BC Lung hosts a Annual Radon Workshop every November mobilizing stakeholders and researchers on radon, the leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
BC Annual Radon Workshop: Building Better Homes, Maps, and Plans
2022 Radon Workshop Recording: WATCH HERE
Date: Nov 29, 2022
Time: 10:00 to 12:00 PST
AGENDA
10:00am: Welcome and Introductions
Chris Lam, President and CEO, BC Lung Foundation
10:05am: Radon and Lung Health
Dr. Kong Khoo, Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer Agency
10:15am: National and Provincial Plans
BC Lung Foundation's Recommendations for a BC Action Plan
Dr. Noah Quastel, Healthy Indoor Environments, BC Lung Foundation
Overview of European Radon Action Plans
Dr José - Luis Gutiérrez Villanueva, Secretary of European Radon Association
Q&A
10.50am: Building Better Maps
Updates on BC's Radon Map
Mr. Jeffrey Trieu, Epidemiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control
Washington Indoor Radon Program and Radon Risk Maps
Mr. Gary Garretty, Radon Program Director, Washington State Department of Health
Q&A
11:15am: Building Science
BC Building Code Implementation Research
Ms. Chantal Wilson, P. Eng, Falcon Engineering
Deep Retrofits and Building Modernization
Mr. Brian Rippy, Department of Sustainable Building Technology, Okanagan College
11:40am: Open Forum
Moderator: Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol, Simon Fraser University
12:00pm – Closing Remarks
For more information, contact: Noah Quastel: nquastel@bclung.ca or Menn Biagtan: biagtan@bclung.ca
2021 WORKSHOP RECORDING: Watch video
2021 PROGRAM TOPICS:
New Issues in Monitoring and Surveillance
- The BC Radon Data Repository and Map – Initiatives to Support Research, Planning, and Public Awareness - Mr. Jeff Trieu, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Combining Community Smoking Rates and Radon Concentrations to Determine Radon-related Risk in BC - Dr. David McVea, BC Center Disease Control
- Survey on Radon Public Knowledge and Awareness in BC - Javis Lui, BC Cancer Agency
Building Codes and New Technologies
- Radon in Water: What You Don’t know - David Ines/Alan Whitehead, Radon Environmental Corporation
- National Research Council and Studies of Radon Control Measures - Grace Zhou, National Research Council
- Assessing Building Code Implementation: Stories from the BC Interior - Chantal Wilson, Little Bear Engineering
New Developments in Radon Policy
- Real Estate and Radon - Sarah Kennedy, Coldwell Banker Four Season Real Estate, Vernon
- Why Climate Action is Our Best Bet for Addressing Radon - Noah Quastel, BC Lung Foundation
2020 WORKSHOP RECORDING: Watch the 2020 Workshop