A breast cancer researcher's life cut short by #MetastaticBreastCancer. Heartbreaking to think of how much more could she have contributed. Dr. Juliet Daniel's work focussed on triple negative disease and she also was a strong proponent for equity and inclusivity. breastcancer.ca/dr-juliet-da...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Haileybury Legion, North Ontario. Robbie Burns Night. My mom had a Dutch boss. As a child he was in a bombed out farm house as the war raged. In the early morning his family heard a strange sound: It was Canadian pipers marching through mist bringing freedom. That is the meaning of the pipes.

I just learned that @anguspratt.bsky.social has passed. Canada has lost a remarkable & tireless cancer #research advocate. His @cancersociety.bsky.social video is so powerful. #lungcancer #redtoque #lcsm #malebreastcancer youtu.be/GtSQi7gjaTg?...

In an age of toxic rhetoric and escalating political violence we need to conjure the spirit of D'Arcy McGee. He gave his life for the principle that our nation will survive if we focus on what binds us rather than on what divides. charlieangus.substack.com/p/rethinking...

A comprehensive piece that just makes me mourn. And it's not even the worst thing that's going on. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Maybe, one day, #MetastaticBreastCancer patients will be counted properly around the world. Kudos to #RethinkBreast @breastcancernow.bsky.social and #BreastCancerNetworkAustralia for banding together. #CountUsIn rethinkbreastcancer.com/take-action/...

Rethinking our stewardship of patient health data in the age of AI healthydebate.ca/2025/07/topi...

When advocacy overrides science, who benefits? healthydebate.ca/2025/07/topi...

LBCA is so sad about the passing of Christine McKay, she has been a force for advocacy for ILC research as a founding member of our patient advocate advisory board. We remain inspired by her work to raise awareness of ILC. ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/mar...

Jo recently contributed to research with Oldham Healthwatch on the healthcare experiences of people with metastatic cancer. The report highlights both progress and gaps in care across the UK. Read report here: www.healthwatcholdham.co.uk/sites/health... #METUPUK #PatientVoice #Stage4NeedsMore

@abcdiagnosis and METUPUK have long campaigned for MBC symptom infographics to be part of follow-up care. New research shows they improve wellbeing and help women feel more informed and in control after primary breast cancer. Swipe to see infographics. #MetastaticMay #METUPUK #Stage4NeedsMore

Tassia Haines helped drive major change for MBC care in Wales, campaigning for every patient to have a dedicated SBC Nurse. Thanks to her work, most health boards now do. Our Welsh volunteers reflect on what this means - and honour Tassia’s legacy. #MetastaticMay #METUPUK #Stage4NeedsMore

It's International #ClinicalTrials Day. Thanks to everyone who contributes to clinical trials 🙏. And an article co-written with patients on the research ethics review in 🇨🇦 - our thoughts and hopes for the future - healthydebate.ca/2025/05/topi... @healthydebate.bsky.social

New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social: When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

Thank you @ccsresearch.bsky.social & Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for the #DaffodilMonth lab tour. Inspiring to meet young researchers & their research (oncolytic viruses, TILs etc). Such cool (but expensive) equipment. They had a hands on exercise for us (pic). #HelpHopeBloom 1/2

In their silence against Trump, business leaders are saying their fear and idolatry of the dollar trumps all. Their silence is cowardice. www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the...

Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...

The Terry Fox Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is now on BlueSky!!! @marathonofhope.bsky.social Find out all about this amazing program at marthonofhopecancercentres.ca

Nathalie Provost survived the Polytechnique massacre. She knows that guns designed to kill people don’t belong on our streets.

Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

Today's article contains a powerful story of resilience in life's final moments (The Medicine of Joy: A Story of Finding Peace in Life's Crucial Chapter) gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/medicine-o...

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

“We must be prepared to defend our sovereignty-not just with military spending, but with a population that is engaged, trained and ready.” Great piece by @petermacleod.bsky.social about how Canada needs a Civil Defence Force where every Canadian has a role to play. 🇨🇦💪 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

I think it's crazy that my biggest stressor is the state of the world and not the fact I have I have incurable cancer. Like I have to fight cancer AND fascism? WTF? #cancerBS

As someone who has been a guinea pig for pharma several times, and whose provincial health departments have dropped fortunes paying for pharma's products, I am just gut wrenched at their lack of support for science.

buy Canadian. Noble idea. an one I will pursue. But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry. Media. A thread... 1/

It’s a privilege to be part of this meaningful work! The ASCO CDK Dosing Study has the potential to reshape clinical practice for older adults w/ #metastaticbreastcancer. Thnx to PCORI for funding this impactful project. @therightdose.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social #bcsm #DoseOptimization #QoL

Terry Fox will be the next Canadian featured on the $5 bill. The athlete and activist will be replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier who will now appear on the next version of the $50 note, by Clarrie Feinstein www.thestar.com/news/terry-f... via @torontostar.bsky.social

I've been in 7 #MetastaticBreastCancer treatment #ClinicalTrials and no one yet has shared the published results directly with me (I found articles via patient grps and that old place X). #Oncsky It really should be common practice and the UK's NHS agrees: www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and...