BC Lung hosts a Annual Radon Workshop every November mobilizing stakeholders and researchers on radon, the leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. 
WORKSHOP RECORDING: Watch video
2021 PROGRAM
9:30-9:50 Welcome/Year in Review
- Opening Remarks - Chris Lam, President and CEO, BC Lung Foundation
- Year in Review - Dr. Anne- Marie Nicol, Simon Fraser University
9:50–10:30 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
10:40-11:20 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
11:25 - 11:50 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
Questions? Contact Dr. Menn Biagtan, VP, Lung Health Programs & Initiatives. biagtan@bclung.ca
RADON WORKSHOP 2020
Topics & Presenters
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Taking the Long View: Where We have Been and Where We Need to be Going - Dr. Elena MacIntyre, Public Health Ontario
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Health Canada’s National Radon Program - Ms. Kelley Bush, Health Canada
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The Right to a Healthy Environment/Developing Municipal and Provincial Strategies - Dr. Noah Quastel, BC Lung Foundation
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BC Mapping Initiatives - Mr. Jeff Trieu, BC Centre for Disease Control
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Library Lending Project - Ms. Maureen Sioson, BC Lung Association
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100 Test Kit Challenge - Lessons Learned - Ms. Nancy Mora-Castro, Regional District of Central Okanagan
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What is Going on in Castlegar? - Mr. Dana Schmidt, Donna Schmidt Lung Cancer Prevention Society
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Public Health Initiatives to Protect Workers - Mr. Greg Baytalan, Interior Health Authority
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What's Next?/Summary - Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol, Simon Fraser University
2020 WORKSHOP RECORDING: Watch the 2020 Workshop