After enjoying the holiday break and spending time with family, Grant is thinking about his plans for the upcoming year. The plans have been made, but amid the uncertainty of living with COVID, the implementation is not quite so clear. Perhaps that’s why he’s identified change as a theme for this first issue of the Bulletin for 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.
This coming February, CRPA joins with the Health Physics Society, the American Academy of Health Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Nuclear Society, the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and the Mexican Society of Irradiation and Dosimetry to host the first ever North American Regional Congress for the International Radiation Protection Association. This will be a hybrid event held both virtually and in person in St. Louis, Missouri.
Communicating technical information to a non-technical audience without compromising intent or accuracy can be challenging.
It has taken me longer to write this message than I’m willing to admit. (Sorry Dave.) I kept thinking I needed to share some great nugget of wisdom to mark my transition to the role of president.
I’ve been keeping my fingers crossed all year hoping to avoid it, but it’s finally happened—we’re having a virtual Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) inspection at my workplace, University Health Network.
On April 6, 2021, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) co-hosted Rad Women in Canada, a virtual question and answer panel to discuss the lives and careers of female radiation and nuclear professionals.
This is the first of a series of short articles in which Stéphane Jean-François uses his 25 years of experience in various fields (medical, research, industrial, etc.) to provide tips and tricks for radiation safety officers (RSOs). He begins with a suggestion to avoid decimals when possible because people understand whole numbers better.
The Federal Provincial Territorial Radiation Protection Committee was created to advance the development and harmonization of practices and standards for radiation protection within federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions. The committee meets every year to allow regulatory radiation protection officials from across Canada to share information, discuss challenges, and recommend courses of action.
