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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Ken Walker helps keep donors smiling behind their masks
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‘I help donors feel welcome’

Ken Walker helps keep the donors smiling behind their masks

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Umbilical cord blood donations fuel Dr. Marjorie Brand’s study of blood diseases and cancers
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Cord blood researcher helping to fight blood cancers

Umbilical cord blood donations fuel Dr. Marjorie Brand’s study of blood diseases and cancers

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Valerie Conrod, a senior medical laboratory technologist is in charge of operating the high-throughput analyzers for COVID-19 antibody assessment in blood donors as part of our collaboration with the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.
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How common is COVID-19?

Early results from Canadian Blood Services’ seroprevalence study provide some insights

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Lourdess Sumners survived childhood leukemia because of cord blood donations
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How umbilical cord blood saves lives

Lourdess Sumners survived childhood leukemia because of cord blood donations

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Brittany Lewis’s artwork features portraits of blood recipients in Lethbridge, Alta.
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Sidewalk art boosts spirits and blood donations

Brittany Lewis’s artwork features portraits of blood recipients in Lethbridge, Alta.

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RBC Employees supporting Canada's Lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic
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How RBC is supporting Canada’s Lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic

Through the RBC Gives Blood for Life program, RBC is promoting blood and stem cell donation

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