In June 2020, in response to protests and riots against police brutality and systemic racism taking place in the US, Canada, and the rest of the world, CRPA committed to re-evaluating their code of ethics and created the President’s Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI Task Force).
FPTRPC advances the development and harmonization of practices and standards for radiation protection in Canada and communicates these to the people of Canada. Their latest meetings took place virtually on October 18, 20, and 22. In this issue of the Bulletin, we share highlights from that meeting.
Donata Chaulk, CRPA’s PD committee chair and PD Portfolio director on the board of directors, recaps the live online sessions offered by the committee last year and highlights the value of members sharing their knowledge and learning from each other.
In Part II of the Risk Communication for Radiation Safety Professionals series, we begin to explore how plain language can make your risk communication easier to understand and more effective.
In this issue of the Bulletin, we’re introducing a new feature—From the Archives. For our first “From the Archives” feature, we’ve pulled out a personal account from member Tanya Vlaskalin relating to questions she was asked following the Fukushima disaster (originally published in 2011).
As Dave was writing his editorial for this issue, he was reflecting on how much had changed since he wrote his last editorial back in the fall of 2021.
