LE MAGAZINE
Octobre 2023
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SHARING LIFE TO SAVE LIVES: 25 YEARS AND COUNTING
Recently, as we approach the 25th anniversary of Héma-Québec, I have been reflecting on the early days of our organization—how it came to be, how those first few years went and how it has grown since...
25th ANNIVERSARY: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
SHARING LIFE TO SAVE LIVES: 25 YEARS AND COUNTING
Recently, as we approach the 25th anniversary of Héma-Québec, I have been reflecting on the early days of our organization—how it came to be, how those first few years went and how it has grown since...
25th ANNIVERSARY: TESTIMONIAL OF DR. FRANCINE DÉCARY
HUMAN LIFE—OUR GUIDING LIGHT FOR 25 YEARS
Where do you even begin when recounting a quarter of a century of history, spanning four decades and two centuries, under five different provincial governments? A lot has happened in the past 25...
25th ANNIVERSARY: PORTRAIT OF MIVILLE MERCIER
DECADES OF DEDICATION
When we asked Miville Mercier, Provincial President of the Association des bénévoles du don de sang (ABDS), what drove him to volunteer with Héma-Québec, he laughed and asked, “How much time do you...
Héma-Québec Foundation: a natural fit!
While the core of Héma‑Québec’s activities is collecting and distributing biological products of human origin, donating such products is not the only way to help the organization accomplish its...
25th ANNIVERSARY: RESEARCH AT HÉMA-QUÉBEC
RESEARCH AT HĒMA‑QUĒBEC: PAST AND PRESENT
In a way, Héma-Québec’s research activities began before Héma-Québec ever existed! That’s because its predecessor, the Red Cross in Québec, inaugurated its first research lab in 1983, helping the...
25th ANNIVERSARY: CELEBRATIONS
FALL INTO CELEBRATION!
You only turn 25 once! To properly celebrate this important milestone and bring together the whole family of employees, volunteers, donors, recipients and partners, Héma-Québec has organized a...
The human side of Héma-Québec
As important as financial statements, strategic plans and press releases might be, they can’t paint the whole picture of an organization’s reach and impact. What shapes an organization, especially a...
FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY: 1998–2023
HĒMA‑QUĒBEC'S, PAST, PRESENT… AND FUTURE!
The overview of Héma-Québec’s very first annual report starts with “1999-2000 was an incredible year” and ends with “All in all, this was a year in which we met many challenges.” Thus began an Héma-...
PLASMA DONATION
THE SHIFT TOWARD PLASMA SELF‑SUFFICIENCY
Although Héma-Québec has accepted plasma donations since it was founded in 1998, the organization only began taking steps to increase its plasma production in 2006. And it wasn’t until 2012 that it...
WHAT IS PLASMA?
Plasma—the liquid part of blood that holds red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in suspension—is one of the keys to understanding how Héma-Québec has changed over the past 25 years. As...
STEM CELLS
DONATING HOPE
In 2009, Mylène Arsenault had just finished her master’s degree and was working as a speech language pathologist at Hôpital de La Baie in Saguenay. Checking an online forum she frequented to stay up...
SIGN UP TO THE REGISTER!
THREE STEPS TO SAVE A LIFE Every year, thousands of people learn that they have a serious illness like cancer. For some of them, stem cell transplantation is the only chance of survival....
HUMAN TISSUES
FROM START TO FINISH
A human tissue donation liaison officer at Québec’s Bureau du coroner, Ginette Lamothe is a nurse by training. While getting her bachelor’s degree, she worked in obstetrics in a hospital in Montréal...
MOTHER'S MILK
GIVING THE BEST OF YOURSELF
While pregnant, Charlotte Archambault, an account manager at a marketing agency and business administration teacher at Cégep de Trois-Rivières, read some testimonials on social media from mothers...
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