Canadian Blood Services

Post-secondary students: want to win up to $6500 toward your 2024-2025 tuition? Join Assignment Saving Lives today. You can recruit people to donate blood and plasma, to join the stem cell registry, or both.  ⭐️ Register and finish the online training ASAP or before July 31, 2024 ⭐️ The contest period runs from June 24 - September 7, 2024 No purchase or donation required. Visit https://ow.ly/oAgU50Sr8v4 for full details and to register. Please note this scholarship program excludes residents of Quebec.

Appointment bookings at our blood and plasma donor centres across the country are not keeping pace with the rise in demand for blood products. Currently, only about 80 per cent of the available appointments are booked each week, leaving the national supply at risk of falling short as the summer rolls on and the supply dwindles. Patients are counting on people making the time to donate, to ensure a steady supply of blood and blood products. You can be part of the solution. If you’ve never donated before, there is no better time to start. If you are an existing donor, you can double your impact and help grow the community by inviting a new donor to join you when you make your appointment this summer. Book an appointment now at https://ow.ly/iKLR50Sqrg8

We were thrilled to be at Saskatoon Pride this past weekend! And we’re looking forward to our next stop – Toronto Pride, June 27-30! 🌈 Throughout Pride season this summer, we will have booths at various Pride events all across the country with staff available to answer your questions about sexual behaviour-based screening, our recent apology to 2SLGBTQIA communities and so much more. Our goal in attending these festivals is to further build awareness of current donor screening criteria and Canadian Blood Services’ ongoing work to improve inclusion within our processes and policies and in all interactions with 2SLGBTQIA communities.  For more information about sexual behaviour-based screening, visit https://ow.ly/o74c50SpXb9

We're hiring 🎉 Canadian Blood Services is looking to fill the following positions: Nurses, Phlebotomists, Drivers, Summer Students, and Associate Directors To see all opportunities, visit https://ow.ly/bky550SovW8

We're hiring 🎉 Sr. Consultant, Employee Relations Hybrid Apply: https://ow.ly/QgTh50SovTa Testing Support Associate – Blood Group Serology Hybrid, Brampton ON Apply: https://ow.ly/s8At50SovT9

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited condition in Canada. It can cause excruciating pain and organ failure. And blood is often essential for treatment. This condition is also more frequent among those whose ancestors are from Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East and South Asia. Since blood types are inherited, this means that people living with sickle cell disease often rely on blood from donors of similar ancestry. A more diverse donor base can help provide the best health outcome for people living with sickle cell disease. This World Sickle Cell Day, visit https://lnkd.in/gXNW6usn to meet some sickle cell warriors and book to donate. #WorldSickleCellDay #SickleCellWarrior #SickleCellDisease #BloodForLife

As part of our commitment to operating in an open and collaborative manner with Canadians, we hold two open board meetings each year. Our next open board meeting takes place on Friday, June 21, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time (8:00 a.m. Eastern Time). Canadians are encouraged to attend to listen and watch a typical meeting of our Board of Directors.   To find out more information or to ask a question visit: https://ow.ly/KmmQ50SlcBr    #CanadasLifeline

The biggest #ThankYou goes out to the best donors in the world ❤️ 🌍 Every year countries around the world celebrate #WorldBloodDonorDay. The event serves to raise awareness of the need for blood and blood products and to thank donors for their life-saving gifts. Thank you to everyone who has donated blood, plasma, platelets, or supported #CanadasLifeline in any way. Without our donors and supporters alike, we wouldn’t be able to serve patients in need in Canada. You truly do make all the difference. #CanadianBloodServices #WBDD

Happy National Blood Donor Week! To kick off the week, CEO Dr. Graham Sher shares his gratitude for all supporters of Canada’s Lifeline whose contributions help patients across the country. Some of those patients have shared their own messages of gratitude for donors, which we hope you will find time to read or watch some time this week. As Dr. Sher shares in his video, “What these patients know all too well is that there are no substitutes for the biological products we collect every day. When a patient needs blood or plasma, for example, it is there because of a donor who decided to give.” Thank you, to all supporters of Canada’s Lifeline, and Happy National Blood Donor Week! To read more messages of gratitude from recipients, visit https://ow.ly/LbxE50ScHpu.

To help kick off Pride Month, employees at Canadian Blood Services’ head office in Ottawa came together earlier today for our annual raising of the Progress Pride flag. CEO Dr. Graham Sher was joined by members of the 2SLGBQTIA employee resource group (ERG) and Capital Pride’s executive director, Callie Metler, to raise the flag and reflect on Canadian Blood Services’ ongoing efforts to advance 2SLGBTQIA inclusion. We'll be flying the Progress Pride flag from June to September, in celebration and recognition of Pride season, and as a reminder of the work we're committed to, to increase inclusion for 2SLGBTQIA and all equity-deserving groups.