Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Save a life for a chance to win a scholarship

With the Assignment Saving Lives Scholarship Program, recruit donors to win up to $9000 toward your 2025-2026 tuition

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Blood in war zones: Canada’s contributions and ongoing support for soldiers who need transfusions

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Beckett, MD is the chief of general surgery and trauma advisor to the Surgeon General of Canada.

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Young Canadian Blood Services volunteer honoured with national awards

Hassan Nawab is only 21 years old, but his record of volunteer service would be impressive for someone twice his age.

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Jessica and her baby on a white background wearing pink

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‘Paying it forward’ through cord blood donation

Like most parents, Jessica vowed she would do everything and anything she could to keep her new baby happy and healthy, once she entered the world.

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Toronto Jeopardy! winner demonstrates the power of infinite connections through platelet donation

Canada’s newest Jeopardy! champion is a Toronto man who was recently honoured by Canadian Blood Services for his 100th donation of platelets.

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“We literally saw our child’s life in the hands of donors”

Sharon Bulger can still remember the feeling of the air being completely sucked out of her lungs, when she learned her eight-year-old son Cameron had brain cancer.

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Financial and blood donations made young cancer patient "feel special at a very scary time"

Abby is seven years old and for the next 18 months, she'll receive treatment for precursor B lymphoblastic lymphoma, a type of cancer. Read her story from her dad Drew's perspective and see how financial donors and blood transfusions are part of her story.

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