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Donor Coordinator Network - a Community of Practice
A community of practice for donor coordinators who support deceased donation
In 2020, Canadian Blood Services established a national Donor Coordinator Network. This national community of practice aims to support donor coordinators in offering deceased donation as a standard component of end-of-life care by continuing to:
- Foster community building and national collaboration
- Strengthen clinical and social support for a small and specialized community of healthcare professionals
- Provide resources and opportunities to share and learn about emerging cases/issues
- Support national development and implementation of consistent clinical strategies and approaches
The network offers:
- Educational Webinars (linked below)
- E-newsletters
Are you a donor coordinator interested in joining this network? If so, please contact: DonorCoordinators@blood.ca
Recorded webinar presentations
Mandated anonymity in deceased organ donation: Time for change
April 23, 2025
Dr. Nicholas Murphy
Leveraging behavioural science to understand factors that influence substitute decision-making for deceased organ donation
March 27, 2025
Dr. Jacob Crawshaw
The High Status Heart Program: The journey so far and the path ahead
June 10, 2024
Dr. Brian Clarke & Fatima Dharsee
The ethics of nontherapeutic research with imminently dying patient-participants after the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in the ICU
November 21, 2023
Dr. Nicholas Murphy
Equitable policy revision for sexual and gender minorities in organ and tissue donation
November 3, 2023
Dr. Murdoch Leeies
"Living" with the uncertainties in death determination by ancillary testing
October 16, 2023
Dr. Michaël Chassé
Death definition and determination in real life
September 13, 2023
Dr. Andrew Healey
Lessons from Spain: Next Steps Towards Improving ICU Donation Services
June 9, 2023
Dr. Mario Royo Villanova
May 15 2023 | Presenter : Dr. Samara Zavalkoff
Preventable harm in the Canadian OTDT system: Missed organ donor identification and referral
March 30, 2023 | Presenter: Dr. Sam Shemie
Paradigm Shift to a Brain-Based Definition & Determination of Death
March 1, 2023 | Presenter: Dr. Kim Wiebe
Medical Assistance in Dying and Organ Donation
December 13, 2022 | Presenter: Dr. Dennis Djogovic
Alberta SEND program: Specialists in End-of-Life Care, Neuroprognostication, and Donation
November 7, 2022 | Presenter: Laurie A. Lee
Survey of Current Practices in Pediatric and Neonatal Donation and Transplant in Canada
September 26, 2022 | Presenter: Dr. Kim Wiebe
Title: Organ and Tissue Donation following MAiD
April 14, 2022 | Presenter: Caroline Tait
Title: Voices, rights, and health care equity: The importance of including First Nations and Métis health leaders in organ donation and transplantation decision-making
January 20, 2022 | Presenter: Dr. Amanda van Beinum
Title: Healthcare professionals’ experiences and responses to perceived autoresuscitation events
September 28, 2021 | Presenter: Dr. Andrew Healey
Title: Expanding the Lung Donor Pool using Non-Perfused Organ Donation
June 1, 2021 | Presenters: Shauna Coffey
Title: Tissue Donation - The Southern Alberta Experience
Title: Experiences of Family Veto among Organ and Tissue Donor Coordinators in Ontario
March 30, 2021 | Presenter: Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Title: DePPaRT study: insights and implications
December 16, 2020 | Presenter: Ms. Vanessa Silva e Silva, Lead Researcher, BRIC Study
Title: Burnout among Donation Coordinators: Progress with the BRiC Study and Preliminary Results
Materials: The BRIC study (Burnout and Resilience in Organ and Tissue Donation Coordinators) information and publicatons can be found here
January 26, 2021 | Presenter: Ms. Cynthia Isenor, Health Services Director at Nova Scotia Health Authority for the Critical Care Program
Title: The LEADDR Program: Legislative Evaluation – Assessment of Deceased Donation Reform
The Donor Coordinator Network is brought together by Canadian Blood Services