I actually learned about Terry Fox relatively recently when I was binging
through J. J. McCullough's YouTube channel. He touches on the subject in his
video[1] about historical events and people mentioned on the background of the
pages in the Canadian passport. Do watch it if you're interested in Canada.
We were taught about him in Canadian elementary school (it feels like every school year). I guess I assumed he was known just in Canada for this reason, but didn't realize he even had reach outside of Canada.
I grew up in his home town of Port Coquitlam.. I didn't go to his high school (The Terry Fox Senior Secondary), but my library was the Terry Fox library.
Annually there are "Terry Fox runs" this time of year. I haven't heard anything about dates etc this year. I suspect the funky start of the school year and COVID19 will overshadow it. I sure hope this doesn't kill it into the future.
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Annually there are "Terry Fox runs" this time of year. I haven't heard anything about dates etc this year. I suspect the funky start of the school year and COVID19 will overshadow it. I sure hope this doesn't kill it into the future.