NVLN Novelion Therapeutics Inc

1.	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Whitefort Capital Master Fund, LP
2.	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)    [x]
	(b)    [ ]
3.	SEC USE ONLY
4.	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Cayman Islands
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
5.	SOLE VOTING POWER
	0
6.	SHARED VOTING POWER
	1,035,275
7.	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
	0
8.	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
	1,035,275
9.	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	1,035,275
10.	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   [ ]
11.	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	5.5%
12.	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PN

Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:

Novelion Therapeutics Inc. ("Issuer")

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

c/o Norton Rose Fulbright
1800-510 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 0M3 Canada

Item 2(a).

Name of Persons Filing:

The names of the persons filing this statement on Schedule 13G are (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"):

·	Whitefort Capital Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the "Master Fund");

·	Whitefort Capital Management, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Whitefort Management");

·	David Salanic, a French citizen ("Mr. Salanic"); and

·	Joseph Kaplan, a United States citizen ("Mr. Kaplan").

Whitefort Management acts as the investment manager of the  Master Fund. Each of Mr. Salanic and Mr. Kaplan is a Co-Managing Partner of Whitefort Management.

By virtue of these relationships, each of Whitefort Management, Mr. Salanic and Mr. Kaplan may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock (as defined below) owned by the Master Fund.

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

The principal business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 780 Third Avenue, 26 ^th Floor, New York, New York 10017.

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:

Mr. Salanic is a citizen of France.

Mr. Kaplan is a citizen of the United States.

The Master Fund is a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

Whitefort Management is a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:

Common shares, without par value (the "Common Stock")

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:

67001K202

Item 3.

If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d 1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

Item 4.   Ownership.

(a)	Amount beneficially owned:

As of the close of business on August 23, 2018,

(i)	The Master Fund owned 1,035,275 shares of Common Stock;

(ii)	Whitefort Management, as the investment manager of the Master Fund, may be deemed to have beneficially owned the 1,035,275 shares of Common Stock owned by the Master Fund;

(iii)

Mr. Salanic, as a Co-Managing Partner of Whitefort Management, may be deemed to have beneficially owned the 1,035,275 shares of Common Stock owned the Master Fund.

(iv)	Mr. Kaplan, as a Co-Managing Partner of Whitefort Management, may be deemed to have beneficially owned the 1,035,275 shares of Common Stock owned by the Master Fund.

(b)	Percent of Class:

The percentage of Common Stock reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 18,852,557 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 2, 2018, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2018. As of the close of business on August 23, 2018, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 5.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(c)	Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i)            Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

See Cover Pages Items 5-8.

(ii)            Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

See Cover Pages Items 5-8.

(iii)          Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition:

See Cover Pages Items 5-8.

(iv)          Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition:

See Cover Pages Items 5-8.

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [  ].

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

See Exhibit A.

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

Item 10.

Certification.

By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

Dated:

August 23, 2018

WHITEFORT CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LP

By: Whitefort Capital GP, LLC, its general partner

By:  /s/ David Salanic

             David Salanic, Co-Managing Partner

By:  /s/ Joseph Kaplan

             Joseph Kaplan, Co-Managing Partner

WHITEFORT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP

By:  /s/ David Salanic

             David Salanic, Co-Managing Partner

By:  /s/ Joseph Kaplan

             Joseph Kaplan, Co-Managing Partner

 

 

/s/ David Salanic
     DAVID SALANIC

/s/ Joseph Kaplan

     JOSEPH KAPLAN