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Nominations open for the Lifetime Achievement Award 2022


Monday, April 25, 2022

… in the year at Canadian Blood Services’ Honouring Canada’s Lifeline event, an annual event during which the … and reputation of Canadian Blood Services, reflecting a quality culture driven by excellence. What's the nomination process? Nomination requirements Provide a short introduction and summary in 150 words or less of the …

Canadian Blood Services to remove eligibility criteria specific to men who have sex with men


Wednesday, April 27, 2022

… process if they’ve had sex with another man. “Today’s approval from Health Canada is the result of over a decade of work to make participation in Canada’s Lifeline … reliably identify those who may have increased chance of a newly acquired transfusion-transmissible infection. We will …

Lay Science Writing Competition runner up: The greatest tool in research 


Wednesday, April 27, 2022

… Blood Parth Patel The constant whirring and buzz of a research lab is jarring at first, but it eventually becomes a comforting white noise. The machines making the noise are, … are our centrifuges, this is the spectrophotometer, that's the LORCA, the hemox analyzer sits over there…”. At first, …

Malaria-endemic regions


Friday, April 29, 2022

… that you have spent more than 24 hours in would trigger a waiting period for you to donate blood or platelets. For … risk Boca Chica Valverde No risk   Close East Timor (Timor-L'este) No risk   Easter Island No risk   Ecuador Partial … All risk   Saba No risk   Saint Barthelemy (St. Bart's) No risk   Saint Eustatius No risk   Saint Helena No risk   …

Lay Science Writing Competition runner up: Queer identity and blood donation


Thursday, May 12, 2022

… Blood Jaya Rastogi “For me, identifying as bisexual, it’s more of me wanting to stand as an ally with the rest of the LGBT community,” said a research participant during an interview about Canadian … are not allowed to donate blood if they have had sex with a man in the last three months. A similar rule also applies …

Empty beds strain blood inventory


Tuesday, May 17, 2022

… constant need for blood, have put added pressure on Canada’s Lifeline. The national blood inventory has declined by 25 … strong during past waves of COVID-19, but we have seen a notable shift since mid-March. We have experienced a 10 per cent increase in late cancellations and missed …

MCGI


Tuesday, May 17, 2022

… needing help. The reason? To fulfill the Lord Jesus Christ’s admonition to Christians in Galatians 6:10: As we have … respectively, founded different initiatives to address a range of tough social situations that many of our fellow men face on a daily basis such as Free Store, Feeding Program, Wish …

The value of qualitative research


Friday, May 20, 2022

… Jaya Rastogi and Sebastian Steven. All three are Master’s students working on a project with Canadian Blood Services’ scientist, Dr. Jennie … Technology and Policy at Carleton University, I began a collaborative project working with Jaya Rastogi, Sebastian …

BloodTechNet supports educational laboratory rotation for transplant and transfusion ‘matchmakers’


Friday, May 27, 2022

… successfully accepted by the BloodTechNet award program, a special travel bursary called the “NHLAAC Rotation Program … was established to support participants to complete a rotation. To highlight the impact of this innovative Travel … with Canadian Blood Services in Dr. Nicolas Pineault’s laboratory between 2014-2016. HLA and the role of a lab …

Canadian Blood Services welcomes Richard C. Smith as Chief Information Officer


Friday, May 27, 2022

… an extensive national search. Leading the organization’s information technology (IT) division, Richard joins the … transformation, systems partnership and integration. With a career that began in the law enforcement field, extending to the healthcare sector and then a school board setting, Richard has extensive experience as a …