Working to make Terry's dream of ending cancer through research a reality. Proud leaders of the @MarathonOfHope Cancer Centres Network and the @DHDP_.
Vancouver, B.C.
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Terry Fox started a marathon against cancer. Together, we can end it.
The @marathonofhope Cancer Centres Network is a national movement committed to finishing Terry's fight against cancer. Learn more: terryfox.org
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📢 Applicants: Don't forget to register for our 2026 funding webinars!
New Investigator Awards
April 29, 11 – 12:30 p.m. PDT
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Program Project Grants
May 2, 11 – 12 p.m. PDT
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Learn more: tfri.ca/funding-opportunitie…
Congratulations to the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network and 1,200+ collaborators on this landmark publication in @Cancer_Cell!
Read the paper to learn how, together, we're transforming cancer research and care in Canada! ⬇️
🚨 MILESTONE ALERT: Network publishes landmark paper in Cancer Cell! 🚨
The paper highlights the Network’s history, objectives and key accomplishments, underscoring how this unprecedented national collaboration is accelerating precision oncology!
More ▶️bit.ly/4jemiKn
Announcing the inaugural request for applications to our $25-million Digital Health Innovation Fund!
This fund is open to both private and public sectors in Canada and supports AI and machine learning solutions to advance #PrecisionMedicine.
Learn more ⬇️
📢 We are excited to launch the $25-million Digital Health Innovation Fund for private and public sectors in Canada, supporting AI and machine learning solutions to advance precision medicine.
Learn more and apply 🔗 dhdp.ca/funding-opportunitie…
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Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer le lancement d'un fonds d'innovation numérique en santé de 25 millions destiné aux secteurs privé et public pour soutenir les solutions d'IA et d'apprentissage automatique afin de faire progresser la médecine de précision. 🔗 dhdp.ca/fr/nouvelles/nouvell…
Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer le lancement d'un fonds d'innovation numérique en santé de 25 millions destiné aux secteurs privé et public pour soutenir les solutions d'IA et d'apprentissage automatique afin de faire progresser la médecine de précision. 🔗 dhdp.ca/fr/nouvelles/nouvell…
We are pleased to announce the launch of @dhdp_'s $25-million Digital Health Innovation Fund for private and public sectors to support AI and machine learning solutions to advance precision medicine. See release for details 🔗 dhdp.ca/updates/news-item/te…
We are pleased to announce the launch of a $25-million Digital Health Innovation Fund for private and public sectors to support AI and machine learning solutions to advance precision medicine. 🔗 dhdp.ca/updates/news-item/te… 1/3
ICYMI: On International Women’s Day, we celebrated five incredible women who are helping us finish what Terry Fox started through the @marathonofhope. Learn how they continue his vision and accelerate precision medicine for cancer 🔗 marathonofhopecancercentres.…
@TerryFoxCanada
Congratulations to Dr. Catrina Loucks on receiving the 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award! With $525,000 from TFRI, Dr. Loucks and her team are determined to ease the burden of pain for children with cancer. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
Congratulations to Dr. Federico Gaiti on receiving the 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award! With $525,000 from TFRI, Dr. @fgaiti will lead a team at @PMResearch_UHN to explore how glioblastoma spreads and returns after treatment. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
Congratulations to Dr. Brett Houston on receiving the 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award! With $525,000 in funding, she will test whether an antibiotic can safely reduce the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
Congratulations to Dr. Arielle Elkrief on receiving the 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award! With $525,000 in funding, she will explore how the tumour microbiome impacts immunotherapy success for patients with lung cancer and melanoma. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
This research could help oncologists create more personalized treatment plans, reduce side-effects and improve outcomes for patients with lung cancer and melanoma. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
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🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Emilia Lim, recipient of the Dr. Victor Ling Terry Fox New Investigator Award! With $525K in funding, Dr. Lim will explore how air pollution promotes lung cancer, aiming to prevent pollution-related cases. 🧵
Learn more 🔗 tfri.ca/our-research/researc…
🚨Exciting news! TFRI has named five early-career scientists as the 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator awardees. With $2.6M in funding, they will advance critical research in melanoma, lung, brain, blood and pediatric cancers. Congratulations to the awardees! tfri.ca/updates/news/news-it…
Three years ago, @SummerKonechny was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the same cancer Terry Fox had. Today, she’s sharing her sequencing data – and her story – so precision medicine can bring new hope for herself and others.
Read Summer's story 🔗 marathonofhopecancercentres.…
At 23, @SummerKonechny was diagnosed with osteosarcoma—the same cancer that Terry Fox battled with. She’s determined to fight through this with the help of precision medicine and patient advocacy.
Learn more about her inspiring journey: bit.ly/4hKFXkF
On this #WomenInScience Day, we celebrate the dedicated researchers and clinicians driving innovation, discovery and progress! Together, we're committed to realizing Terry’s dream of ending cancer through research. 🔬
ICYMI: TFRI president and scientific director Dr. Jim Woodgett and @CityNewsTO share how the @marathonofhope unites patients, clinicians and researchers across Canada in an unprecedented collaboration to finish what Terry Fox started. @TerryFoxCanada 🔗 toronto.citynews.ca/video/20…
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TFRI president and scientific director Dr. Jim Woodgett and Kirsten Fox, director of community development at @TerryFoxCanada, discuss the 'Finish It' short film and how the @marathonofhope is bringing new hope to patients and their families. @breakfasttv
breakfasttelevision.ca/video…
Thank you to The Tragically Hip for helping us FINISH IT.
Watch the short film and join us: terryfox.org.
@thehipofficial @marathonofhope @TerryFoxCanada
Yesterday, on #WorldCancerDay, we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Terry Fox @marathonofhope with the premiere of a short film ft. an adaptation of our song ‘Courage'.
Terry started a marathon against cancer. Together we can end it.
@TerryFoxCanada @tfri_research
Network Voices Conversations are a great resource to learn about the @marathonofhope's impact on cancer patients across Canada. In this episode, experts discuss precision medicine and how the Network supports initiatives like the Personalized OncoGenomics (POG) program.
🍁 Episode 2 of the Network Voices Conversations is out! 🍁
Watch Patient Working Group members Natalie Kwadrans and Rosilene Kraft chat with Dr. Janessa Laskin, a BC-based oncologist and researcher, about the present and future of precision oncology.
vimeo.com/1047515197
