#LDW2021 for Health Care Practitioners & Emerging Researchers

Pitch your idea for innovation in living donation care, research and education: $75,000 available
The Ajmera Transplant Centre and the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) have partnered on a Canada-wide call for submissions for #LDW2021, a Dragons' Den-style Pitch Competition to improve living donation care, research and education. The top 3 entries will receive $25K each. Submissions are open to members of the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST). Non-members such as fellows, trainees and others working or studying in a related field may participate if sponsored by a CST member in good standing. Members of the Ajmera Transplant Team are encouraged to apply.

The deadline is September 1, 2021. For more information visit bit.ly/LDW2021Pitch

Check out last year's submissions here.

Info Session for Prospective Applicants on Aug 5. Register now.

Professional Education Webinars
Tuesday and Thursday will bring together transplant professionals including social workers​, dialysis nurses​, MCKC coordinators​, diabetes clinicians, and gastrointestinal specialists and general practitioners from across the country for webinars on live donor kidney and live donor liver transplantation. Stay tuned for more details and registration!

Registration for these events will open soon.

#LDW2021 for Patients & Families

For patients, this year is all about sharing your story. The most common question we receive is "how do I ask someone to be my living donor?" And the answer is, it's not about "the ask," it's about the tell - it's about you, and your story.

Share Your Story - an interactive workshop for kidney and liver transplant candidates and advocates - will take place on Wednesday, September 15.

This workshop will focus on your story - including considerations for going public, how to share your story privately, and how to expand your network with and without social media. 

#LDW2021 will provide living donor transplant candidates and donor champions with confidence and practical knowledge on how to get started sharing your story - where, how and if you share it, is up to you.

Registration for this event will open soon.

Welcome Giovanni!

We are thrilled to welcome Giovanni Tatham to the team as our intern Video and Social Content Creator. Giovanni will be working closely with the volunteer advisory committee for the A.C.T.I.O.N. Project as we prepared to launch of our pilot interventions. "I'm excited about working with this committee and learning about their stories. From what I know so far, these stories are so important and compelling - they need to be told."

Farewell Charms!

This month, the Ajmera Transplant Centre bids farewell to Charmaine (Charms) Frater, Administrative Assistant to transplant's Senior Clinical Director, Joanne Zee. Everyone who works in transplant knows that Charms will be dearly missed. Admins are the backbone of our program and Charms is one of the best! Wishing you all the best in whatever is next in your journey. 

Dr. David Peretz, Director of Liver Transplantation, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg will outline the pathway to liver transplantation for patients coming from Manitoba to Toronto General Hospital.

Learn about healthy eating pre- and post-kidney transplant from registered dieticians, Anna Richardson and Linda Cerullo.