Kidney Donation and Transplant Resources

As a supplement to our recent webinar on Living Kidney Donation, you can explore these living kidney donation and transplant resources from Canadian Blood Services, the Transplant Ambassador Program. and the PKD Foundation of Canada.

Canadian Blood Services (CBS) has information about these organ donation topics on their website.

• Am I eligible to be a living kidney donor?
• What is living kidney donation?
• How living kidney donation works
• What is kidney paired donation?
• Education resources
• My Transplant Coach Canada
• Living Donation Storytelling project
• Living kidney donation programs

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The Transplant Ambassador Program (TAP) is a volunteer peer support program for kidney transplant recipients and donors.

Below are some resources you can find on their website.

• Information for transplant recipients
• Financial assistance for recipients
• Transplant Recipient Eligibility and Referral Form
• The Big Tell - Finding a Living Donor
• Patients Seeking Donors - patient listing
• Potential donors from outside Canada
• Incompatible patients and donors
• Staying healthy while on dialysis

• Information for living donors
• Financial assistance for living donors
• Living Donor Criteria and Referral Form



• TAP webinar series

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Are you a PKD patient seeking a living kidney donor?

Are you hesitant to talk about your need for a kidney, or to ask your circle of family or friends about kidney donation, due to the fear of "asking too much"?

Join the Transplant Ambassador Program (TAP) for an empowering and informative webinar that could change your life!

Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30pm EDT

Register by emailing webinarregistration@transplantambassadors.ca

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Do you wish that you could talk about kidney transplantation with others who understand what you're going through?

Our June PKD Mind Matters Chat will give members of our PKD community the chance to talk with one another about kidney donation and transplant, in an informal online meeting.

Tuesday, June 25 at 7:00pm EDT

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A reminder that our PKD Mind Matters events are live, virtual, community events, and are not recorded for viewing afterwards.

Our gathering will also be confidential, so that you can safely share your personal experiences with others.

You can find the following kidney donation and transplant resources on the PKD Foundation of Canada's website.

• Video: Having Your Donor Find YOU!

• Webinar: Kidney Paired Donation

• Video: Understanding Kidney Transplantation

• Video: Understanding Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

• Webinar: Understanding Liver Transplantation for PKD and PLD Patients

• Webinar: Getting to Know the Transplant Ambassador Program

• Video: How Living Organ Donation Gave Me My Life Back (Patient Story)

• Voices of PKD: Amanda and Mary's living kidney donation story

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Educational PKD resources like these are made possible by the generosity of our donors and sponsors. Please consider making a donation today.

Working for a cure,

Your friends at the PKD Foundation of Canada

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