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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.

Pretty much every city in Canada has a "Terry Fox" public school as well.

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.

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.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astJLpEVa9c

Here’s a 1981 documentary about Terry Fox: https://youtu.be/xtrUHkACvO4

I live in Thunder Bay myself, I may go see the monument sometime.