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Blood recipient Shae-Lynn smiling while holding pole with blood bag during blood transfusion
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10 amazing ways donated blood and plasma help save lives

From blood transfusions for babies in the womb, to the manufacture of lifesaving medications, blood and plasma help far beyond trauma

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Dressed in casual outfits, Tyler and Rebecca Munk hang out with their toddler and baby on a bridge in Squamish, B.C.
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‘It’s a beautiful way to celebrate the start of our daughter’s life’

Rebecca and Tyler Munk donated their newborn’s umbilical cord blood, a source of potentially lifesaving stem cells

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Aiden Beattie Canadian Blood Services employee
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Fostering an atmosphere of acceptance

This Pride Month, analyst Aiden Beattie reflects on a decade of changes at Canadian Blood Services

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Donor services representative Annette Regalado, dressed in black and blue scrubs, stands in front of a Canadian Blood Services banner which reads: “Thank you to our volunteers.”
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‘There should be diversity, equity and inclusion in every organization’

Annette Regalado is a residential school survivor and Canadian Blood Services employee in Regina, Sask.

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A man in white makeup decorated with colourful butterflies at a beach during a Pride celebration.
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Stem Cell Club volunteers aim to save lives with Pride Month campaign

They’re helping to inform gay, bisexual and queer men that they are eligible to donate stem cells

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A woman with long brown hair, gold-rimmed glasses and a denim shirt stands on a roadway lined with greenery and brick buildings.
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Laying the groundwork for a more inclusive blood system

Dr. Catherine Jenkins, scientist and LGBTQ+ advocate, is part of our effort to evolve donor screening

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A young woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiles broadly as she holds her baby son.
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New mother brings hope to patients after her own health emergency

Shami Rispoli honours the blood donors who helped her, by fundraising for Canada’s Lifeline

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