Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Stem cell donor from Potlotek First Nation
Inspiration

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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Financial donor Janet Laforest
Information Inspiration

Donation left in will continues a career legacy

The late Janet LaForest’s commitment to Canada’s blood system will live on, thanks to a legacy gift

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Ron Shivji looking at bag of plasma while donating plasma
Inspiration Plasma

The incredible story of how plasma donations help patients

This straw-coloured component of blood is the source material for many lifesaving medications

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Dr. Jennie Haw is a social scientist with Canadian Blood Services
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The science of giving

Dr. Jennie Haw is helping us better understand donors to Canada's Lifeline

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Glenndl Miguel outdoors
Information Plasma

Expanding plasma donation to be more inclusive

Some sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men now eligible to donate plasma

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Blood recipient with prosthetic leg
Inspiration Plasma

Blood donations helped him survive illness, and then a critical injury

Darcy Wagner, whose immune disease is treated with a plasma product, lost his leg in a farming accident

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Abigale Latoszek smiling outdoors
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Her birthday wish was to help others who needed blood

Abigale Latoszek, who has leukemia, is inspiring blood donations and financial gifts to Canada’s Lifeline

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