LIAISON Newsletter Volume 1, Number 3

We Would Like to Introduce to You ...

Brian Phillips and Dale Hills recently joined the LIAISON Editorial Advisory Committee, and Denis Carrière is a new NEPRD staff member.

Brian Phillips is Director, RPS, which is now at the BC Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver and was formerly with the BC Ministry of Health.

Brian has over 30 years of work experience in radiation protection and has been involved in emergency management since joining the BC Ministry of Health in 1985. He was a member of the BC and Canadian delegation to the October 2002 Top-Off 2 Cross Border Exercise and a speaker at the April 2003 Top-Off 2 Interactive Workshop. In the past two years, Brian and his staff have provided CBRN training on radiation emergency response to Vancouver Police Department members and to hazard materials team members of the Vancouver and Surrey Fire departments.

Brian is the BC representative on the Federal, Provincial/Territorial Coordinating Committee for Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Management, as well as being a 20-year member of the FPTRPC.

He is a physics graduate, specializing in atomic and nuclear physics, from the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, and has a Master's degree in Radiation Protection from the University of Salford in Manchester.

Dale Hills is the senior occupational hygienist for the Workers' Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and he is responsible for the enforcement of health and safety regulations in the territories. Previously, Dale was an occupational industrial hygienist at Elk Falls Pulp and Paper Mill, responsible for the control of hygiene issues at the site. He was also a front-line responder with the site's emergency response team.

Dale holds a Master of Science degree in occupational and environmental hygiene from the University of British Columbia, with research conducted at the Maple Ridge Fire and Safety Training Centre. He recently received his professional certification. Dale is the Northwest Territories' representative on Health Canada's FPTRPC.

Denis Carrière has joined COPS, NEPRD, as an Emergency Preparedness Officer. His current duties include coordinating various radiological and nuclear exercises, FPT meetings and working groups on radiological and nuclear emergency management.

Previously, Denis was with CANUTEC—the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre of the Department of Transport—where he provided technical advice to emergency responders and coordinated response activities during dangerous goods emergencies. His duties also included providing advice on the safe handling and transportation of dangerous goods according to applicable acts and regulations.

Denis may be reached at (613) 948-2581 or at denis_carriere@hc-sc.gc.ca

Fun with Jumbles–Answers

1. Codex Alimentarius

2. Contamination

3. Irradiation

4. Notification