Participant Profiles

Steve Ewoniak, a married father of two, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2018. It was a life-changing experience. Steve noticed a small lump on his chest and his wife, Kerri, encouraged him to get it examined immediately. The same day that he went to his...

On January 21, 2016, my world was turned upside down and time actually stopped as I found out that I was diagnosed with Stage 2, HER2-positive breast cancer. The news was a shock to say the least. At the age of 41, this is not news I was ever expecting to hear nor was...

Kristen Winkworth attended her first BRIGHT Run last year. The Caledonia teacher was too ill to participate, so five of her colleagues at River Heights Public School walked on her behalf as part of a team of 13 that also included family and friends. But the day –...

Less than a year after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Pamela Jean is participating in her first BRIGHT Run, leading her team Princess Pam’s Tribe. Since her Sept. 11, 2017 diagnosis, the 56-year-old married mom of two adult daughters has undergone three...

Lisa Balsdon knows cancer from both sides. As a radiation therapist, she has spent 25-plus years treating cancer patients at the Juravinski Cancer Centre. As a breast cancer patient herself, the Waterdown resident appreciated a whole new dimension of cancer treatment....