Stories: Canadian Blood Services

Blood donations were essential to 15-year-old Sean Jollymore’s fight against leukemia six years ago

During the pandemic, connecting stem cell donors to recipients required extra-heroic feats of logistics

For Joel Menard, the chance to donate stem cells ‘felt like winning an unexpected award’

After Kelsey Koch donated her son’s cord blood, it was matched to a patient for a stem cell transplant

Christine Caron needed blood to survive her body’s extreme response to an infection from a dog bite

Blood, plasma and stem cell donors help children survive devastating illnesses

Rachel Van Pelt was thrilled to help a patient ― and to hear from them later, in her own time of grief

Thousands of donors have already visited our new dedicated plasma donor centre. Their support is critical.

This summer, Greg Dobbin made his 61st blood donation while his daughter Hilary made her first

Elmer Cantelo still donates blood regularly at age 87, and recalls the episode that got him started