Get inspired! Gather some ideas on how to celebrate and advocate for Lab Week using this handbook.
*Please follow local guidelines and prioritize your safety when planning any activities.
This National Medical Laboratory Week, we’re showing Canadians that medical laboratory professionals are behind every patient. Let’s celebrate all you do and have Canada recognize your crucial role in their health care.
Lab Week 2024 will be a celebration like no other. There are even more ways to join the celebration, #Labvocate and share your love for the lab – now with just the click of a button. Watch for more items to be added to the toolkit and a few fun surprises in store.
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Take a look at this schedule for the 2024 light displays confirmed to date.
Landmark | Where | When |
---|---|---|
High Level Bridge | Edmonton, AB | April 15 |
SAIT Centennial Arti Installation | Calgary, AB | April 14-20 |
Calgary Tower | Calgary, AB | April 15 |
Sylvan Lake Lighthouse | Sylvan Lake, AB | April 15 |
Lethbridge City Hall | Lethbridge, AB | April 19 |
Canada Place Sails of Light | Vancouver, BC | April 15 |
Science Dome at Science World | Vancouver, BC | April 15 |
Skywalk at Kelowna General Hospital | Kelowna, BC | April 15-19 |
Brandon Regional Health Centre | Brandon, MB | April 14-20 |
Esplanade Riel Bridge | Winnipeg, MB | April 15 |
The Winnipeg Sign | Winnipeg, MB | April 15 |
Avenir Centre and Downtown Place | Moncton, NB | April 15-17 |
Downing Street | Moncton, NB | April 15-17 |
Province House, Nova Scotia Legislature | Halifax, NS | April 14-20 |
Halifax City Hall | Halifax, NS | April 15 |
Bluenose II | Halifax, NS | April 15 |
The Big Fiddle | Sydney, NS | April 14-20 |
Digital display at Eganville Municipal Office | Eganville, ON | April 14-20 |
Shaw Centre | Ottawa, ON | April 14-18 |
Sarnia City Hall | Sarnia, ON | April 15-19 |
The Hamilton City Sign | Hamilton, ON | April 15 |
Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls, ON | April 15 |
CN Tower | Toronto, ON | April 15 |
3d Toronto Sign, Nathan Phillips Square | Toronto, ON | April 15 |
Civic Centre Clock Tower | Mississauga, ON | April 15 |
Timmins McIntyre Headframe | Timmins, ON | April 14-20 |
Port Credit Lighthouse | Port Credit, ON | April 15 |
The Tower at City Hall | Charlotte Town, PEI | April 15 |
Prairie Wind Monument (Remai Modern Art) |
Saskatoon, SK | April 14-20 |
Did you organize a lighting not found on this schedule? Let us know and join the national celebration.
Order free items to help celebrate the week and promote the medical laboratory profession.
Members, you helped us set another new record and placed more orders than ever before! Thank you for celebrating National Medical Laboratory Week 2024 in record style.
Lab Week orders are now closed. Please keep checking this webpage for more toolkits soon to be filled with extra digital celebration and advocacy items for your Lab Week festivities.
Use your CSMLS member login and password to access the order form. If you are not currently a paid Active CSMLS member, you can sign up for Student membership or Renew your membership to access the order form.
Please note: Due to ongoing shipping delays, we cannot guarantee arrival dates of orders. We cannot offer tracking for packages. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Say it on social! Explore this social media toolkit filled with graphics and captions to help you #Labvocate with the click of a button. Use these pre-written posts, profile picture, and hashtags to join the virtual Lab Week celebrations and show your professional pride.
#CDNHealth
#MedEduca
#MedEd
#CanadianHealthcare
#CanadianHealth
#[the acronym for your province/territory] + Health
e.g., #NBHealth, #YKHealth
*We recommend capitalizing each word within a hashtag for ease of reading for everyone.
Download, print, and share these items to help spread the Lab Week cheer and raise awareness of the profession. Have some fun while helping Canadians see that you are behind every patient.
Get inspired! Gather some ideas on how to celebrate and advocate for Lab Week using this handbook.
*Please follow local guidelines and prioritize your safety when planning any activities.
Print your own posters with this downloadable file.
Make your message stick! Download and print fun, full-colour Lab Week stickers.
(Stickers are sized to print standard Avery 22807 labels)
Educate others about what you do! Share medlabprofessionals.ca website with your friends and family to give them an understanding of what happens in the lab and who you are as a medical laboratory professional.
Raise awareness of all that you do with this medical laboratory fact sheet.
Sign it with pride! Help spread the word about National Medical Laboratory Week with every email.
(To set up in Outlook, simply open "New email" and click on "Signature." Copy and paste the email signature template in the "Edit Signature" space provided.)
Present about the profession! Educate others about the medical laboratory profession by hosting a lunch and learn or play it on loop in the hospital waiting room for patients to see.
Test your skills and rearrange the letters to spell words from the lab.
Start the conversation! Stat cards are a great way to show the public how medical laboratory science is a vital part of the health care system. Download, print, or include them in a display.
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