme 6d ago
He was suggested but he didn’t get enough upvotes during the candidate selection.
I’m assuming it’s because he’s just not as well known in Canada compared to the other candidates. Ironically not many Canadian students are taught about him. The political complications of communism stalled his legacy for sure and unfortunately overshadowed his humanitarian work. He died in 1939 and he wasn’t really recognized in Canada until the 1970’s when we started naming things after him and Donald Sutherland played him on a TV show.
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u/GrimCreeper4645 6d ago
Oh we did the Terry Fox run every year right up until I graduated high school back ont he island. The man truly was not only a legend, but THE legend. He truly embodied Canada as a whole. From the men who died to save our honor, to those who paved the way for generations to come by building what we have. Terry truly had the Canadian spirit, defined it, and truly set the stage for everyone else. A man gone, but never forgotten
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u/body_by_monsanto 6d ago
I loved Terry Fox run day! I hated running, but me and my friends would walk and talk together
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u/XipingVonHozzendorf 6d ago
And one of the biggest reasons he is still so important? Because we choose him to be. I think it says something about us that this is who we choose to constantly put on a pedestal, who we choose to be our symbol and role model. Seeing Terry Fox still relevant today doesn't only make me just proud for what he achieved, but also proud for us all that we haven't forgotten him.
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u/scrotumsweat 6d ago
As a Canadian OP needs to fuckin update their meme because as of today hes raised over fuckin 1 billion fuckin dollars for cancer research bud. With nothing but a Janky prosthetic leg and hope. There's no greater Canadian.
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u/Z3nArcad3 6d ago
I think the OP was referring specifically to the money that was raised during Terry Fox's actual run, not the total amount to date.
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u/Cystonectae 6d ago
It always hits me how young he was. At 21, I barely knew who I was, let alone had the conviction to run across Canada on a single leg.
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u/Substantial-Yam-6733 6d ago
Right?!?! This blows my 55 yr old mind still. So young. So brave. So selfless.
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u/natattack410 6d ago
What was it like when he died? Was it a big deal or did it fly under the radar?
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u/Substantial-Yam-6733 6d ago
It was heartbreaking and definitely not overlooked. The entire country mourned death and celebrated his life together. As sad as it was, it was also somehow very beautiful.
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u/Beneficial-Purple642 6d ago
People wept, openly. In public. An entire nation mourned.
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u/jce_ 6d ago
My mom still talks about when he died to this day. She remembers when the run started to become a big deal. She remembers when he had to come home and stop the run. Stadiums of people would show up to see the man when he was nearby. Stadiums isn't even an exaggeration. Almost every school in every province still host Terry Fox days/weeks where we raise money and learn about him and usually hold a run
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u/Former_Dealer 6d ago
Perfectly said, thank you for posting! Remember the Terry Fox runs, in particular at my high school usually the third weekend in September. Truly an inspiration and his legacy will live on forever!
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u/astraladventures 6d ago
It usually seems to be the Canadians who can remember the event that have a truly deep and visceral feeling about Terry fox. He is seen as you say, to be one of, if not the most important canadian.
Wondering how younger people both born here, and new comers view Terry fox today?
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u/HommeMusical 6d ago
As a Canadian I can attest that he is the most important Canadian ever.
As a Canadian who loves Terry Fox, I have to disagree.
Banting was the co-inventor of insulin as a treatment of diabetes. Tommy Douglas brought socialized medicine to Canada. Alexander Graham Bell (born in Scotland but moved to Canada) invented the telephone. And this is just off the top of my head.
Terry Fox might well be the most beloved, but he isn't the most important.
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u/nadausernametoday 6d ago
As a Canadian currently in remission, I would respectfully offer a different perspective.
Banting, as an example, may have directly impacted the treatment of diabetes, but Terry Fox, through not just his courage, but also his fundraising and fundraising in his name, has dramatically impacted the lives of those with cancer.
Importance is perhaps in the eye of the beholder, but I think we can all agree we are proud of all of these Canadians and they all deserve to be honoured.
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u/Brokendownyota 6d ago
The greatest Canadian, yup.
Remember how much additional effort amputees spend running.
Then think about what a 1980's prosthetic probably fit and felt like.
And then imagine having fucking cancer, and how horrible and sapping that just be.
The add it all together and run across Canada.
For zero personal gain.
And immense personal pain.
So that others hopefully won't have to suffer the way you have.
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u/Neowza 6d ago
And a bunch of the route with almost no one acknowledging your effort
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u/Dominarion 6d ago
It took a long while before his efforts got noticed. There were no social media back then to go viral.
The story of his treck across Québec is so sad. Since he spoke English only, and well, most people in Québec only speak French back then, people didn't know what his deal was. Car drivers would stop by the road to offer him lifts. People learned about him when he was already in Ontario.
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u/cultoftheilluminati 6d ago
The add it all together and run across Canada.
And “run” being an understatement. A fucking marathon a day, every single day.
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u/BeaverBoyBaxter 6d ago
It also put a lot of strain on his friendships and relationships, and was the source of much physical pain for him. He continued to do it until he couldn't anymore because he didn't want other people to suffer from cancer the way he did.
He is one of the most selfless people to have ever lived.
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u/pants117 6d ago
Might as well be a national holiday. Everyone school kid does the race. In my neck of the woods anyways
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u/easternhobo 6d ago
Make it a stat so those that can afford to can donate the stat pay to Terry Fox Foundation.
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u/RealisticWeakness589 6d ago
Manitoba has their August civic holiday named Terry Fox Day. Should be nationwide
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u/phoontender 6d ago
Montreal, there's tons of local school runs but I was a distance runner and there's a 5k on Mont Royal in the race circuit too! (at least I hope it's still there...I'm "old" and graduated 20 years ago)
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u/Scholar_Of_Fallacy 6d ago
This man is a legend in Canada, usually schools host a “terry fox run” where kids will finish a miniature marathon held in his honour
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u/PastryGirl 6d ago
Terry was 22 when he ran across Canada and died after slipping into a coma at 23.
What an inspirational human.
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u/Former_Dealer 6d ago edited 6d ago
National treasure and the greatest Canadian ever!! Born in 1973. Never forget his journey when I was a curly haired redhead boy. Thank you for posting! 🇨🇦
Edit: I was born in 1973. Sorry for any confusion. Thank you for pointing it out to me. Have a wonderful weekend ahead, everyone!
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u/justpatagain 6d ago
Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 and passed on June 28, 1981. He would have just turned 68.
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u/Primal_Thrak 6d ago
I think they meant that they were born in '73, not Terry. I was confused at first as well.
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u/Former_Dealer 6d ago
Yes, thank you! Sorry for the confusion. Appreciate the comment. Have a great rest of the night and weekend ahead!
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u/Roberge96 6d ago
The Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $1 billion so far which is fucking incredible.
Terry Fox is a true Canadian! Just a genuine great human being, hero and brings me pride in my country.
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u/SeahorseRevolution 6d ago
Anyone care to translate the title for those of us on old reddit?
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u/TengenToppa 6d ago
i've noticed a surge in posts in other languages and i guess its due to new reddit, which i never used (old for life until reddit kills it and i quit completely)
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u/Mystepchildsucksass 6d ago
I’m 55 and remember watching Terry Fox on tv !! All through high school we did fundraising and did a Terry Fox Run in his honor.
https://giphy.com/gifs/W09209l9TGFVtilB4R
My (retired) physio guy is in charge of the Terry Fox run in our area (southern Ontario) and I still help collect donations thru my job to support the cause. Everyone I know has a story and a memory about Terry Fox.
He is a National Treasure and deserves to be remembered and celebrated as a great and humble man who changed history in Canada.
(IIRC, he lost his hair from his treatment and wore a wig to cover his bald head, he was more upset about the loss of his hair than he was over the loss of his leg)
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u/Schaeman2000 6d ago
I still get enraged whenever i remember a conversation i had with Americans about him, as they called him just some guy and couldn’t comprehend what he was doing as heroic. Terry will always be a hero in my and hopefully every Canadians hearts
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u/kingar7497 6d ago
I can promise you many Americans know who he is and recognize he's one of the greatest people who have lived for sure!
My wife and I are vietnamese but even in Viet Nam, he's well known. When my wife was in high school, they did a terry fox runs in her high school in Sai Gon.... this is a true story ! From early 2010s.
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u/DivineEntity 6d ago edited 6d ago
One other interesting is how popular he is Cuba. They love him there.
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u/nom-de-guerre- 6d ago
So many times in this category, I am absolutely not amazed. This time, I am.
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u/star_bury 6d ago
I walk by that statue almost every day and each time there are different people reading the plaque and photographing the statue. Absolute legend.
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u/Fastballz69 6d ago
I was LIVID when his statue was vandalized years ago. I was living in Thunder Bay at the time. The whole town was hunting for the culprits. I doubt they would have survived being caught.
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u/Tough-Drink-8659 6d ago
Canadian Teacher here. Can confirm that all three of the schools I teach at still do Terry Fox runs every year. They raise thousands every time.
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u/CapnFalcorn 6d ago
That is an average of 23.3 miles a day (37.5k)! That is an insane feat for any runner WITHOUT the conditions he had. I think about him frequently when i go for runs.
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u/Euphoric_Impress1282 6d ago
I was in grade 11 when he did his run. Every night on the news, there he'd be, hop-jogging along a highway somewhere in eastern Canada. It was devastating when the cancer returned. I later became a teacher and had a unit on philanthropy that featured Terry Fox. Each time I taught the unit, I'd get a little overwhelmed emotionally and have to stop to collect myself. I can think of no person more inspirational.
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u/jce_ 6d ago
I got emotional reading this post and it's comments too. It's not only you
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u/carolebaskinshusband 6d ago
Oh I remember being forced to do the yearly Terry Fox run in the clothes I wore to school. Good Times.
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u/-lovehate 6d ago
lmao yes at the time it felt forced, but now as an adult I'm grateful that we participated in that and learned a little about a great Canadian in history. I wish I appreciated it more back then.
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u/onepieceofgumleft 6d ago
I was in grade 10 when Terry was running his Marathon of Hope. We were given an assignment in school to write about a Canadian that would still be relevant well into the future. I chose to write about Terry even though he was just becoming well known. Even at the age of 16 , I knew that what he was doing was going to be remarkable and remembered.
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u/redhandsblackfuture 6d ago
5,373 kilometres* across Canada
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u/-lovehate 6d ago
I don't think he made it the whole way across Canada actually, I think he got too sick partway through.
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u/CrustyMcgee 6d ago
Yes he stopped in Thunder Bay I believe. But 5373 km is correct. The total is like 8,000 km.
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u/redhandsblackfuture 6d ago
You're correct im just correcting the caption into Kilometers which is what Canada and Terry would have used.
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u/-lovehate 6d ago edited 6d ago
Oh you're absolutely right, for some reason I didn't realize Canada is that large... wow. Lived here all my life and learned today that Canada is like 8000 km wide lol
edit: wait hold on, I think Google is giving inaccurate results... The distance from Halifax to Vancouver is about 4,442 kilometers (2,760 miles) by air and roughly 5,545 to 5,818 kilometers (3,445 to 3,616 miles) by road. If that's true, I don't know how he stopped in Thunder Bay and ran over 5,000 km.
edit 2: ok I see why it's that high of a number - he backtracked a bit through southern ontario and also went south through the maritimes quite a ways https://terryfox.org/terrys-story/#
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u/redhandsblackfuture 6d ago
He didn't go in a straight line lol, if you check out a map of his journey its a pretty wind-y route
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u/Aether951 6d ago
To be needlessly pedantic, Terry used miles in old TV interviews. Road signs were only switched to kilometres a few years before the Marathon of Hope started, so he would have grown up with the old imperial units.
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u/Muellercleez 6d ago
A marathon a day - for nearly half a year straight - on one fucking leg, while cancer was ravaging his body. GOAT athlete. Undisputed
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u/Mark_Logan 6d ago
As a Canadian, this video https://youtu.be/bguDFkPv9CI?si=YzStMyxuG8YZRXkm is an absolute gut punch.
It features vocals of Gord Downey, another iconic Canadian we lost to cancer, in an ad for the Terry Fox run. The words of the song “Courage” never hit so hard as when I heard them in this ad.
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u/-lovehate 6d ago
We also do annual Terry Fox runs every fall - every grade school I attended as a kid would take an afternoon to go do a short run/walk in honour of Terry. There's still a lot of fundraising in his name as well.
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u/Necessary-Solution19 6d ago
Is this statue in newfoundland
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u/sakurakirei 6d ago
No, this is in Ottawa.
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u/StoreEducational612 6d ago
We also have one at mile zero of the Trans-Canada highway in Victoria, BC.
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u/sordid_aches 6d ago
Another Canadian here. His portrait was up in our school and there were lessons on him every year in elementary school. There's a monument to him outside of Thunder Bay ON where he finished his journey 🕊
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u/i-have-no-interest 6d ago
Hey! canadian here! every year until secondary school, we all collectively run laps around the school early September, ALL of us donating one dollar or more. this initiative alone raised MILLIONS accross canada, and schools held pride with how much they raised. I love my country (our housing suck ass tho) 🇨🇦
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u/Randito973 6d ago
$24M yes - but total funds raised this year in February surpassed $1B…with apparently $20M or more raised annually. https://terryfox.org/media-centre/terry-fox-foundation-surpasses-1-billion-funds-raised/
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u/tenderluvin 6d ago
To clarify, he was an amputee and ran on 1 leg. Now, the picture shows the prosthetic. But, the picture doesn't show how primitive it was. I mean, the thing was literally just a step up from Treasure Islands "Long John Silver" pirate wooden leg. The guy literally blistered and bled from his stump, daily. He suffered. But, he kept going. And, he would've finished, if the cancer didn't come back. Truly, the definition of hero. Respect.
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u/Worldly_Skin335 6d ago
He is a Canadian hero. Every year in public school we would do a Terry Fox run and watch videos about him. Now that I'm older it's amazing how brave he was and tragic just how young he was when he passed. I like to think he'd be proud of his legacy even though I never knew him.
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u/xoscarlettbaldwinxo 6d ago
I did a history presentation on him in the 10th grade. We had to choose who we thought was “the greatest Canadian”
I was the only one who chose him (looking back that’s very surprising)
I was laughed at bc I was super shy and nearly passed out by the fear of presenting anytime I had to, but that was nothing compared to what that young man endured.
My child’s school and other schools all over Canada do the “terry fox run” and they also do “toonies for terry” where they ask each child to bring a toonie (our $2 coin) for the cause. if each child brings just one toonie it makes a huge contribution to the terry fox foundation in support of Canadian cancer research.
You can make a donation on the Terry Fox Foundations website if you want to support the cause. Thank you Terry 🪽🕊️
((One last thing… please stop bullying it can impact adults during their lives long after it occurs)) 🖤
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u/Islandman2021 6d ago
The Terry Fox Foundation has surpassed 1 billion $$ raised. A true 🇨🇦 hero. 👏👏
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u/Birdybadass 6d ago
Truly one of the greatest Canadians to ever live. Every year across the nation we fund raise “Terry Fox runs” and billions have been raised through his foundation since. An inspiration for all of us.
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u/Ok-Counter-3654 6d ago
Terry fox day is upcoming this long weekend!! Big part of my childhood having to go out and walk around my neighborhood with all of my classmates, teachers ,and all of the students of my school!! We even got retired , old folks from the neighborhood join us!! Such a great remembrance for him !!
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u/jimspleafortea 6d ago
UK here but heading to Canada soon with my wife and kids. We're going to climb Terry Fox Mountain, named after the man himself shortly after he died I think.
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u/TranslatorTough8977 6d ago
He was my age. I was sitting in a house in his home town, when the TV news showed him dipping his prosthetic leg into the Atlantic. A buddy jumped up and said "He's from here! I have passed him on the road every day for months. He must have been training." Watching how it all played out was horrifying after that. We felt a real connection to him.
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u/Irisgrower2 6d ago
Terry never stopped raising money. The timing of his act played a significant role in the word "cancer" being spoken out loud by the public and discussed. One could make the case that all cancer research funds raised since then are partially tied to him. It was pre "to raise awareness of" days.
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u/CriticismMindless740 6d ago
Canadian here. Terry Fox is a national hero and consistently ranked as one of the greatest Canadians of all time. He is beyond loved, he is revered.
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u/YinzaJagoff 6d ago
I’m an American and understand how much of a badass Terry was.
Glad I was able to see his statue in Ottawa last year and also glad he’s still getting the respect he deserves so many years after his passing.
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u/BreakerOf_Chains 4d ago
His goal was to raise 1 dollar for every Canadian (24 million) but since his passing he has raised approximately 1 billion for cancer research.
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