Mahtab Narsimhan: The Boy and the Banyan Tree – A Story About Gratitude and Giving Back

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Mahtab Narsimhan. Take it away, Mahtab! Who is the tree in your life? And whom will you be a tree to? There are many people in our lives, family, friends, teachers, and mentors, who nurture us and make us...

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Canadian Blood Services research collaborate with BEST to understand how donor age impacts red blood cell quality

Canadian Blood Services research collaborate with BEST to understand how donor age impacts red blood cell quality Transfusion Blood Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Dr. Travis Sztainert In the realm of medical advancements, innovations which improve blood donation are not just interesting discoveries but can have an immense impact. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions can be...

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Tipping Towards Fall: The Autumnal Equinox

Science Literacy Week is almost over – almost, but not quite! There’s still time to get some free science-y goodness in your life, so hop on over to the Science Literacy Week website to learn about last-minute events happening near you. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks another ending… it’s the...

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Summer internship focuses on strategies to increase diversity in the stem cell registry

Summer internship focuses on strategies to increase diversity in the stem cell registry Stem Cells Transfusion Thursday, September 21, 2023 Awa Diagne Awa Diagne, a Loran scholar and research assistant at Canadian Blood Services, contributed to a project called “Piloting and evaluating a community-led strategy for diversifying the stem cell registry” as part of a...

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Happy Science Literacy Week! And Also, What IS Science, Anyway?

It’s the most, wonderful tiiiiiime of the year – at least, if you’re a science person! It’s Science Literacy Week! If you’re not familiar, Science Literacy Week is an annual, national celebration of all things science. Universities, libraries, and other organizations all across Canada are offering FREE STEM EVENTS for all ages. Hop on over...

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