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Canadians Urged to Make a Life-saving Investment in Stem Cells


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… Canadians Urged to Make a Life-saving Investment in Stem Cells Donate national cord … 15 th , Canadian Blood Services is inviting people to make a financial contribution to the For All Canadians campaign. … mothers the opportunity to voluntarily donate their baby’s cord blood to be banked publically. Cord blood stem cells …

Patients waiting for stem cell matches are counting on Canadians


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… Blood Services is encouraging Canadians to help build a national public cord blood bank by making a financial donation to the $12.5 million Campaign For All … appeal for donors, the need for blood is constant. There’s also an ongoing need for people aged 17-35 to register as …

Minister Ambrose takes part in Canadian Blood Services’ ‘Wrap It Up Red’ Campaign


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… 04, 2014 Appeals to Canadians to #WrapItUpRed - become a blood, organ and tissue donor this Holiday Season DECEMBER … year by rolling up their sleeves and donating blood at a local clinic and/or registering to become organ and tissue donors. To help kick off this year’s national Wrap It Up Red campaign, Minister Ambrose, along …

New Directors join Canadian Blood Services’ Board


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… officially began their four-year terms on Oct.1, 2014.   A paediatrician with the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Dr. … with the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology and was a former chair of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of …     Dr. Kevin W. Glasgow of Toronto was CEO of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada, the Cardiac Care Network …

Organ donation in Canada: The large gap between what is and what could be


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… and improves lives and is cost effective. However, Canada’s organ donation record is mediocre, with less than half the … of leading countries. One-third of Canadians who need a transplant will never receive one. While Canada has seen … Organ Donor Potential in Canada, reveals that there is a large and troubling gap between the number of people who …

UPDATE: Possible labour disruption at Canadian Blood Services


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… until January 8th (6am) in the hope of preventing a labour disruption. Please check back for on-going updates. Canadian Blood Services is facing a potential labour disruption in Ontario. For now, it is … reaching an agreement, as responsible stewards of Canada’s blood system, we have built contingency plans to continue …

Let us reassure you, the Canadian blood system is safe


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… When our record on safety is challenged, as it was in a union-sponsored newspaper ad and YouTube video, we have an … from this history that guide our decision-making. Canada’s blood system is vastly different than it was during the … technology to test and process blood products. As a result of the dedication of our employees, volunteers, …

Tentative agreement reached between Canadian blood Services and OPSEU


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… Canadian Blood Services announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Ontario Public Service … process and to the reliability and safety of Canada’s blood system,” said Ian Mumford, chief supply chain …

Diagnostic Services Reports


Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Circulation


Tuesday, July 3, 2018

… need for blood. Federal panel on plasma releases report  A recent expert panel report supports Canadian Blood … Awareness Week honours donors and their families After a record month for organ and tissue registration, we’re … to exchange ideas, share knowledge and build connections. A new testing laboratory opens in Brampton Moving our blood …