a family-friendly event benefitting local breast cancer research

BRIGHT Run is a non-competitive, family-friendly 1 km/5 km walk or run held at Christie Lake Conservation Area, on the first Saturday after Labour Day.

Join us for our 18th annual BRIGHT Run!

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Thank you to everyone for another successful 2024 BRIGHT Run!

Look for annoucement regarding registration for BRIGHT Run 2025 soon and get started on your fundraising. 

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Created using the Donation Thermometer plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/donation-thermometer/.Raised $588,370 towards the $417,000 target.Raised $588,370 towards the $417,000 target.

Our fundraising goal this year was $417,000

So far we’ve raised $588,370 of $417,000! That’s 141% of the total!

It is never too early or too late to make a donation and support breast cancer research.

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Created using the Donation Thermometer plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/donation-thermometer/.Raised $588,370 towards the $417,000 target.Raised $588,370 towards the $417,000 target.

Our fundraising goal this year was $417,000

So far we’ve raised $588,370 of $417,000! That’s 141% of the total!

It is never too early or too late to make a donation and support breast cancer research.

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''BEST FUN MY FAMILY HAS HAD ON A RUN, AND IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE!''

– Kevin Randall

FUNDED

PROJECTS

BRIGHT Run has funded 17 breast cancer research projects each ranging in value between $50,000 and $100,000. Here are some of the projects your donations have funded to date.

PYNK Program

PYNK Program

The PYNK program for young people diagnosed with breast cancer will help people under 40, who face a range of unique issues because of their age and the nature of their disease. “Breast cancer is particularly challenging for younger patients, with more aggressive...

BRIGHT Funding for Metastatic Breast Cancer Study

BRIGHT Funding for Metastatic Breast Cancer Study

BRIGHT Run has approved funding for a research project that aims to study the impact of a specialized type of radiation in patients with metastatic breast cancer. The project, headed by Dr. Elysia K. Donovan, a radiation oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre aims...

Daily Partial Breast Irradiation

Daily Partial Breast Irradiation

BRIGHT provided funding to support a phase II randomized trial to evaluate the safety of two accelerated partial breast irradiation regimens, of different intensities, in women who had undergone lumpectomy for breast cancer. Sixty-two women were enrolled in Hamilton...

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In Your Own Words

In Your Own Words

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In Your Own Words 

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