FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  VENTURES WEST CAPITAL LTD
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/21/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. [OGXI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2500-1066 WEST HASTINGS STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

VANCOUVER, BC V6E 3X 1		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 926,819 (1)
I
See footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
VENTURES WEST CAPITAL LTD
2500-1066 WEST HASTINGS STREET
VANCOUVER, BC V6E 3X 1		     X    

Signatures

Howard Riback, Chief Financial Officer 08/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) These securities include 264,810 shares that remain in escrow pending the achievement of certain milestones, as set forth in the Arrangement Agreement dated May 27, 2008 between Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Oncogenex Technologies Inc., which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21243) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference. If such milestones are not satisfied prior to August 21, 2014, all shares remaining in escrow will be cancelled.
(2) 845,643 shares of common stock are held of record by Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership, whose general partner is Ventures West 7 Management Ltd, an entity wholly owned by Ventures West Capital Ltd. and whose officers are similar to the officers of Ventures West Capital Ltd and 81,176 shares of common stock are held of record by Ventures West 7 U.S. Limited Partnership, whose manager is Ventures West 7 Management (International) Inc., an entity controlled by Ventures West Capital Ltd. and whose officers are similar to the officers of Ventures West Capital Ltd. All transactions involving securities held by Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership and Ventures West 7 U.S. Limited Partnership are completed in parallel.

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