Donor families and transplant recipients can write anonymous letters to each other through DonateLife Agencies and through transplant units. By law, health professionals involved in donation and transplantation must keep the identity of donors and recipients anonymous.

Find out more about correspondence between donor families and transplant recipients.

The OTA has prepared an information paper for donor families and transplant recipients who are considering direct contact. The information paper provides information of a general nature only.

Read the information paper.

The OTA convened a Community Consultative Forum in March 2017 to explore questions about waiver of anonymity and direct contact between deceased donor families and transplant recipients.

Read the report on the community consultative forum.