GiveLifeUHN Newsletter Archive

Did you know, back in the year 2000, the Secret Society of Happy People (yes, that’s really a thing) decided to dedicate the whole month of August to the active pursuit of happiness? To observe, we must simply think about happiness and the things that makes us happy! What makes you happy?

What is making us happy is that Living Donation Week is only one month away, September 10-16th and we have so many incredible events and activities coming your way!

We have events all week, with beautiful landmarks across Canada lit up green. On Sunday, September 10, we are kicking off the week at the Constantine Yorkville Toronto 5km run/walk, followed by new video releases from the Great Actions Leave a Mark campaign.

On Monday September 11 we will have an online Celebration Event with inspiring stories and messages, living donor medal selfies and more (if you moved since your donation please let us know so your gift of life medal gets to you).

Tuesday September 12 will highlight professional development and partner events, including a collaborative webinar discussing early results from the Expedited One Day Living Kidney Donor Evaluation pilot project. You can view Dr Ann Bugeja's successful submission to the LDW2021 Pitch Competition here.

Wednesday September 13 will feature virtual and in-person How to Find a Living Donor Interactive sessions across Canada, followed by a virtual drop in session to address questions on Friday, September 15. In between, we will release a new episode of the Living Transplant podcast episode on the future of transplant with physician scientists and transplant nephrologist, Dr. Joseph Kim and living donor and patient advocate, Sylvie Charbonneau.

We will end the week with thank you's to our amazing living donors, courageous transplant recipients and people on the waitlist, Team Transplant and everyone who makes living organ transplant possible. View our entire schedule and register for events at givelifeuhn.eventbrite.ca and check out our #LDW2023 Partner Kit for facts & stats and other info.

We look forward to lighting up green and celebrating with all of YOU!

Centre Team

@givelifeuhn

 

Photo Credit: Living donor, Kimberly Harrison and niece and kidney transplant recipient, Emily posted on the #LDW2022 Gratitude Wall. Add your message to bit.ly/LDW23TX.

SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2023! Living Donation Week invites all of us to come together, celebrate and spread the word about this life-changing gift and everyone who makes it possible! This year's event will include:
  1. #ShareTheLight with participating locations across Canada lighting up green for living organ donation. 
  2. a virtual Celebration Event, plus fun photo booths at Toronto General Hospital and other locations.
  3. interactive How to Find Your Living Donor sessions for kidney and liver patients on the transplant waitlist. This year, you will have the option of registering for online or in-person events in various locations across the country (check Eventbrite for up-to-date list). A Zoom "office hours" session will also be available if you need practical advice from people with lived experience and expertise in social media appeals and dealing with the media.
  4. Professional development opportunities and partner events. including a webinar on early results from the Expedited Living Kidney Donor Assessment pilot project
  5. Inspiring stories from the Great Actions Leave a Mark Campaign and merch to help spread awareness and show your support!

Check out the #LDW2023 Partner Kit for more info and the many ways to participate.

Share your story and messages of hope and gratitude on the #LDW2023 Gratitude Wall. Remember to email us your living donor medal selfies and #ShareTheLight location pics. Or post about your journey and tag us @givelifeuhn.

Coming Up

Ongoing Education Sessions 
Free online information sessions presented by Centre for Living Organ Donation
  • 1st Tuesday of the Month: Information for Potential Living Kidney Donors 
  • 2nd Tuesday of the Month: Finding a Living Donor. Also check out Having Your Donor Find You, a free self-paced video series for those on the kidney transplant waitlist and their advocates.
  • 3rd Tuesday of the Month: Financial Resources for Living Donors (PRELOD and other provincial reimbursement programs, employer support and more)
  • 4th Tuesday of the Month: Information for Potential Living Liver Donors
  • 4th Wednesday of the Month: Information for Caregivers of People on the Liver or Kidney Transplant List

Attention content creators ages 12-18 and 19-24 years: the next deadline for #ShareTheShorts video competition to raise awareness is coming up on August 16! Gift cards, gear, valuable experience, bragging rights and a chance to make a difference!
Application form

In Case You Missed It

Researchers Dr. Tony Lam & Song-Yang Zhang at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) have discovered that the drug metformin acts through the kidney to lower weight and treat obesity. 
Living Transplant goes behind the scenes to bring you stories from the world of transplant that you've never heard before. Join living kidney transplant recipient and UHN Centre for Living Organ Donation Coordinator, Candice Coghlan, and her guests- patients, clinicians, researchers
Featuring Shilpa Raju, an epidemiologist, cancer survivor and transplant recipient, and Dr Mamatha Bhat, a staff hepatologist and clinician scientist at UHN's Ajmera Transplant Program.
Featuring kidney transplant recipient and Senior Manager of Programs and Public Policy for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Ontario Branch, Craig Lindsay, and Dr. Trevor Reichman, Surgical Director of the Pancreas and Islet Transplant Program and Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Toronto.
Featuring 2x double lung transplant recipient, Tara Lisabeth and Dr. Marcelo Cypel, who performed Tara's first transplant, and is currently staff thoracic surgeon and director of the Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Program at UHN, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto.
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Peter has lived with multiple renal replacement therapies and diabetes, recently receiving a transplant from his wife in the Kidney Paired Donation Program

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The Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN
Toronto General Hospital | Ajmera Transplant Centre
585 University Ave, 9 MaRS-9115, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2 Canada
livingorgandonation@uhn.ca  | 416-340-5400
www.livingorgandonation.ca | www.uhnlivingdonor.ca

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