Canadian Blood Services

Stem cell donors are real life heroes. In honour of World Marrow Donor Day: #ThankYouDonor 🙏
Complete the online registration process online at: http://ow.ly/Pwx550iKjZa
... #WMDD18 #GetSwabbed
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In celebration of World Marrow Donor Day, we’re honouring the heroes who took the time to #GetSwabbed and #GiveLife.
Learn how to start the adult stem cell registry process on our website: http://ow.ly/Ah5i50iFTZG
... #ThankYouDonor #WMDD18
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Some heroes wear tights. Ours registered to be a stem cell donor.
Register now: http://ow.ly/4d2n30lN1Gi
#GetSwabbed #GiveLife #ThankYouDonor

Click, click, cape! Patients are waiting for a hero like you.
If you’re a male aged 17-35, register online to become a stem cell donor at: http://ow.ly/QOZ950iD2Wo
#GetSwabbed #GiveLife #ThankYouDonor

Congratulations, André Picard, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Honouring our Lifeblood awards gala.
André Picard is one of Canada’s top public policy observers and commentators and has provided many years of compelling thought leadership on a multitude of policy and performance matters across our complex health system. He is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also a celebrated author of five bes...tselling books, including his latest, Matters of Life and Death, in which he tackles some of the nation’s most pressing public health topics. His sentinel book, The Gift of Death, established his voice as one of credibility and authority in the troubled years of the Canadian blood system, and has continued to guide and influence many ever since.
André has received much acclaim for his writing, including the prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism, the Canadian Policy Research Award, and the Atkinson Fellowship for Public Policy Research. He has also been honoured for advocacy in improving healthcare. He was named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association and as a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. His work has also been recognized by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, the Canadian Hearing Society, Safe KidsCanada, and the Campaign to Control Cancer.
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Honouring our Lifeblood is an annual event that celebrates the people and organizations whose support sustains our country’s blood system, stem cell network and transplant system.
View the full list of winner on our website: http://ow.ly/Gmx950iCyVr
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Congratulations Erin Isfeld of CTV Edmonton, winner of the 2018 Schilly Award!
To qualify for this award, an individual, group or organization must have contributed significantly to recruitment or awareness of the need for blood, stem cells or organs and tissues.
Erin is an ambassador for the blood system and she has made incredible contributions to the Canadian blood system through her volunteer efforts and her role as a journalist/anchor with CTV Edmonton. Every October sin...ce 2010, Erin has spearheaded the CTV Giving Hope campaign, where viewers and employees are encouraged to give blood. Each week during the campaign, Erin and her crew produce a feature story that highlights an aspect of the blood system, such as cord blood, stem cells, and organs and tissues, told from the perspectives of donors, recipients and those in health care and research. As a result, the campaign has increased the number of blood donations and new donors in Edmonton. During the 2017 campaign, the number of blood donations in October increased by close to eight percentage points over the previous month, and the Edmonton area collection events saw a nine per cent increase in new donors.
Erin’s friend Holly is the motivation behind the campaign. Holly needed several units of blood to replace nearly one third of her lost blood volume following the birth of her daughter, Hope.
Erin actively advocates for blood donation on her social media channels throughout the year. She is a member of the Prairies Regional Liaison Committee, and an MC at regional events. She also organizes group donations for Bell Media employees each spring during the local Corporate Challenge Blood Drive.
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Honouring our Lifeblood is an annual event that celebrates the people and organizations whose support sustains our country’s blood system, stem cell network and transplant system.
View the full list of winners on our website: http://ow.ly/B4zb50iCrW3
#OurLifeBlood #GiveLife
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You’re only a few clicks away from helping to save lives. ✅
Book your appointment to donate now:
http://ow.ly/yQEo50irpqb

This week on the RED blog, we connect with Dr. Jelena Holovati about her work as a Canadian Blood Services adjunct scientist and her role as laboratory director of the Edmonton Stem Cell Manufacturing Program. http://ow.ly/7WBW30lJjUH

What's on your to-do list? 🗒
1. 💉 2. 💓 3. 🍪... 4. ❓
#GiveLife #ItsInYouToGive
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#ItsInYouToGive 💉
Share if you have the same superpower!

Every blood donation makes a difference in someone’s life. 💉

Give blood. Give now. Give often. 💉http://www.blood.ca/donate

"New research has found that enzymes from the human gut can be used to convert different blood types into type O so that it can be given to anyone.
Dana Devine, chief scientist at Canadian Blood Services, said she’s thrilled with the new research results, presented on Tuesday by UBC chemistry professor Stephen Withers."
https://www.thestar.com/…/canadian-bloo d-services-thrilled-…

#DYK you can book your next appointment, track your milestones, and read donation tips online or through the Give Blood App?
Save time, go digital.
#WednesdayWisdom #GiveLife
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We put out a call for an urgent need and you responded.
Appointments were filled across the country, helping us reach our goal of 22,000 donors before the upcoming long weekend.
Thank you to everyone who booked an appointment to donate blood and help replenish our national inventory. For those who couldn’t, please consider booking an appointment in September or October. The need for blood is constant, so is the need for donors.
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The GiveBlood app - newlook, new features, same power to #GiveLife! Get it on iTunes http://ow.ly/W2os30h3tG9 and Google Play http://ow.ly/n4Im30h3tI2.

🚨 URGENT NEED 🚨
Book your appointment now:
📞 1 888 2 DONATE... 📱 Canadian Blood Services app 💻 http://ow.ly/B7nF30loR48
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Help us change this statistic. Register as a donor now: http://www.organtissuedonation.ca

Everyone! Please note for Donor Parking – It is underground access via 2nd Street SW. 🚗🚗🚗🚗
Enter parkade, go down the ramp and turn left. There are 20 designated spots for donors (Reserved 24 hours for Canadian Blood Services donors).
If those are full park anywhere underground, DO NOT PAY. Come up to the clinic and register your license plate at the clinic. Free parking is only available in the underground parkade. This is located within Eau Claire Market.

no greater feeling then knowing that we help our fellow man in so many ways.its in us to give takes a little time .its so easy and meet wonderful people,make goal and follow .there,is no better feeling ty again its in us to give

The staff at Canadian blood services are fantastic very supportive and attentive my visits are always very wonderful

The personal is grateful, kind and friendly. They really make you feel they appreciate the gift of love you are giving back to our community. Happy to be able to help.

The nurses in the Platelets clinic are amazing. Donating blood is such an easy way to save a life.

Plus they have cookies. Really really good cookies.

The new location is great, free parking so no reason to worry finding a spot.



New equipment and set, looking forward to many more donations.

Super friendly staff. Super easy to book. Can't wait to see their new space in Eau Claire which opens in early May.

Really good Experience the staff were friendly. And very fast! Would go back again as soon as i am éligible to donate again

Online system/app has been improved and made booking much easier! The staff and volunteers are amazing, and have made it a pleasure every time!

I love coming to this clinic. They are so welcoming and I feel like they all appreciate and care about you as a volunteer. Their current facility is beautiful and very comfortable, easy to access off the c-train line if you don't drive and with lots of parking around if you do!

I got to spend an hour with Jessica, Lesley, and Nafiza at the Eau Claire centre this evening, and it was a total blast. I don’t know how you do it, Canadian Blood Services, but you have the BEST team! They are so happy, friendly, and fun, and they make donating blood a fantastic experience. I love it!

I go religiously to donate blood. I always make my next appointment. I feel refreshed after donating and mentally I feel great because I'm saving lives. All of the staff at Canadian Blood Services are wonderful. Thank you

First time at the new clinic in Eau Claire, free parking in the underground parkade (when you drive in go all the way to the back and turn left to find designated stalls). Clinic is on the second floor on the west side. It's in you to give!!

Even once a year it is worth to do a blood donation. I started donating about three years ago and always appreciate the professionalism and dedication of the people from CBS.

Canadian Blood Services provided a very easy, well informed and caring attitude towards all its incoming donors. I could not believe how easy it was and how misinformed I have been in the past.

I think that they only way you will ever know if you can donate is to go down to any of the clinics and find out by going through the process. It took no time at all and I find huge satisfaction in knowing that I could save someone's life. It was rewarding!

Always a good experience. Always GREAT staff.



Easy to do and it costs nothing to get that good feeling that you've helped some

Good staff.

New location next month with more parking available.

App makes apointments easy.

Online questionaire speeds up the process.

Its worth an hour of your time to potentially save a life.

Excited for new location in Eau Claire. Great staff at YYC-CBS keep the process Efficient yet fun! No cookies by George today :(

I enjoyed the staff and the computer questions are a huge time saver. my only complaint is their limited snacks for vegans.

Clinics are good. Great volunteers and nurses. Lives are saved. But ... frustrating and time consuming to book appointments. Online system is buggy, and problems and errors in the profile don't get fixed after repeated requests (and assurances that they will be taken care of). In the big picture, blood is collected and lives are saved (I hope). I wish that they would treat people a little bit better.