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Recordings of this event are now available on the Centre for Living Organ Donation’s YouTube channel. Additional multilingual captioned content on living donation and transplantation is available here: The Centre for Living Organ Donation’s multilingual captioned content For more information about Improving Access to Living Donor kidney Transplantation Among Chinese Canadians, including opportunities to provide input on how to improve care, please visit: If you have questions please email livingorgandonation@uhn.ca. P.S. Dr Vivienne Poy, Justin Poy and Julia King are […]

Before we begin our regular update on the A.C.T.I.O.N. project, we would like to acknowledge that March 11 marked one year since the World HealthOrganization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Beyond changing our daily routines, COVID-19 has led to a rise in anti-Asian racism as well as highlighted racial inequities in healthcare and beyond. These inequities are not new to us, and we will continue to work against the stigmatization of the Black community when the pandemic is over. But […]

Are you a Chinese Canadian living with kidney disease or kidney failure? Are you a kidney transplant recipient or kidney donor? Are you thinking about donating your kidney? Are you a caregiver of a Chinese Canadian patient living with kidney disease? SHARE YOUR STORY! We want to hear from you! We want to better understand the Chinese Canadian community’s thoughts, concerns, and feelings about living-donor kidney transplantation. We want to hear about your experiences with kidney disease or kidney transplant. […]

Are you an African, Caribbean or Black person with kidney disease or who is taking care of someone with kidney disease? Are you a kidney transplant recipient, a living kidney donor, or thinking about transplant or donation? SHARE YOUR STORY! We want to hear from you. Sign up for a 60-minute phone call to tell us how we can make sure African, Caribbean and Black communities have the chance to learn about options for treating kidney failure, including living donor […]

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