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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Nolan Clark, a teen who donated blood for the first time, sits on a porch with his younger brother Nicholas who had blood transfusions as an infant.
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As thanks for his brother’s health, teen donates blood for the first time

Nolan Clark has also joined the stem cell registry since turning 17

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Member of National Women’s Team a proud Hockey Gives Blood Player Ambassador

Emily Clark inspired by her brother to donate blood for the first time

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Élodie Guitteaud, a Black employee at Canadian Blood Services poses outside by the snow.
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‘We need to do more’

Élodie Guitteaud, translator at Canadian Blood Services, shares her Black pride and reflects on inclusion

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Few potential stem cell donors are Black. She’s working to change that

Sylvia Okonofua is leading a volunteer campaign to recruit Black Canadians to the stem cell registry

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Hezekiah, Joiakim and Micah Felix pose in shirts that display the superhero characters in the book The Battle of Ottogatz.
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‘Superpower’ boost from donors helps brothers thrive with illness

The Felix brothers are also the heroes of a comic book that's raising awareness of sickle cell disease

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An Asian employee and a Black employee in conversation. Behind them is a map of Canada with the words Somewhere in Canada there’s a life you can save.
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'Every step forward is a good sign'

Karl Kuate, a category manager with Canadian Blood Services, reflects on the importance of inclusion

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