Don’t stop her now – a lifelong battle with liver disease doesn’t limit Amanda from competing | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Amanda%201.jpg" width="362" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 85px;" /> | Don’t stop her now – a lifelong battle with liver disease doesn’t limit Amanda from competing | Amanda was told she had six months to live in December 2022. She received the gift of life a few months later and will now be competing in the World Transplant Games this summer. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/don’t-stop-her-now-–-a-lifelong-battle-with-liver-disease-doesn’t-limit-amanda-from-competing | | 2025-07-16T07:00:00Z | | |
Meet the 2025 ‘Live Life. Pass It On.’ Scholarship Winners: Five Exceptional BC High School Students | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/2025%20BCT%20Scholarship%20winners.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Meet the 2025 ‘Live Life. Pass It On.’ Scholarship Winners: Five Exceptional BC High School Students | Five BC students are the winners of this year’s BC Transplant’s “Live Life. Pass It On.” Scholarship. This is our fifth year for the scholarship and the first time for the team category. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/meet-the-2025-‘live-life-pass-it-on-’-scholarship-winners-five-exceptional-bc-high-school-students | | 2025-06-25T07:00:00Z | | |
Kidney transplant recipient’s journey shaped by Indigenous roots and Christian faith | <img alt="" height="417" src="/PublishingImages/IMG_0244.jpeg" width="376" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 75px;" /> | Kidney transplant recipient’s journey shaped by Indigenous roots and Christian faith | June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to honour the rich traditions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Carolyn Klaassen, a kidney transplant recipient, shares more about her journey.
| http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/kidney-transplant-recipient’s-journey-shaped-by-indigenous-roots-and-christian-faith | | 2025-06-21T07:00:00Z | | |
The Gift of Time: A Father’s Day Story | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Brianna%20and%20dad%20Mo%20walking%20down%20aisle.jpg" width="347" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 100px;" /> | The Gift of Time: A Father’s Day Story | Every Father's Day has become extra special for Brianna Classen. When she was in high school, she saw her dad's health deteriorate. Mo was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. After 18 long months, Mo got a second chance at life.
| http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/the-gift-of-time-a-father’s-day-story | | 2025-06-15T07:00:00Z | | |
Transplant Titans: a conversation with B.C.’s leading Asian Canada transplant surgeons | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/E%201.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Transplant Titans: a conversation with B.C.’s leading Asian Canada transplant surgeons | For Asian Heritage Month in May, four B.C transplant surgeons, also Asian Canadian leaders, took part in a first-of-its-kind conversation at Vancouver’s Chinatown Storytelling Centre highlighting the experiences of Asian Canadian medical professionals. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/transplant-titans-a-conversation-with-b-c-’s-leading-asian-canada-transplant-surgeons | | 2025-05-27T07:00:00Z | | |
A mother’s journey of grief and hope through organ donation | <img alt="" height="518" src="/PublishingImages/joey%20mom%20and%20sister.jpg" width="391" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 75px;" /> | A mother’s journey of grief and hope through organ donation | On Mother’s Day, we pay special tribute to all the mothers and mother figures of our deceased donors. In their darkest hours, they supported their children to give the gift of life. Maria Santos-Gautreau is one of those moms. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/a-mother’s-journey-of-grief-and-hope-through-organ-donation | | 2025-05-10T07:00:00Z | | |
Catching up with patients from Transplant Stories – Where are they now? | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/TRA1_1002_Angela_2.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Catching up with patients from Transplant Stories – Where are they now? | Transplant Stories follows patients undergoing urgently needed organ transplants in B.C. and highlights their emotional journeys. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/catching-up-with-patients-from-transplant-stories-–-where-are-they-now | | 2025-05-08T07:00:00Z | | |
Behind the scenes for Organ Donation Awareness Week – Meet Tina McVeigh, a BC Transplant Surgical Recovery Specialist | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Green%20shirt%201.jpg" width="383" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:0px 75px;" /> | Behind the scenes for Organ Donation Awareness Week – Meet Tina McVeigh, a BC Transplant Surgical Recovery Specialist | April 20 to 26, 2025 is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week. BC Transplant’s organ donation and hospital development team oversees every organ donor case in the province. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/behind-the-scenes-for-organ-donation-awareness-week-–-meet-tina-mcveigh-a-bc-transplant-surgical-recovery-specialist | | 2025-04-24T07:00:00Z | | |
The power of hope through organ donation and transplant | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/older%20ben.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The power of hope through organ donation and transplant | Ben’s transplant journey is featured in the third episode of Knowledge Network's docuseries ‘Transplant Stories’ currently airing in April. Though Ben only lived a few months after his transplant, the gift of life gave all of them desperately-needed hope. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/the-power-of-hope-through-organ-donation-and-transplant | | 2025-04-23T07:00:00Z | | |
Remembering Mattie and the four lives he saved through organ donation | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Woodfords%202019.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Remembering Mattie and the four lives he saved through organ donation | April is Organ Donation Awareness Month and Rick and Noreen Woodford know firsthand how profound giving the gift of life can be – they lost their son Mattie seven years ago and honoured his registered decision to become an organ donor. | http://www.transplant.bc.ca/about/news-stories/organ-donation-transplant-stories/remembering-mattie-and-the-four-lives-he-saved-through-organ-donation | | 2025-04-09T07:00:00Z | | |