Terry Fox: His Story

About this object

Narrative

This book is part of a larger collection of objects honouring Maggie Pointe, sister of Shane Pointe and Gina Grant. On February 1, 2003, it was used for a memorial potlatch at Musqueam to honour the life of Maggie Pointe and was then given away, as is the custom, to the UBC Museum of Anthropology. On March 18, 2003 it was featured in the exhibit "To Wash Away the Tears," a collaboration between Shane, Gina, MOA and the students of the Critical Curatorial Studies MA program.

Cultural context

mortuary; commemorations

Physical description

Hardcover book (part a) with colourful paper cover (part b). The book is light brown with the title “Terry Fox: His Story” and the author “Leslie Scrivener” stamped in gold on the spine. There are 176 pages in total. The paper cover has a picture of Terry Fox, wearing Marathon of Hope T-shirt, running and the title in orange down the right side.