Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Stem cell donor from Potlotek First Nation
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How an Indigenous stem cell donor saved a life on Canada’s opposite coast

Veronica, who is Mi’kmaw from Cape Breton, was a stem cell match for Judee, a woman of Métis heritage on Vancouver Island

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Doctor in red lab coat front of equipment at blood production facility
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What really happens to your blood donation? This doc asked, and we answered

After donating blood for the first time, Dr. Siobhan Deshauer filmed a visit to our biggest production facility

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Stem cell recipient with racing bike at waterfront
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Give 3 in 2023: Margaret, stem cell recipient and financial donor

After a stem cell donor saved her life, Margaret is passionate about helping others

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Blood recipient with mother, daughter and granddaughter at a park
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Give 3 in 2023: Munira, blood recipient, with her family

Blood donors are central to Munira’s story of surviving three different cancers

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McNeely family
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Canadian father advocates for new hemophilia treatment

A father advocates for a new hemophilia drug that could help his children. At the same time, we initiate the process for a drug to be included in our formulary.

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Researcher prepares samples in Canadian Blood Services’ seroprevalence lab
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By analyzing donated blood, we’re helping to shed light on the state of COVID-19 in Canada

Through the pandemic, our seroprevalence research has aided public health decision-making

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Smiling mother, holding a toddler, standing in front of a tree.
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Tiny cord blood donors deliver huge hope to families

Cameryn Slack’s mother Pam registered to donate Cameryn’s umbilical cord blood in the hope it could save a life

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