The fund helps “support the Gord Downie Fellowship in Brain Oncology, construction of the G. In 2016 at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital. Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research The money went towards clinical trials in cancer therapy, supportive care and prevention that are coordinated out of a Kingston, Ontario-oncology group. That thanks to the band’s efforts to raise awareness, it received almost $400,000 in honour of Downie and the Tragically Hip. The Man Machine Poem Tour also raised thousands of dollars for cancer research. He always had this boundless energy and fortitude.”
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Even in his healthy life, I often compared him to a professional athlete. The Toronto Sun: “ had such a strong constitution.
Patrick Downie, the singer-songwriter’s brother,
Was exuberant and bittersweet, with a third of Canadians reportedly The “very tough news” of Downie’s terminal diagnosis.īut the somber announcement was followed by the promise of one final blow-out tour across Canada, with the band stating, “this feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us.” That summer’s The band released an official statement on their website in spring 2016, That affects about four people in 100,000 in Canada, according to the 14 and almost three years to the day of Downie’s death.
The release comes just days after Brain Cancer Awareness Day on Oct.
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