Canadian icon Terry Fox, who famously ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research, has been selected to appear on the next version of the $5 bank note, according to the Liberals’ fall economic statement.

After having to have his leg amputated as a result of his cancer diagnosis, Fox began a cross-country run that started in Newfoundland and Labrador when he dipped his prosthetic leg in the Atlantic Ocean.

His marathon was cut short in Thunder Bay, Ont. when his disease could no longer allow him to continue onward towards the B.C. coast.