When the clock stopped

Tie-dye T-shirt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s what Craig Sinclair would wear to many of his chemotherapy treatments at BC Cancer in Vancouver. It didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t take long for most doctors, nurses, and staff there to know him by first name and smile every time they saw him. It was an 카지노 게임 컬렉션�outrageous outfit,카지노 게임 컬렉션� remembers his sister-in-law, Cara Sinclair, with a smile of her own. But that was just who Craig was.

Whether he was helping one of his special education students with a math problem or his two young children with the intricacies of kicking a soccer ball, Craig was always trying to lift up those around him. He just loved life, says his brother, Murray Sinclair, Com카지노 게임 컬렉션�84.

So, when Craig was diagnosed with the aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma in March of 2021, it wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t too surprising what his instructions were to his brother, who was also his medical power of attorney: Craig not only wanted to live as long as he could, but he wanted to live 카지노 게임 컬렉션�big카지노 게임 컬렉션� every day.

And he did, says Mr. Sinclair, indulging in everything from hamburgers and milkshakes when he probably shouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have to watching movies late into the night to spending as much time as possible with his family. That lust for life stayed true even as Craig started to lose the function of his limbs and other body parts and as he travelled to London, England, to receive the immunotherapy that he couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t get in Canada.

But even though Craig was holding out hope for more time 카지노 게임 컬렉션� which the immunotherapy did give him 카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�you always knew the clock was ticking,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mrs. Sinclair.

On March 20, 2024, that clock finally stopped.

Craig was 55 years old.

Almost three months after Craig died, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair were onstage in the atrium of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s School of Medicine. They were there to announce their $25-million gift to cancer research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, one of the largest donations ever made to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Health Sciences.

As it was explained that day, the money would go toward a new state-of-the-art cancer imaging facility, a specialized biomanufacturing facility for immunotherapy treatments, a new training program for aspiring cancer researchers, and more. In recognition of the gift, the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Cancer Research Institute was renamed the Cara & Murray Sinclair Cancer Research Institute.

The Sinclairs카지노 게임 컬렉션� gift had been in the works for more than a year at that point, but the timing of the announcement was particularly poignant. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair fought back tears as they talked about Craig and their hopes for what this gift would do for those diagnosed with cancer and the loved ones who watch them face it.

You could hear a pin drop.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Sadly, our loss is not unique,카지노 게임 컬렉션� said Mrs. Sinclair. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Cancer crosses all lines, all cultures, races, and religions.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, two in five Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Approximately one in four Canadians will likely die of the disease. This year alone, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s estimated that every day an average of 675 people in the country will be diagnosed with cancer and 241 people will die from it.

But as Mrs. Sinclair noted, cancer카지노 게임 컬렉션�s universality is what can actually bring hope.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are all touched by cancer,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she said. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�And because of that we can find the collective strength and motivation to do something about it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Two months later, I catch up with the Sinclairs via Zoom from their home in Vancouver. I want to learn more about who they are and why they wanted to make such a large gift to cancer research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in particular. The two sit on a big couch in their living room sipping coffees with a wall of abstract paintings behind them. Their dog, Parker, a Frenchie, makes a brief appearance to say hello.

Giving interviews isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t something the Sinclairs are necessarily used to. They aren카지노 게임 컬렉션�t used to having their names attached to their charitable work either. The words 카지노 게임 컬렉션�humble,카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�down to earth,카지노 게임 컬렉션� and 카지노 게임 컬렉션�understated카지노 게임 컬렉션� come up again and again when I talk to others who know them.

Giving back is nothing new for the two, however, particularly Mrs. Sinclair. She was born in Kingston, grew up in Ottawa, and eventually moved to Vancouver where she completed an MFA at the 카지노게임사이트 of British Columbia. 

It was also in Vancouver where Mrs. Sinclair카지노 게임 컬렉션�s volunteer work took off, particularly in the Downtown Eastside, an area notorious for a complex set of challenges including drug use, crime, homelessness, and poverty. In 2005, Mrs. Sinclair started a charitable initiative that eventually became in 2011. The non-profit now assists unhoused and at-risk Vancouver youth through a bursary program and the distribution of backpacks stuffed with essential items.

In 2021, Mrs. Sinclair was awarded for her volunteer work. In the award announcement, the committee said, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Cara카지노 게임 컬렉션�s vision and efforts have directly improved the lives of thousands of disadvantaged youth, educated thousands of others about youth homelessness, and made Vancouver a kinder place to live.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Mr. Sinclair admits that giving back 카지노 게임 컬렉션�probably isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t as instilled in my DNA as it is in Cara카지노 게임 컬렉션�s카지노 게임 컬렉션� (though Mrs. Sinclair says he does a lot more than he lets on). He grew up in Toronto and went to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s from 1980 to 1984 for a commerce degree. Among a long list of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s memories that stick with him are his time living in Princess Towers, rolling $10,000 worth of pennies during Frosh Week, caring professors like Lewis Johnson, and learning how to be self-sufficient.

One good Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s friend was a popular engineering student named Peter Carty, who was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of 1983. He was the first person Mr. Sinclair knew who battled the disease. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Peter was collected every Wednesday and driven to Pearson where he flew to Atlanta to undergo the immunotherapy of the day,카지노 게임 컬렉션� remembers Mr. Sinclair. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�He flew home after a couple of hours of treatment to resume his studies.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Mr. Carty died in the spring of 1984.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was tough to comprehend his passing at that age,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mr. Sinclair. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m not sure it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s much easier now.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

After graduation, Mr. Sinclair moved to Vancouver for a job in finance and never looked back. Since 2013, he has been the chief investment officer at Earlston Investments Corp., a private investment company. Before that, he founded and was the chairman of Sprott Resource Lending Corp. and held various senior management roles with Quest Capital Corp., the predecessor to Sprott.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The fact that Cara and Murray made a donation to cancer research doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t surprise me, although the generosity of their gift is really quite remarkable.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Although Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair moved to Vancouver around the same time, they actually met on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in 1986 during a conference. The two married in 1987, had two children, and later made it part of their collective mission to give back whenever they could. Over the years, that has meant donating time and money to a range of organizations, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the BC Cancer Foundation, and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Their gift to cancer research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, however, was by far their largest.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The fact that Cara and Murray made a donation to cancer research doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t surprise me, although the generosity of their gift is really quite remarkable,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dale Bonsall, a longtime friend of the Sinclairs and a colleague of Mrs. Sinclair카지노 게임 컬렉션�s at HELP Youth Canada. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They카지노 게임 컬렉션�re just wonderful, caring, understated people. I wouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have been surprised if they had done it anonymously but I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m very happy they didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t because the personal story behind their donation may inspire others to also contribute to cancer research.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

That personal story doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t just include Craig. Mrs. Sinclair카지노 게임 컬렉션�s parents both had cancer, another brother-in-law has cancer, Mr. Sinclair카지노 게임 컬렉션�s father died of cancer, and they both have a handful of friends who either have cancer now or have had it in the past.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s everywhere,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mrs. Sinclair. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�And Murray and I talked for a long time about whether we could make this gift anonymously or not. And we ultimately decided, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�No. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s wants to leverage this.카지노 게임 컬렉션� And we wanted that, too. And so, we just thought that there comes a time when you카지노 게임 컬렉션�re trying to make a significant impact that you have to get outside of your comfort zone.카지노 게임 컬렉션� Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Dean of Health Sciences Jane Philpott can still clearly remember meeting Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair for one of the first times in mid-2023 on a trip to Vancouver. The three met for dinner on a Sunday evening at the Marine Lounge, a laid-back restaurant overlooking English Bay.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was struck by how casual it all was,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dean Philpott. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�You tend to think when you meet with people who can make a $25-million gift that it카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll be in some fancy, formal place. But it wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t, and we just chatted about their family, about Vancouver, their travels. Nothing was pretentious about it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Dean Philpott was also struck by how confident the Sinclairs were about making their gift. They never questioned whether it was the right thing to do, she remembers. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They knew right from the beginning that this was something that was really important to them, and they knew it would have an impact.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Part of that confidence came from a couple of visits the Sinclairs made to the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Cancer Research Institute in 2023. As they toured the facilities and met with passionate PhD students hunched over microscopes and leading researchers like immunotherapy expert Paul Kubes, the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�enthusiasm of the place became contagious,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mr. Sinclair.

Mrs. Sinclair agrees. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�This is the top cancer research institute in Canada, and we could see that. A lot of what these brilliant scientists were doing went way over our heads,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says with a laugh, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�but you just knew they knew what they were doing, and they were doing it right.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Back on their couch in Vancouver, the Sinclairs are thinking again about Craig. You can see the impact of his life and death in their faces and hear it in their words about him 카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�optimistic,카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�modest,카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�funny,카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�strong.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Yet as devastated as the Sinclairs are about Craig카지노 게임 컬렉션�s passing, they clearly aren카지노 게임 컬렉션�t swallowed by grief. They are determined to use Craig카지노 게임 컬렉션�s memory and this gift to help others, to try to extend lifespans, to put, as Mr. Sinclair says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�even one more tool in the toolbox카지노 게임 컬렉션� of the experts who wake up every day trying to beat back this disease.

Mrs. Sinclair is still thinking about Craig카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노 게임 컬렉션�outrageous카지노 게임 컬렉션� chemo outfit.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�What a strange, ironic reversal,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That somebody so ill can make you feel so buoyant by their story, that they can make you somehow feel better.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

But that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s what cancer can do, she adds.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It can teach you so many lessons along the way. It taught us about Craig and his strength, about ourselves. And it taught us that even though the clock was ticking, if cancer research can give you more time 카지노 게임 컬렉션� five, 10 years 카지노 게임 컬렉션� then that can be such an incredibly positive thing.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

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The Cara & Murray Sinclair Cancer Research Institute: A world leader

Founded in 2001, the Sinclair Cancer Research Institute (SCRI) is the only research centre in Canada that brings together experts from three key areas: cancer biology and genetics, clinical trials, and cancer care and epidemiology.

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s rare to have this breadth of research in one institution, says Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Health Sciences Dean Jane Philpott. And as she put it during the Sinclair family카지노 게임 컬렉션�s $25-million gift announcement in June, that comprehensiveness means that the SCRI can 카지노 게임 컬렉션�take cancer research from bench to bedside and back.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Sinclairs카지노 게임 컬렉션� gift will build on that foundation and help position the SCRI 카지노 게임 컬렉션�to be a leader in cancer research on the world stage,카지노 게임 컬렉션� adds Dean Philpott.

In particular, the gift will fund two new state-of-the-art facilities.

One will be an imaging facility equipped with technology for seeing the immune system interact with cancer cells in real time. This will allow researchers to better grasp how cancer cells defend against the immune system and resist treatments.

The other facility will focus on making personalized immunotherapy treatments available to Canadian patients faster for clinical trials. These types of therapies use a person카지노 게임 컬렉션�s own immune system to find and attack cancer cells and are among the most promising for treating a variety of different cancers.

The Sinclairs카지노 게임 컬렉션� gift will also go toward a new training program to support graduate students, as well as an innovation fund for supporting new collaborative team-based research on cancers that remain hard to treat.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This gift really does change the game for us,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Andrew Craig, director of the SCRI. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�And it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s so exciting when alumni want to make sure Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s is in a better place than when they left it. So, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m looking forward to working with the Sinclairs and my colleagues to make sure their gift yields maximum potential benefit for all of those affected by cancer.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

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