BRIGHT Run/Walk for Breast Cancer Research

11/18/2025

A new BRIGHT Team research update is here! ✨ Our latest paper, published in Current Oncology, explores how advanced imaging features from PET/CT scans may help identify breast cancer spread to axillary lymph nodes without invasive procedures. 💗🔬 While early findings are promising, more consistent and high-quality studies are needed to advance this important work. 📊🩺 It’s been an exciting season of student achievements, research progress, and fall inspiration—read more below! 🍁✨

https://brightrun.ca/2025/10/31/advancing-breast-cancer-imaging-research/

Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation

A New Publication from the BRIGHT Team Hello BRIGHT Run Family,  Happy November!  I am excited to share a research update with you. Our research paper “18F-FDG PET/CT Semiquantitative and Radiomic Features for Assessing Pathologic Axillary Lymph Node Status in Clinical Stage I–III Breast

11/12/2025

🍷✨ Our lovely friends at Cave Springs Winery have a great fundraising program heading into the holiday season! 🎁

You can meet your own wine-gifting needs and help family, friends, and colleagues head into the holidays well-stocked! 🍇🥂

Check out the info below to learn how to get started — questions can be emailed to 📧 info@brightrun.ca

What a great way to kick off your 2026 fundraising! 💖💪

Our lovely friends at Cave Springs Winery have a great fundraising program heading into the holiday season.  You can meet your own wine-gifting needs and help family, friends, and colleagues head into the holidays well-stocked!  Check out the information below to learn how to get started.

11/11/2025

11/07/2025

📸 Here’s a challenge for you! 💪
Send us your best 2025 photo that says “BRIGHT Run” — without actually saying BRIGHT Run! 😉

We want to capture all the ✨vibes✨ of event day — from the first steps 🏃‍♀️ to the finish line 🏅, and every pink-tastic moment in between 💖

📅 Submit your photos by Nov. 21
📧 Send them to info@brightrun.ca

You could be the lucky winner of a BRIGHT Run hoodie! 🎁👚

Come on, folks — show us your BRIGHT Run spirit! 💓🌸

11/05/2025

💖 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – BRIGHT Run can’t happen without our stellar volunteers! 🌟

Again in 2025, volunteers of all ages answered the call 🙌 In the months leading up to event day, they staffed lobby sales, sold raffle tickets 🎟️, and spread the word in the community 💬

Most importantly, they turned out on event day, ready to take up their assignments with smiles on their faces 😊

A core group of a couple dozen volunteers work year-round to get ready for event day 🗓️ But those folks can’t do it alone on the big day! 💪

More than 200 volunteers showed up when they were needed most 💗
Read more:
https://brightrun.ca/2025/10/05/shout-out-to-bright-run-volunteers/

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – BRIGHT Run can’t happen without our stellar volunteers.  Again in 2025, volunteers of all ages answered the call. In the months leading up to event day, they staffed lobby sales, sold raffle tickets, and spread the word in the community.  Most

10/31/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

10/27/2025

Event Day Impressions:

💨 While Friday’s strong winds challenged our setup, Mother Nature more than made up for it on Saturday! ☀️🌿

The turnout was outstanding 👏🎉, the energy was incredible ⚡😄, and the fun factor reached new heights! 🎈🏃‍♂️💗

I was so grateful to see so many familiar faces 🤗 and to welcome new ones 🙌. It’s those connections that make all of the work leading up to event day worthwhile. 💞🌟

💫 David Balsdon - Event Day Co-Lead - Team Member, Linear Accelerators ⚡🚀

10/23/2025

BRIGHT Run 2025 comes to a close just in time for 2026 planning to start!
Thank you to our great executive whos unwavering committment makes the magic happen (from left to right):
Aryn Maria Sousa, Lisa Rudd-Scott, Michele Mandryk, David Balsdon, Dr. Bindi Dhesy, Dr. Mark Levine, Hinda Levine, Kathie Ward, Nancy McMillan, Laurie Towns, Michele Cardoso,
and those missing from the photo Dr. Andrea Eisen, Colleen Ionson and Lee Prokaska.
We are always looking for volunteers to bring their experience and passion to Executive table. Email nancy@brightrun.ca if you are interested in joining us.

10/22/2025

Event Day Impressions:

💗 I felt so happy and grateful to be a part of the 18th BRIGHT Run! 🎀✨

It was such fun walking with my amazing team members 🚶‍♀️👟💞, enjoying the beautiful weather ☀️🌿, and witnessing the incredible support for breast cancer research. 🧠🩷🔬

💫 Dr. Ashirbani Saha - Captain of Say Ay for AI 🤖🎗️
First holder of the BRIGHT Run Breast Cancer Learning Health System Chair 👩‍⚕️🌟

10/14/2025

Event Day Impressions:

🎀 This is my third year participating in BRIGHT Run as a team captain, and I have thoroughly enjoyed each event! 🌟🏃‍♀️💗

From the moment you arrive, you’re welcomed by enthusiastic volunteers 🤩🙌 and everything is so beautifully organized. 💪✨

It’s such a special way to support family and friends who have been affected by breast cancer 💕🎗️ — and to remember and honour those we have lost. 🌸🕊️

The day is inspirational and moving 💖, yet filled with celebration and camaraderie 🎉🤝. I’m so grateful to have found such a positive way to support this incredible community. 💞🌈

💗 Jackie Cracknell - Captain of BRIGHT team Bosom Buddies 👯‍♀️🎀

10/12/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!

We're thankful for our participants, our community partners, our supporters and our volunteers! ❤

What are you thankful for today?

10/11/2025

Event Day Impressions:

⚡️The electrical wattage was at an all-time high at Christie Lake on Sept 6! 😄🎉 The smiles, laughter, hugs, cheers, and true sense of community overtook the entire park — from the parking lots to the 2.5km turnaround and every spot in between. 💖🏞️

I was absolutely delighted 🤗— as were many current and former patients 💪💗— to see so many Juravinski Cancer Centre oncologists, nurses, and supportive medical practitioners on event day, more than I can ever remember from past events! 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🏃‍♀️

So many researchers and recipients of BRIGHT Run funds walked with us to show their support and gratitude. 🙏 To mention but a few: Drs. Levine, Dhesy, Daniel, Whelan, Donovan, Eisen, Houlahan, and Saha. 👏🩷

It is always such an honour to stand on stage 🎤 and look into the faces of all ages and stages 🌸 and know that together, we are making such an enormous difference. 🌟💪

💗 Nancy McMillan - Event Chair - Captain of McMillan’s Madcaps 🎀