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Donate Blood
Key Categories
- Learn about Donation
- Considering donating blood for the first time, and want to learn more?
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- Become a Donor
- Becoming a blood donor is easy. To become a donor follow only a few steps here.
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- Find a Clinc Near You
- Here is your guide to clinic search tips and "help" information for using our Clinic Locator.
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- Honouring Our Lifeblood
- Every year, we take time to celebrate the individuals and organizations.
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Latest News
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- Canadian Blood Services Seeking Directors for Board
- Due to the routine expiration of terms of current Directors, CBS is seeking expressions of interest in serving on the Board. Applications are invited from Canadian...
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- Organ donation specialists may increase organ donations in Canada
- The integration of donation physician specialists into hospital teams in Canada could help increase organ donations, states a commentary in CMAJ
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- Public release of independent performance review of CBS
- Provincial and territorial Ministers of Health (except Quebec) announce today the public release of a recent independent performance review of Canadian Blood Services.
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Donors
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Rod Fimrite British Columbia & Yukon
Rod Fimrite is a dedicated donor and a passionate torch bearer for the blood donation cause. In 1969, his six-year-old daughter haemorrhaged after a tonsillectomy and required an emergency transfusion to save her life..
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Tim Zarowny Alberta
As a former professional driver, Tim knows the impact car and motorcycle accidents have on the need for blood. He has made more than 200 donations to date and started as a whole blood donor.
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John Busch Prairies
John has been a committed donor for nearly half a century. An accountant by trade who only recently retired, John became a donor while living in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan just after leaving
high school.
Events
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- Honouring Our Lifeblood 2013
- Every year, we take time to celebrate the individuals and organizations who are the heart of Canada’s blood system, and who provide a lifeline each year to hundreds of thousands of Canadians who need blood, blood products or stem cells.
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- OneMatch Public Cord Blood Bank in Ottawa November 5, 2012
- This opportunity is suited for individuals available during clinic hours and is also suited for those interested in making an on-going contribution on a regular basis.
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Hot Topics
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- More than just collecting blood
- As a partner in health care, Canadian Blood Services provides national leadership on research and development and shares its best practices for transfusion medicine, product storage and use.
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- Canadian Blood Services to expand implementation of Donor Care Associate Clinic Model
- Health Canada has granted Canadian Blood Services’ request to remove licencing conditions mandated as part of the pilot of the Donor Care Associate model.
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