Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Child blood recipient holding ice cream, smiling and pointing at photographer
Inspiration

Precious time for dreams big and small, thanks to blood donors

Blood donations gave Penn time for everything on her bucket list, from ‘eat ice cream’ to ‘visit Disneyland’

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Image of Ian Harrop holding up a sign of Canadian Blood Services of his 600th blood donation while skydiving
Inspiration

Inspiring plasma donors from 3,000 metres up

Ian Harrop skydived to celebrate his 600th donation

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Image of Mike Jones in a blue shirt
Inspiration Plasma

Donated plasma saves Ottawa man’s life

Mike Jones recovered from a rare immune disorder

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Image of Diane Charlebois and her mother outside on a bridge.
Inspiration

Cancer survivor feels ‘blessed’ by stem cell donor’s act of kindness

Calgary’s Diane Charlebois owes her life to a stranger half a world away

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Image of Representatives of OtherHalf - Chinese Stem Cell Initiative holding up a giant cheque of $20,000 to Canadian Blood Services
Inspiration

How Canada’s Chinese community is helping diverse patients find stem cell matches

Unique initiatives support donor recruitment, development of new matching technology

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Image of Mackenzie Curran sitting on her bed in her bedroom
Inspiration

After stem cells saved her life, her story is helping to save others

Mackenzie Curran’s schoolmate donated stem cells after hearing her speak at Queen’s University

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Thumbnail image of the new Canadian Blood Services environmental sustainability Calgary operations facility.
Innovation

The road to LEED: how green design principles have shaped our new Calgary site

If you visit Canadian Blood Services’ new Calgary operations facility, you’ll see information about the building’s photovoltaic output (a method of generating electricity from sunlight) on the screen in the lobby.

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