We are happy to announce that our annual Radiation Safety Partner Breakfast will be held on June 13, 2025 for the first time in a hybrid format.
This year is special for us. We are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Institute and would like nothing better than to share this occasion with you. The Institute was founded in 1980 as a direct, independent response to the human disaster in the Elliot Lake uranium mines, where healthy miners had been exposed to excessive amounts of radon gas and radon progeny in the underground mining environment. Today, to mark the Institute’s 45th anniversary, we announce the dedication of our Radiation Safety Partner Breakfast event, to be held on Friday, June 13 to this milestone.
Our guest of honor Is Dr Joel Moody, Ontario Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) and Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
Our keynote speaker is Dr Tanja Perko, Senior Researcher, Scientific Project Leader and Lecturer at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) and at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
The meeting will introducetopics relevant to health and safety in every industry. With the help of Dr Tanja Perko, our keynote speaker, we shall explore the topic of risk communications and risk perception and as it relates to the safety conversation at large, new technologies and radiation safety, in particular.
To participate in person please register before May 25, 2025. Do secure your tickets at your earliest convenience. The tickets are free and will be available until the allowable venue capacity is reached.
To participate online register any time.
When:
June 13, 2025, 08.30 am – 11.30 am
Where:
Join us in person at: Hart House, University of Toronto
Debates Room, 2nd floor
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto Ontario M5S 3H3to, ON M6K 3C3
Join us online: via RSIC Webinar Event (register below)
Event Program:
08:30 Registration and Hot Breakfast
09:00 Welcome, Natalia Mozayani, RSIC President and CEO
09:05 Land Acknowledgment, Lynn MacDonald, RSIC Manager of Training and Liaison Scientist
09:10 Opening Remarks, Dr. Reza Moridi, Chair of the RSIC Board of Directors
09:15 Guest Speaker, Dr. Joel Moody, Ontario Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) and Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
09:35 RSIC’s 45th Anniversary and Major Milestones, Natalia Mozayani, RSIC President & CEO
09:50 Interactive Exercise: “Is this Risky?”, Dr Tanja Perko, Senior Researcher, Scientific Project Leader and Lecturer at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) and at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
10:00 Risk Perception and Risk Communications in the 21st Century, Dr Tanja Perko
10:30 Radiation Safety and New Technologies: Challenges, Risks and Lessons Learned, Laura Boksman, RSIC Senior Scientist
10:50 Meeting Adjournment and Networking Coffee Break ( for In-Person Participants)
