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Nominations open for the Lifetime Achievement Award 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
… 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
… 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
… 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
… 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
… 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
… 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
… 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’
… 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
… 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 …