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 Virtual Workshop: What's New in Radon?
2023 WORKSHOP RECORDING:
2023 BC Lung Foundation Annual Radon Workshop Schedule
November 29, 2023
INTRODUCTION
Noah Quastel, Director, Law and Policy, Healthy Indoor Environments, BC Lung Foundation. Introductory Statements.
10:00 - 10:05
Anne-Marie-Nicol, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. Building Radon Awareness and Building the Radon Community.
10:05 - 10:10
Jill Hall, Realtor and Radon Community Advocate
10:10 - 10:15
TESTING AND MAPPING
Gurpreet Sandhu, Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer, BC Cancer, Surrey. “Occupational Radon level measurement and Radon Education & Awareness program in Department of Radiation Therapy - BC Cancer Surrey”
10:15 - 10:20
Dr. Fatemeh Sabet, Medical Health Officer, Interior Health, Responsible for School Health. “Radon checking at schools in Interior Health Region.”
10:20 - 10:30
Dr. David McVea, Public Health Physician, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Environmental Health Services. “BCCDC Radon Data Repository Updates”
10:30 - 10:40
Pam Warkentin, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists and Canadian National Radon Proficiency Program. Radon Outreach through the Take Action on Radon Program
10:40 - 10:55
Questions Period and Break.
10:55 - 11:00
BUILDING STANDARDS
Andy Chase, Acting Director, Building Codes & Standards, Building and Safety Standards Branch, Government of British Columbia. “Building Code Changes to Radon Rough-ins”
11:00 - 11:15
CANCER PATIENTS CLINICAL TRIAL
Kate Witham, Research Intern. Clinical Trials and Research, BC Cancer-Kelowna. “Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer – A feasibility study in the Interior Health Authority Region of British Columbia, Canada”.
11:15 - 11:25
UPDATES
Yalda Yalvari, Regional Radiation Specialist, Health Canada. BC region updates.
11:25 - 11:30
Kasey Knowles, Project Coordinator, Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment “CANE-ACIIE Radon Outreach Contribution Program”
11:30 - 11:35
Brandon Monahan, STEAM Specialist, Fraser Valley Regional Library – Administrative Centre “New Developments in Library Lending Programs”
11:35 - 11:40
WORKING FROM HOME
Mathieu Broussard, Regional Radiation Specialist, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch-ROEB.”Pilot project: Teleworking and hybrid working increased radon exposure during working hours.
11:40 - 11:50
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