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Georgia Straight: Asian-history anniversaries begin to coalesce (by Charlie Cho)

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Chinese Canadian history is alive and well in Vancouver and really beginning a renaissance.  The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (I am a member) is active.  The Vancouver Public Library has been doing great stuff with their Chinese Canadian genealogy website.  The Chinatown Revitalization Committee is active.  And the BC Coalition of Head Tax Payers, Spouses and Familes are active.

Check this nice article by Charlie Cho in the Georgia Straight.  Charlie interviews leading Vancouver Chinatown historians such as Dr. Henry Yu of UBC, and Jim Wong-Chu.

They talk about the historic Anti-Asian riots in 1907 by the Anti-Asiatic League of Vancouver.  It was a scary night in Vancouver. A while back, I talked with tailor Bill Wong of Modernize Tailors, and he referred to it as Vancouver's own “Crystal Night” because so many store windows were broken.

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Asian-history anniversaries begin to coalesce

By charlie cho

History is never neutral. Framing is everything. Take Vancouver’s anti-Asian riots of 1907.

On
September 7 of that year, the Asiatic Exclusion League led a parade to
City Hall at Main and Hastings streets, calling for an end to Asian
immigration to British Columbia. More than 8,000 people, including
local politicians, labour leaders, and members of fraternal
organizations, rallied with banners reading Stand for a White Canada.

Only
2,000 could fit in City Hall, so crowds drifted to Chinatown, a block
away. A rock thrown through a store window touched off a rampage of
smashed signs and glass, and looting that continued into neighbouring
Japantown, where the crowd faced some resistance before police showed up to quell the violence.

In
the following days, Chinese and Japanese armed themselves with guns,
preparing for another siege. They held a general strike, refusing to go
to their jobs in homes, restaurants, and mills.

William
Lyon Mackenzie King, then federal deputy minister of labour, held
hearings on the riot. Almost a year later, damages were awarded:
$26,000 to the Chinese, $9,000 to the Japanese.

Henry Yu, an
associate professor of history at UBC, sees 2007 not just as the 100th
anniversary of the 1907 riots but marking three other key years in the
history of Asian immigration to Pacific Canada: 1947, 1967, and 1997.

Vancouver Courier: Kogawa House a new miracle

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Here's an article by Allen Garr from the Vancouver Courier.
Allen came to the open house at Kogawa House on Sunday, September 17th.

The Courier has written some great articles about Kogawa House and followed the campaign to save the house from demolition.

pictures of Joy Kogwa with her childhood friend Ralph Steeves are on this web site and www.kogawahouse.com

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Kogawa house a new miracle

By Allen Garr

We tend to value things more when they are
stolen from us. Quite ordinary things can become symbols of opportunities lost
or injustices suffered. The rare occasion when they are recovered is cause for
reflection and celebration.

The small bungalow at 1450 West 64th Ave. in
Marpole was such a stolen item. It has no particular architectural importance.
Most of the other houses like it in that neighbourhood were torn down years ago
and replaced by Vancouver Specials. But it has an enduring quality.

At the beginning of the Second World War,
the Nakayama family lived there: mom and dad with their daughter Joy and son
Timothy.

Then came the war and Pearl Harbour and, as
we all now know, hundreds of families like the Nakayamas were branded enemies of
Canada, rounded up and evacuated from their homes. The Nakayamas were shipped to
the B.C. interior.

Ralph Steeves says the day his “school chum”
Joy disappeared from his life, he came home from lunch to find his mother in
tears over what had happened.

His father, who headed a construction crew,
was dispatched to the PNE grounds. His job was to convert the horse barns into
stalls big enough to handle the Japanese-Canadian families until they were
packed out of town. Steeves says when his dad realized what he was being asked
to do, he walked off the job.

The small bungalow was sold for $1,400 and
changed hands several times over the years. Joy eventually became a writer,
married David Kogawa and moved to Toronto. But that building never left her
thoughts.

Once as a teenager she wrote to the owners
of the property. Could they tell her if the house ever came up for sale? She
received no response. During the '60s and '70s, whenever she managed to get back
to Vancouver, she would go by the house. There was a still a cherry tree in the
back yard, the one she remembered as a child.

In 1981, Joy Kogawa's novel Obasan was
published. It was a fictionalized account of her life in that house and the
years of displacement she and her family suffered through.

A decade later Kogawa was in the
neighbourhood again and, this time, she knocked on the door. The owner invited
her in for a tour.

Three years ago, a “for sale” sign turned up
on the house. It was about to change hands again. Kogawa and her friends held a
reading from Obasan in front of the building to say goodbye.

But it didn't end there. A year ago the
owners seemed intent on demolishing the building. The COPE council of the day
moved a motion to delay the permit for 120 days and allow The Land Conservancy
(TLC) to raise funds and buy the property. The building would be used to support
a writer in residence to produce works dealing with injustice.

The owner was willing to co-operate. Enough
money was raised. TLC now owns the property and last Sunday held an open house
to celebrate. I arrived to find a diminutive Joy Kogawa, glasses perched well
down her nose, leaning against a high table comparing notes with Shirley
Zawalykut.

Zawalykut drove in from Delta after reading
a Courier story reprinted in the Sun along with a photo of the house. “I told my
husband: That's my grandma's house.” Zawalykut lived there too when she was a
child in the '50s.

Then I met Steeves, who pointed to a scar
above his eye he got in a childhood game with his chum. He said he was mentioned
in Obasan as the kid who taught Joy to light matches and just about burned the
house down.

The cherry tree is still there at the yard
at the edge of the lane and it's in dreadful shape. It is diseased and split. A
week ago a garbage truck ripped off one of the few remaining healthy branches.
But a cutting was rooted and planted at city hall as a reminder of what was lost
and what has been recovered.

“Just like a miracle,” Zawalykut called it.

published on 09/20/2006

 

CHOW: From China to Canada – wins Gold Award from Cuisine Canada / UC Culinary Book Awards

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Janice Chow – my wonderful artist/family historian / cook book cousin sends me this great news!

Hello Todd,

I'm happy to announce that CHOW received the gold award in the Cuisine Canada + University of Guelph's Culinary Book Awards,
Canadian Food Culture category…the category that celebrates books that “best illustrate Canada's rich culinary heritage and food culture.”

If you're in Vancouver on Sunday Sept. 24th, you can catch me at the Ricepaper magazine booth (2 – 6 pm) at Word On The Street,
Vancouver's Annual Book and Magazine Fair, on the street, Vancouver Public Library main branch.

If you're in Gibsons on Saturday Sept. 23rd, I'm reading at the first annual New Moon Festival of Asian Art and Culture.

All the best,
Janice

More pictures from Kogawa House Sept 17 Open House event

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Joy Kogawa, brother Tim and friends outside the house (1940)


TLC display for Kogawa House campaign – photo Todd Wong


The incredible TLC Crew: Marek, Tamsin, Jon, Heather and Janet – photo Deb Martin


Joy Kogawa and childhood friend Ralph Steves – photo Deb Martin


CBC documentary film crew films Todd for the Generations tv program – photo Deb Martin


Todd Wong, Jessica Cheung, Masako Watanabe & Harry Aoki perform a song for Joy – photo Deb Martin

Pictures from Open House event at Joy Kogawa House, September 17th.

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Open House event at Joy Kogawa House, September 17th.

photographs posted on Flickr.com  –  click on the photograph for a larger picture

Kogawa House Time Line 
Kogawa House Time Line from 1915, to 1942 internment, to 2003 sale, to 2005 demolition threat, to 2006 Preservation! – photo Deb Martin

Joy Kogawa
Joy smiles at the special musical performance while she sits at the book signing table- photo Deb Martin

Jessica with ....

 

Guest with opera singer Jessica Cheung – photo Deb Martin
Tamsin Baker and Catherine Tamsin Baker and Catherine of the TLC – photo Deb Martin
and the best news is!!

and the best news is!! – photo Deb Martin

The rain can't hold us back

The rain can't hold us back! Todd Wong on accordion, Jessica Cheung vocals, Masako Watanabe on Guitar, Harry Aoki on double bass – photo Deb Martin

Todd Wong and Jessica Cheung

Todd Wong and Jessica Cheung performing “the Farewell Song” from Naomi's Road Opera- photo Deb Martin

 

some of the guests watch the performance
Some of the guests watch the performance as it is filmed for a CBC Generations film documentary – photo Deb Martin

Joy and the cherry tree

Joy talks to the cherry tree and gives it some loving manure fertilizer – photo Deb Martin

Terry Fox Run in Richmond BC – pictures

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Here are some pictures that were taken at the Richmond Terry Fox Run.
Click on the blue titles for larger viewing.

Richmond Terry Fox Run: some of the 350+ crowd – photo Deb Martin

Richmond Terry Fox Run: Bagpiper Noel “pipes” the platform party –
Richmond councillor Sue Halsy Bran

Terry Fox Run Richmond: Terry's Team member Todd Wong asks everybody
who knows a cancer

Richmond Terry Fox Run: Glyn Davies (communications), Todd Wong (Terry's Team) and Noel (bagpipes)

Richmond Terry Fox Run: Dave, Todd and Eric – photo Deb Martin



Richmond Terry Fox Run: posing with a family of participants + race organizers Joan, John and David Young

Richmond Terry Fox Run: posing with a family of participants + race organizers Joan, John and David

Richmond Terry Fox Run: Todd with Steveston High students Irene, Amber and friends + John and Joan

JEFF CHIBA STEARNS WINS BEST ANIMATED SHORT AT NATIONAL ANIMATION AWARDS SHOW

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Here's a news release about my animator friend Jeff Chiba Stearns.
Jeff is cool.  Check him out, and his short animated film 
"What Are You Anyways?"  I have featured the film at the Vancouver Public 
Library for the Joy Kogawa book launch for Emily Kato, and also at the
2006 Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year
Dinner.



Above is a picture of two stills from "What Are You Anyways?"
For more stories about Jeff on www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com  click on:
http://www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com/blog?cmd=search&keywords=jeff+chiba+stearns



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 17, 2006

KELOWNA ANIMATOR WINS BEST ANIMATED SHORT AT NATIONAL ANIMATION AWARDS SHOW

Animation filmmaker and Kelowna resident, Jeff Chiba Stearns, took home the 
award for Best Animated Short Subject for his film, “What Are You Anyways?” 
at the first annual Canadian Awards for Electronic and Animated Arts 
(CAEAA).  The awards show, described as the Oscars of the Canadian video 
game and animation industry, was hosted by actor William Shatner of Star 
Trek fame on Thursday night, September 14th, at the world class River Rock 
Show Theatre in Richmond, BC.   Awards were presented in 37 categories in 
three sectors of the Electronic and Animated Arts industry: talent 
development (New Media and Animation Art Schools), animation, and video game 
development.  Each winner was presented with an Elan – a statuette similar 
to an Oscar but constructed of a majestic man and a woman resembling Greek 
gods holding up the world.

The evening was complete with red carpet, limousines, and Hollywood 
treatment.  The Gala event, with over 700 guests, was similar to the Golden 
Globe Awards with an Oscar-like glitzy reception and black-tie dinner at one 
of the best new theatres in North America with industry sponsors 
participating in the development of the show and celebrity guest presenters. 

It is expected that the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts 
will become the standard by which Canada and the rest of the World recognizes 
the amazing talent and product that this country is delivering to 
an enormous and ever-growing market.

Chiba Stearns attended the event with faculty from the Centre for Arts and 
Technology Kelowna where he instructs classical hand drawn animation 
courses.  His classically animated short film, “What Are You Anyways?” is an 
autobiographical recollection of Chiba Stearns’ life experiences growing up 
in Kelowna being a Hapa – a world-wide term used to describe someone of 
mixed Asian decent.  In Chiba Stearns’ case, he is half-Japanese and 
half-Caucasian. The film, released in 2005, has experienced incredible 
international praise winning over 7 awards and screening at over 35 
international film festivals to date.  Chiba Stearns has since become an 
international spokesman for Hapa advocacy by writing articles and lecturing 
at conferences, universities, and workshops about mixed-race identity and 
issues.

“I am extremely honored and excited to receive an Elan for Best Animated 
Short Subject at the 2006 CAEAA Awards.  It means a great deal to be 
recognized by my peers in the Canadian animation industry for the work I am 
doing in independent classical animation.  So many people from around the 
world respond to how much they relate to my film and in turn share their own 
stories with me.  I can only hope for continued success with all my future 
projects and that my work will continue to touch the lives of people around 
the world.”  - Jeff Chiba Stearns

Currently, Chiba Stearns is in pre-development of two short animated films 
and a documentary on Hapa children.  Look for new work by Chiba Stearns to 
be released in 2007.  Check out www.myspace.com/jeffchibastearns for current 
updates.  DVD copies of “What Are You Anyways?” can be purchased in Kelowna 
at Komatsu Japanese Market and in Burnaby at the Nikkei Centre Museum gift 
shop.  Educational sales and private sales are available through the NFB at 
www.nfb.ca

CONTACT:

Jeff Chiba Stearns
website: www.meditatingbunny.com

Sept 17: Terry Fox Run and Joy Kogawa House events

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Today – I just feel so proud to be a Canadian.  

Terry Fox,
Simon Fraser University, Joy Kogawa, Obasan, Naomi's Road, CBC, Tommy
Douglas, Medicare, Burrowing Owl, Ecology Conservation, Order of
Canada – were the themes of the Day.


Terry Fox Run – in Richmond BC

This morning I spoke at the Terry Fox Run Richmond BC run site. 
It was at Garry Point Park.  352 people showed up amidst the rainy
drizzle, but the mood was happy and cheerful.  I invited
teenage runners Amber and Irene, to help me set up some tents for the run site. 
John Young is the event organizer, and he introduced me to some of the
other platform party members that included Richmond city councillor Sue
Halsy Brant, and singer Jack McIntosh.  We are piped to the
staging area by bagpiper Noel.

As a cancer survivor and member of Terry's Team, I serve as a living
example that cancer research has made a difference.  I shared that
when I was diagnosed with a cancer tumor in 1989, the doctors only gave
me a 60% chance to survive.  Because my condition was so serious,
they told me that without treatment I might last two weeks.

Glyn Davies is the media/communications coordinator for the Richmond
run site.  And I shared a story about meeting his father Lorne
Davies while Lorne
was still athletic director at Simon Fraser University.  In 1993,
Terry's younger brother Darrell asked me to help start a Terry Fox Run
at Simon
Fraser University – he told me “Remember what Terry said, 'It
just takes one person.' ” I went to see then Athletic Director Lorne
Davies who had known Terry Fox, at SFU, and tells a memorable story
about going to visit Terry at the hospital the night before his leg
amputation.  I was wonderful to meet Mr. Lorne Davies, and to ask
him to help set up a Terry Fox Run for SFU.

I had to go back to
Darrell, and say “Sorry – but there won't be a Terry Fox Run this year
(due to logistics).  But next year there will be… and there will
be a Terry Fox Day!”  In 1994, there was indeed a Terry Fox
Run.  And there was a trophy case that included Terry's favorite
SFU t-shirt from the 1000 Mile Club.  And there was a presentation
of the 1994 Terry Fox Gold Medal recipient.  The first Terry Fox
Day at SFU was attended by the Fox family.  Then SFU basketball
coach Jay Triano, one of Terry's SFU friends, was also there.

I reminded the audience that this is an example of what one person can
do.  Terry said “One person can make a difference.” On my Terry
Fox Gold Medal plaque, it quotes Terry saying, “Dreams are made if
people try.”  I enjoyed sharing this story

It was a great day filled with a wonderful community feeling.  I
gave “High Fives” as I passed Terry Fox Run participants, and met many
wonderful people and we took many pictures.  I will write about
these experiences and stories in the next day or so, such as meeting
Eric and Matt – two young teens with the faces painted for Terry Fox
Day.

Kogawa House

The open house event at Joy Kogawa House went very well.  Many
many people came to see the house, and to meet Joy Kogawa, buy copies
of her books and have Joy sign them.  The Land Conservancy of BC did a wonderful job setting up displays about the history of the house, and the time line events about the Save Kogawa House campaign.

It has been great for the Kogawa House committee to work with
Heather Skydt and Tamsin Baker of TLC. Members of our Kogawa House
committee also attended to help host and volunteer: Ann-Marie Metten,
David Kogawa, Richard Hopkins, Jenni Kato, Joan Young, Sabine Harper
and myself.

As people walked up to the house, the first thing
they saw was that the white picket fence was decorated with pictures
and events highlighting the timeline to save the house from demolition,
starting from when the house was built in 1942, and when Joy's family
moved into the house.

A tent was set up in the front yard,
attended by TLC volunteers Jon and Janet, who gave people an
information sheet about the house, and recieved donations for the
restoration of the house.  TLC also had another display with
newsclippins and pictures from events during the Save Kogawa House
campaign. 

Volunteers greeted people as they entered the house,
and other volunteers stood throughout the house to help explain stories
of different rooms, as well as historic family items such as toy cars
belonging to Joy's brother Timothy, a calligraphy set used by Joy's
father, and wooden crates used by the family as they moved from the
internment camp in Slocan, BC, to Coaldale, Alberta. 

And everybody wanted to say hello to Joy Kogawa.

There was a man who used to play with Joy as a child, before she moved
away – Ralph told me that his older brother was in one of the pictures
on display that featured Joy and her brother Timothy as children in
1940.

There was a woman who brought pictures of the house, during
the 1940's when her grandparents lived there, after her family moved
away.  Both Joy and this woman were very moved by this meeting.

There was a woman Daisy Kong, who had taken pictures of Joy
at the Order of BC ceremony earlier this year in June, because Daisy's
brother Dr. Wallace Chung also recieved the Order of BC along with Joy,
in Victoria.  Daisy was amazed when I told her that Dr. Wallace's
wife Dr. Madeline Chung was the doctor who delivered me as a baby.

Garry Geddes, current writer in residence at Vancouver Public Library, arrived to give Joy a hug.

Attending the event was also Jen Kato, on our Kogawa House committee,
and Jeff Chiba Stearns, who just won the Best Animated Short for the
Canadian Awards for Electronic Arts and Animation.

People bought Joy's books and asked her to sign them.  My friend
Gail Thomson helped manage the booksales.  Gail is a librarian at
Fraserview Branch in Vancouver, where Joy came to speak during the One
Book One Vancouver program.

We surprised
Joy with a special musical performance:  Jessica Cheung (who played the
role of Naomi in the Naomi's Road Opera) sang “The Farewell Song” from
the Opera, I accompanied on accordion, Harry Aoki on double bass, and
Harry's friend Misako Watanabe on accoustic guitar.  Joy was moved to
tears.

After the event, we had birthday cake to celebrate David Kogawa's
birthday.  David is one of our wonderful Kogawa House committee
members, and Joy's ex-husband and friend.


CBC Generations

A CBC documentary film crew followed me around today,
because I am one of the subjects for a Generations program – which will
feature 120 years of the Rev. Chan Yu Tan family and descendants in
Canada.

This evening, CBC producer Halya
Kuchmij met with a few Rev. Chan descendants, and we watched a 10
minute segment that she produced/directed for A People's History of
Canada.  And then we watched a 45 minute show Generations: 100 Years in
Saskatchewan – which featured the Hjertaas family.

Halya says
the Generations project with the Rev. Chan family is going to be
awesome.  There are great people and topics for the show.  Rev. Chan,
WW2 veterans who fought for Canada, then for the vote for Chinese
Canadians and head tax redress; Rhonda Larrabee – a First Nations
Indian Chief – who is a great grand daughter of Rev. Chan Yu Tan;
Janice Wong – an artist painter who wrote a book about food and family;
me; and 14 year old Tracy Hinder – the 1st BC CanSpell champion who
went to Washington DC for the Scripps Spelling Bee, and the CanSpell
national bee in Ottawa.  Wow!

I survived Jenny Kwan's fundraiser: Scotch tasting party

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I survived Jenny Kwan's fundraiser: Scotch tasting party.

It's a small house party of a fundraiser.  There are many
different bottles of
Scotch for you to try, along with some wonderful appetizer and snack
foods.  Jenny's husband Dan has a wonderful way with food, and he
sent me home with some incredibly delicious chocolate pate.

My accordion and I provided some musical entertainment.  Jenny
said I was a hit.  Her husband Dan booked me for a return
engagement for next year.

What did I do?  Simply lead singalongs of “When Asian Eyes Are
Smiling,”
and “My Haggis Lies Over the Ocean.”  It fit perfectly with
Jenny's Chinese heritage and her husband Dan's Scottish heritage. 
We also sang “Loch Lomand (You Take the High Road)” with Vancouver city
councillor Heather Deal leading one of the verses, while everybody
joined in for the chorus.

I also performed the Address to the Haggis, while former Vancouver city
councillor Jim Green cut up the
haggis.  Okay… it wasn't a traditional reading.  It was my
very untraditional Haggis Rap.  Dan and Jenny said that in the 5
years they have been hosting their Scotch tasting party, it was the
best reading of the Burns immortal poem, they had witnessed.

It was a great party…. I will definitely return for
next year.

Terry Fox is a light: a speech by a parent-teacher representative.

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Terry Fox is a light: a speech by a parent-teacher representative.

The
following is a talk given by a parent teacher representative at an
elementary school where I recently spoke.  I was very moved by the
talk she gave, citing the importance of compassion.  By working
together in our collective fight against cancer, we can accomplish more
than we can as individuals.  And like the writer, I also believe
that Terry Fox was a very special light, to the world.  He did not
show us how special he was – instead he showed us how special we all
are.



The person has asked to remain anonymous.

Why am I here today, that’s a very good question! When I was asked back
in June to take on the job as coordinator of the Terry Fox Run, my
first response was, aarrgh!!!  Julia!!! All I wanted to do in
Sept. once my children were back in school was to set up a studio and
paint, but how could I say no to the Terry Fox Run???

To be honest, it is truly an honor to be here today. So I would like to
thank Julia for thinking of me, and Sandra Pascuzzi our new VP, for
making it so easy for me. With all the help of the teachers, the
students who collected pledges, and the numerous parent volunteers,
there wasn’t much for me to do, except this one thing.

A week later, the reason I wound up in this position became very clear
to me as I was sitting in Mosquito creek. It’s amazing what comes to
you when you are daydreaming!  I WAS meant to paint a picture, but
not an acrylic on canvas, a picture I perceived of Terry Fox. So that’s
why I am here today, to share with you this picture, which comes from a
very peaceful place and my inspiration is Terry Fox.

Terry was a young man whose simple objective, through the Marathon of
Hope, was to inform Canadians of the importance of finding a cure for
cancer. I believe that Terry had the greatest cure in him all along.

Let’s call it a light for now! A light in Terry that shone so brightly,
even in such a dark place as cancer, it rekindled a light in everyone
he passed and therefore grew stronger and stronger. One on-looker Terry
passed in Toronto commented, “He makes you believe in the human race
again.” What is this light, which not only restores our faith in the
human race, but can restore the human race itself? If you are with me,
just find a word and hold it for a few seconds. If you are daydreaming,
stay with it, something great will come eventually!!!

I’m going to use the word, COMPASSION!
Compassion comes from the latin words ‘com’ which means together and
‘passia’ which means a suffering, together in suffering. By definition,
it means a deep sympathy or sorrow followed by an urge to help.
According to just a few of the many beautiful examples you wrote about,
it can mean helping someone who is ill by keeping them company, doing
things they enjoy, phoning them so they don’t feel alone, laughing with
them, gathering friends, or giving them hope. I think one of the
greatest and simplest forms of compassion is just to listen. Often we
don’t have the words of wisdom to help someone who is sad or ill, but
if you are present to allow whatever expression is needed at the time
then that is a great gift in itself. Sometimes, there just are no words.

Compassion, I believe, has the greatest healing power of all and Terry
shared his life to help us realize the power we have in all of us to
help others heal. Medicine can cure a disease, but only we can heal a
whole person. We bless each other!

The driver of Terry’s van while running across Canada, also his best
friend Doug Alward, has been quoted “I remember Terry saying it is
almost like this has been planned for a greater purpose”. At that
point, I think he got the picture.

There have been many men and woman who have walked this earth for such
a great purpose, Nelson Mandella, Ghandi, Mother Theresa,  the
architect Buckminster Fuller, Rick Hansen, Simon Jackson, head of the
spirit bear coalition, and the list goes on.
However, only one young man, running so passionately with one leg could
touch the young people so brilliantly. Terry’s purpose was to raise
money for cancer research and stop the suffering, but inadvertently, he
also raised an awareness in all of us of one the greatest cures of all,
COMPASSION.

Today, let’s run TOGETHER with open hearts in support of Terry’s dream
and follow everyday in his footsteps with that brilliant light of
compassion to help those who are SUFFERING.

Life is sacred, let’s have a great RUN at it.

THANK YOU!!!