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Jennifer Ciavaglia
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Living kidney donor. Pragmatic optimist. Health policy professional.
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Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
Reading comprehension scores are tanking, and fewer Americans are picking up books. But practicing deep reading can help you process content more carefully and keep you from falling for misinformation...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito
Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses
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January 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Two teens first pediatric patients in Canada to have robot-assisted kidney transplants | Alberta Health Services
‘It truly is a gamechanger for patients who are high-risk’
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January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
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The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
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January 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Canada launches billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/12/11/c...
Canada launches billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers
With C$1.7B funding, the Canada researcher recruitment program targets leading researchers affected by U.S. policy cuts.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/can...
Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stéphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Strong Links? Community-minded Canadians more satisfied with life, more trusting of institutions and others - Angus Reid Institute
Three-in-five say Canada’s current divisions can be overcome; more connected are most likely to agree December 4, 2025 – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus fi...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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From dialysis despair to new life: The Manitoba doctor behind 1,000+ transplants
A Manitoba physician whose work has reshaped kidney transplant care across Canada has been awarded the 2025 Canadian Blood Services Lifetime Achievement Award. Read on
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December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: Ensuring public trust in our organ donation and transplant system
Opinion: Revelations of recent errors in the U.S. have the potential to undermine Canadians' trust in our organ donation system
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August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
This extraordinary gift from a living organ donor has changed my life
Thanks to my ‘living donor angel,’ my new liver is my most treasured possession
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July 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Biophysicist Dr. James Till co-discovered stem cells, sparking a medical revolution
The monumental achievement, in collaboration with Ernest McCulloch, opened the door to regenerative medicine and its potential to treat everything from sprains to spinal cord injuries
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June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Hamilton hospital appeals for living donors as more than 100 people await life-saving kidney transplants | CBC News
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is appealing for living donors to help meet growing demand for kidney transplants. The hospital carries out between 120 to 160 transplants each year, but only about 30...
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May 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Who's Saving Who?
YouTube video by Canadian Blood Services
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May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/trans...
Transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people worry about measles exposure
TORONTO - Laurie Miller, a 59-year-old heart transplant patient exposed to measles in Stratford, Ont., says her story speaks to the risks people who are immunocompromised face during an outbreak.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Ciavaglia
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Why should 🇨🇦 create a new civil defence corps?

Because we’re among the only NATO countries that doesn’t train its population in emergency response, first aid and cyber threats — and we need everyone’s talents to meet the crises ahead.

I talk to CBC’s Fresh Air

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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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March 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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UHN's newest documentary—The Future of Transplant—shines a light on the historic accomplishments of @transplant-uhn.bsky.social, setting the stage for innovative breakthroughs transforming #transplant today! ✨🫁

Learn more about the legacy and people behind the discoveries ⬇️
uhn.ca University Health Network @uhn.ca · Mar 19
WATCH The Future of Transplant, a new documentary from UHN 📺🫁

Discover the history of lung transplant, from the world's first successful transplant in 1983 to a routine surgery performed 200x each year at UHN's Ajmera Transplant Centre.

Watch the full doc on YouTube:
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March 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Do you talk to yourself? Here’s how to harness your inner voice
Your inner voice is a powerful tool for self-reflection and planning, but it can also trap you in negative thought loops — “chatter,” as psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross calls it. He shares...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM