Resource Centre

Corporate Overview

Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit charitable organization that manages the supply of blood and blood products in all provinces and territories outside of Quebec. Canadian Blood Services also oversees the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network and provides national leadership for organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Canadian Blood Services operates 42 permanent collection sites and more than 20,000 donor clinics annually. The provincial and territorial Ministries of Health provide operational funding to Canadian Blood Services. The federal government, through Health Canada, is responsible for regulating the blood system.

• Canadian Blood Services at a Glance
• 2008/2009 Annual Report: A Report to Canadians
• Previous Annual Reports
• Executive Management Team
• Board of Directors
• Scientific Staff
• Transition of the Blood System to Canadian Blood Services

Blood and Blood Products

• Vein to Vein – Following the Path of Donated Blood from Donor to Patient
• Quick Facts: Blood and Blood Donation
• Brochure – Rh factor
• Blood components
• Blood types and Rh system
• Blood shelf life
• What blood is used for
• Journey of blood from donor to recipient
• Who can give blood?
• What you must know in order to give blood
• Plasma – what you need to know
• Platelets – what you need to know
• Transfusion Medicine in Canada
• Glossary

OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network

• Stem Cell Donation Made Easy - Buccal Up!
• Quick Facts: Stem Cells
• Information Brochure
• Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society
• World Marrow Donor Association

Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation

For more information on Canadian Blood Services' role in organ and tissue donation and transplantation, please visit www.blood.ca/OrgansAndTissues.

Transfusion Medicine

• Canadian Blood Services' Transfusion Medicine Web Site
• Transfusion Medicine Resource Links
• McMaster Transfusion Research Program
• TraQ Program

Other Links

• Research & Development Links