Stories: Canadian Blood Services

Jahnis Gillan will never forget her first meeting with the stem cell donor who saved her life

Sanjay Prajapati donated stem cells as a partial match, as an agonizing search for more suitable donors came up empty

Donating stem cells can save a life

Colin Dowler would almost certainly have died without transfusions of O-negative blood, delivered by paramedics who arrived by air ambulance

‘I had this sinking feeling that I wasn’t going to get the chance to watch my newborn daughter grow up’

When Jake Chevrier became eligible to resume donating blood, he celebrated with an appointment where his partner did the blood draw.

His family now donates in his memory, and invites others to help boost his legacy to 1,000 donations

Afraid of fainting? Think there are enough donors already? Donating blood and plasma may be easier, and more important, than you think.

A patient’s life or health may depend on blood components, stem cells or even an organ from a donor of similar ethnic background

Kade Blakely, who has 22q, works to raise awareness of both his condition and the need for blood and plasma