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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Dustin Adams, owner of We Are One Composites in Kamloops, B.C.
Inspiration

Serious fall spurs mountain bike enthusiasts to call for donors

Dustin Adams’ close call moves We Are One Composites to promote blood, stem cell donations

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Graphic image of Animated organs called Orgamites
Innovation

Creative new resources boost organ donation and transplant knowledge

New international storytelling platform and the animated series The Orgamites are both coming to Canada

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Paul and Geri Laforet standing in front of a Canadian Blood Servies mural during National Volunteer Week
Inspiration Plasma

Sudbury family caps life-long involvement by volunteering

Sudbury family caps life-long involvement by volunteering at Sudbury plasma donor centre

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Young girl looking at camera
Inspiration

A lifesaving kidney transplant during a pandemic, thanks to a former babysitter

Stephanie Jolink’s transplant shows the power of living donation

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A man wearing a green shirt day jersey, in front of a body of water with a city skyline in the background.
Inspiration

Building resiliency in health care

Organ donation coordinators endure high rates of burnout. Canadian Blood Services and CHEO aim to change that.

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Allan and Jean Muir with their family sitting outside in the daughter's backyard
Inspiration

Celebrating a hero

Allan Muir hailed a hero by blood recipient as he celebrates his 800th donation in Edmonton.

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