Stories from Canadian Blood Services

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How students can save lives while competing for scholarships this summer

With the Assignment Saving Lives Scholarship Program, recruit donors to win up to $6500 toward your 2024-2025 tuition

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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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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
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Celebrating a hero

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

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How financial donors can make a difference for patients

Margaret Miedema, director of philanthropy at Canadian Blood Services, answers some frequently asked questions about financial donations

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Breast cancer survivors and dragon boat team members Vonnie Pope and Donna Jelly with paddles near the water.
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Dragon boat teammates donate blood after cancer recovery

For these breast cancer survivors, it’s a celebration of life as well as a gift to others

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Logan Boulet with his parents Toby and Bernadine Boulet inside a hockey arena
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Logan Boulet’s legacy continues with third annual Green Shirt Day

The Humboldt Broncos player registered to be an organ donor, which saved lives and inspired many others

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