An Orgtober spotlight: Give Life Alberta visits schools across Edmonton during Read-In Week, reading The ant who needed a transplant to elementary students.

An Orgtober spotlight: In Canada, one organ donation education program that is a true standout is the High School Outreach Initiative in Organ Donation & Transplantation (HSOI) - currently active in the GTA and Ottawa.

Do you know about Orgtober? Formerly known as October, it’s a full month dedicated to promoting organ donation education among students, teachers, and families in Canada and around the world.

Three years ago, in November 2020, Dylan Kalambay was a 16-year-old high school basketball star from St. Catharine’s, Ontario. He started coughing a lot. Those small coughs turned into persistent coughs which evolved into shortness of breath and, eventually, a diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. In layman’s terms: Heart failure.