In an interview with the CBC after the cross-Canada tour wrapped up, Downie shared his experiences with brain surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy. Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, including clinical and research space for neurologists who care for patients with brain cancer, research in personalized glioblastoma radiation treatment and the adoption of an institution-wide approach to cancer care for Indigenous patients at Sunnybrook.” As of June 2019, Canadians help raise $2.5 million for the fund. 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. If you are having issues with our online form, or if you have questions about how you can support the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, please contact us at staffdowniewenjack.ca. Donations of 10 or more are eligible for a charitable tax receipt. The Man Machine Poem Tour also raised thousands of dollars for cancer research. Support The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. He always had this boundless energy and fortitude.” Tragically Hip front-man Gord Downie's brother Patrick on why he and his brother Mike are working so hard to preserve the singer's legacy.
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Even in his healthy life, I often compared him to a professional athlete. He was an actor and writer, known for Jumper. The Toronto Sun: “ had such a strong constitution. Gord Downie was born on 6 February 1964 in Amherstview, Ontario, Canada. 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 (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press) Downie underwent successful surgery this winter that cut away the majority of the malignant tissue, Perry said. 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. Go to the angels Gord and rock that choir.Īnd we will watch the constellations, and you, reveal themselves one star at a time.The release comes just days after Brain Cancer Awareness Day on Oct. Gord wanted the nation to know that there are thousands of Chanie Wenjacks out there today trying to find their way home from a system that has robbed them of their families, of their identity and their culture. In the face of his own mortality, Gord took his suffering and brought our nation on a journey of justice and reconciliation. He wasn’t just an incredible artist, he was a decent loving human being who believed the world could be a better place. Gord Downie has sung about a famous fishing trip that ended in disaster for Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Bill Barilko. I had the honour of knowing Gord from my days as a musician.
The cranked up, rowdy arena rock band that was both profoundly intimate, and profoundly Canadian. The Tragically Hip has been the soundtrack of our nation. We are devastated by the loss of our friend Gord Downie. "The boy, Canada's boy has gone home to Fiddler's Green. NDP Statement on the Death of Gord Downie NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins- Baie James), and NDP Critic for Culture and Heritage, Pierre Nantel, made the following statement:
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