Dr. Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services, issued an apology to 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada, acknowledging the harms experienced by gay, bisexual, and queer men, trans people, and other members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community because of a former donor eligibility policy. “While the former policy was put in place with the intent to protect patient safety after … Read more
Canadian Blood Services has received Health Canada approval on a long-awaited eligibility change that could potentially welcome thousands of new blood and plasma donors. For more than two decades, people who lived or spent time in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or France in the 1980s and 1990s, were ineligible to donate. “Our data … Read more
Canadian Blood Services is concerned by a recent spike in appointment cancellations in several cities related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the organization responsible for the national blood system outside Quebec, we are determined to keep our promise to help every patient, match every need and serve every Canadian. To do that we require the ongoing generosity … Read more
