Webinar | Connecting the dots to reduce radon risk

Описание: Radon is a lung cancer risk. Health Canada’s National Radon Program with the assistance of many great stakeholder partnerships have steadily increased awareness about the health impacts, how to test and mitigate radon exposures. However, most Canadians still have not taken action to reduce the estimated 3,200 lung cancer cases related to radon exposure. This webinar covers what has been done, what works and how you can get involved. Following this webinar, we hope you will integrate radon into public health education and awareness activities, policies and programs. We are ready to collaborate with you to improve the health of Canadians. Adding the voice of public health is an important step towards action.

SPEAKERS
Sandy Hutchison, BEnvSc, Regional Radiation Specialist, Health Canada
Sandy has energetically walked and talked all things radon across Manitoba and Saskatchewan since 2008. The duties of this position are non-regulatory; instead, Sandy works to collaborate and build partnerships that improve education and awareness about the second leading cause of lung cancer. Sandy sits on many radon working groups, steering committees, the Policy Advisory Board of the Canadian-National Radon Proficiency Program and is a past recipient of Health Canada’s Spokesperson of the Year award.

Anne-Marie Nicol, MES PhD, Environmental Health Knowledge Translation Scientist, National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health and an Associate Professor in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University
Anne-Marie also is the co-lead of the CAREX Canada project, a national carcinogen surveillance program funded in part by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Anne-Marie’s radon work includes community level outreach to stakeholders such the real estate industry and health professionals, policy research for radon prevention during early life and evidence scans on emerging radon research.

Jill Hubick, BKin, BSN, RN, CRE, Manager, Community & Patient Engagement, The Lung Association, Saskatchewan
Jill is a Registered Nurse and Certified Respiratory Educator with The Lung Association working in the area of Health Promotion. She chairs the Take Action on Radon Saskatchewan Coalition and works to prevent lung cancer related to this deadly gas. She uses her creativity by working with patients and community members to empower people to protect their lung health. In 2018 Jill was nominated for a Women’s of Distinction Award in the area of Health and Wellness.

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This webinar was held in English only.

Funding Acknowledgement
This webinar was hosted by CPHA with support from Health Canada’s National Radon Program, a supporter of Public Health 2020.