Transplant Manitoba-Gift of Life

11/12/2025

Join the conversation! This free virtual series explores personal experiences, health disparities, and the transplant process within African, Caribbean and Black communities, and the next session is on Saturday, Nov 22. Click the image for details and to register.

11/12/2025

Eye and Tissue Month continues and we’re talking about what exactly eye donation means. It’s the donation of your cornea(s), the clear part on the front of the eye, and/or the sclera, the white part of your eyes. A cornea transplant can restore sight to those who are blind. The sclera can help patch grafts in glaucoma surgery, reconstruct orbital areas, attach prosthetic eyes, and reconstruct eyelids. It all feels pretty miraculous.

Choose to leave well so others can live well.

Register to be an organ and tissue donor at donateyourtissues.ca

11/11/2025

11/07/2025

With overnight temps dropping, it is time for gardens to rest and prepare for the next growing season. The Garden of Life has been tucked in after a vibrant spring, summer and fall – though even now there are a few foxgloves bravely showing their colours.

The Garden of Life is an incredibly amazing space dedicated to the courage, compassion and generosity of living and deceased organ and tissue donors. Each spring a team of Transplant Manitoba – Gift of Life volunteers and staff from the Assiniboine Park & Zoo Conservancy plant the garden for all to enjoy and marvel at its beauty. The garden also offers a place for a quiet moment of reflection in honour of those who gave the greatest gift.

11/05/2025

November is Eye and Tissue Month and we’ll be sharing important facts and information about how the gift of tissue changes lives. Let’s get started!

There are seven types of tissue donation:
● Corneas to help restore sight
● Sclera to treat glaucoma patients
● Tendons to rebuild and/or reconstruct joints
● Heart valves to repair cardiac defects
● Veins to re-establish circulation
● Skin to heal burns, treat wounds, and prevent infection
● Bones to provide structural support and promote bone growth

Choose to leave well so others can live well.

Register to be an organ and tissue donor at donateyourtissues.ca

11/03/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Shelley Zieroth, Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinics ❤

She was recently recognized by the Canadian Heart Failure Society with their Annual Achievement Award - one of the highest honours in the field.

Dr. Shelley Zieroth, Principal Investigator, Medical Heart Failure Program, was presented with the Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS) Annual Achievement Award on October 24, 2025. This is one of…

10/31/2025

Transplant Manitoba’s post-transplant team embraced the popular Halloween paper bag trend. Looks like they’ve got teamwork in the bag … 😍

Happy Halloween 🎃

10/31/2025

In a word – awesome! The energy and enthusiasm of our volunteers is unmatched 💚

Thank you to everyone on Team www.signupforlife.ca for spending time at the booth during Winnipeg Comiccon 2025! Your work to raise awareness about the decision to be an organ and tissue donor, and registering online using Manitoba’s online donor registry, helps spark important, life-saving conversations.

Another big thank you to everyone who stopped by to ask questions, share their donation or transplant story, or play some games to take home some fabulous Orgamites merch to enjoy!

It doesn’t matter what kind of fan you are – gamer, larper, cosplayer, collector, movie-goer, graphic novel reader, e-athlete – almost everyone can be an organ and tissue donor. If organ and tissue donation is important to you, talk with the loved ones in your universe, register on www.signupforlife.ca and share your decision.

10/30/2025

Winnipeg Comiccon 2025 was a whirlwind! Team www.signupforlife.ca had so much fun admiring all the amazing costumes during our time at the booth last weekend.

As approaches, please enjoy just a few of the clever and creative people who came by to learn how to register intent to be an organ and tissue donor using Manitoba’s online donor registry, www.signupforlife.ca or score free Orgamites in Canada resources to use in their classrooms with students aged 5 through 11. Got to love Ms. Frizzle 🚌!!

10/29/2025

Thrilled to share that our Brandon video shoot with Hockey Gives Blood this summer is ready for prime time 🎞💚

Take the next 30 seconds to enjoy this inspiring promo and share it with your family and friends to spark life-saving conversations.

10/27/2025

The Gift of Life flag is flying today at HSC_Winnipeg and St. Boniface Hospital. The flag only goes up after someone has offered a gift of life to others either through living or deceased organ donation. The action of raising the flag honours the courage, compassion and generosity of the donor and recognizes the decision to say yes to life-saving organ donation. Thank you.

10/22/2025

Who’s counting sleeps?! Winnipeg Comiccon is just days away and the team is gearing up for the www.signupforlife.ca booth, while the are preparing their capes 🤩

If a trip to Comiccon is in your weekend plans, come by and see us at Booth 807 & 809. You’ll find information about the Orgamites Mighty Education Program that has been inspiring kids to look after their health, each other and the world. Plus, you can pick up some Orgamites in Canada resources to inspire and empower you to become a life-saving superhero too!

We’ll also have information about how to register your intent to be an organ and tissue donation using Manitoba’s online donor registry, www.signupforlife.ca. No cape required.