Stories from Canadian Blood Services

First-time donor Corina pointing at arm bandage
Information

Donating blood or plasma for the very first time? Tell us about it!

You could inspire someone else to join the 450 Challenge. Let’s work together to get Canada’s blood pumping! 

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Air Canada pilot sits in his chair in the flight deck of a plane. A blue cooler containing a donated kidney is placed behind his chair.
Innovation

Collaboration with Air Canada to ship kidneys takes flight during COVID-19

National air carrier’s new support has made it possible for transplants from living donors to continue

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Medical professional handling cryopreservation
Information Innovation

The lifesaving science of keeping delicate cells on ice

Cryopreservation is essential for storing rare blood types and stem cells for patients

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Five Canadian Blood Services women share their views on International Women’s Day

Recognizing the contributions of women on this day and every other day

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A young boy plays in a field. Jakob Guziak was diagnosed with SCID (adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency), days after his birth. He urgently needs a stem cell transplant.
Plasma

How we help patients with rare diseases

Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year

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James McCarroll, a medical laboratory technologist, leans on a piece of equipment at a Canadian Blood Services facility that processes stem cells for autologous stem cell transplants.
Innovation

How stem cell transplants continued through a COVID-19-related shutdown

Dedicated lab specialists kept working for 17 patients who needed lifesaving stem cell transplants

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Akintunde Adeniyi, a Black employee at Canadian Blood Services, stands in front of his bricked house. Akintunde wants to see his organization’s diversity and inclusion work continue in 2021 with the same momentum it did last year.
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‘I hope we keep the momentum going’

Akintunde Adeniyi, information security analyst at Canadian Blood Services, shares his hopes for diversity and inclusion

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