Amanda Gomes
A&E Reporter

The Trillium Gift of Life Network teamed up with Humber’s third year nursing students to help clear up some misconceptions behind organ donation.
“This is important because people seem to be afraid of donating their organs,” said organizer Margot Rykhoff. “People don’t realize that there are lists among lists of people waiting for donations.”
The presentation took place on Nov. 15 at North Campus between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Before the presentation began, the hosts asked the audience members to fill out an anonymous survey that tested general knowledge on organ and tissue donations. Audience members learned that one donor can save up to eight lives and every two to eight days, someone in Ontario dies waiting for a donation.
Qin Dai one of the student organizers for the presentation, said many lives could be saved if people were more informed.
“We take the little things for granted. There are people who are stuck in hospital beds, we are fortunate to have the privileges we have today,” she said.
 After the presentation was over, audience members were asked to fill out the survey they did at the beginning of the presentation for a second time. This would enable the hosts to tally the results and see if any had changed their views.