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 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).
There is a broad range of professions that routinely interact with ionizing radiation, which means the work of radiation safety professionals is also wide ranging. Regardless of what industry you work in, the one constant is the need to protect workers and to help them understand and respects the risks when they are exposed to radiation.
Proposed amendments to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part 1, in December 2021. In his article, Dave outlines the changes and encourages those who provide training for transportation and handling of dangerous goods to review the proposed changes express their views. Comments can be made until February 9, 2022.
The 68th session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), which took place from June 21 to 25, 2021, was held virtually for the second year in a row due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.
The duty to protect all Canadian workers, regardless of their workplace.
The Meritorious Service Award recognizes significant services provided to the Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) or to the radiation protection community in general. This year there were two recipients: Carole Savoie and Jeff Fleming.
