Patrick Sullivan, LLB
Senior Leadership Committee, Regional Representative, British Columbia
Co-Lead, Access to Innovative Therapies & Optimal Care
Person With Lived Experience
Patrick Sullivan is a passionate childhood cancer advocate.
Patrick became an advocate after his twin-son Finn was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in 2007 and heard the word “incurable” for the first time in 2008. His desire to make a change in cancer research is in part an effort to pay an un-payable debt to his son Finn and to change the stories of other children like Finn.
Patrick is the Chair of the Board of Childhood Cancer Canada and one of the Founders of the Team Finn Foundation. He serves on several national and international initiatives as one of the founders of Ac2orn; Director, Canadian Cancer Research Alliance; Executive Member, Terry Fox Research; the pan-Canadian PRecision Oncology For Young peopLE (PROFYLE) program and more.
By profession, Patrick is a securities and corporate-commercial litigator practicing at Whitelaw Twining.
Patrick is the proud father of three remarkable children, Baird, Sarah and Finn and would do almost anything for the simple pleasure of holding Finn’s hand again.