The Terry Fox Laboratory (TFL) is the major research unit of the

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. The TFL was established in 1981 when "a gift of one million dollars from the province of British Columbia to the

Marathon of Hope Terrance Stanley Fox (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 ...

(with additional funds raised elsewhere)" was used to renovate an old bakery and equip 1,800 square metres of laboratory and office space.Leslie Scrivener, Terry Fox: His Story, McClelland & Stewart Ltd, New revised edition, 2000. p.220 The TFL is now housed at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre at 675 West 10th Avenue,

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, and occupies a total of ~. It is composed of 13 senior scientists, over 46 graduate students, 32 post-doctoral fellows and approximately 53 additional technical and support personnel. The establishment of TFL was sparked with a donation in 1980 of $1,000,000 from the provincial government to the

Terry Fox Terrance Stanley Fox (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 ...

. This donation, together with subsequent generous contributions from the

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, the

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, the

, the P.A. Woodward Foundation, the British Columbia Order of the Eastern Star, the British Columbia Health Care and Research Foundation, the

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, Joseph Cohen, the

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, and members of the banking community, enabled the renovation and equipping of of modern laboratories. The Terry Fox Laboratory is privileged to be one of only a handful of organizations permitted to use the name of Terry Fox, the young man who set out to run across Canada after losing a leg to cancer.

External links

official web site

References

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