Isotopes for Hope Podcast

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 19: Lisa Stevens, International Atomic Energy Agency

Episode 19

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 27:40

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlightsCanadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

This episode features Lisa Stevens, Director of Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Lisa joins James for a discussion about the important work that the IAEA leads, its Rays of Hope initiative, and the new partnership between the CNIC and the IAEA in support of the initiative. In 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched Rays of Hope, an initiative aimed at addressing disparities in radiation medicine for cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries. Through partnerships with governments, internationalfinancial institutions, and the private sector, Rays of Hope helps to save lives by increasing access to radiotherapy infrastructure and diagnostic imaging used in cancer care. 

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 18: Mayors Ian Boddy & Adrian Foster, SOIC & CEOIA

Episode 18

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 39:59

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlightsCanadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

This episode features Mayor Ian Boddy of Owen Sound andMayor Adrian Foster of Clarington. These leaders highlight the role that nuclear isotope innovation plays in their regions and discuss their work in support of the regional isotope coalitions and alliances in their communities, the Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition (SOIC) and the Central and EasternOntario Isotope Alliance (CEOIA).

The SOIC and CEOIA are two regional initiatives driven bycooperation between municipal governments and local leaders in the private sector. These organizations demonstrate the power of regional networks in attracting investment, strengthening supply chains, and advancing Canada’sisotope leadership.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 12: Dr. Rebecca Wong and Dr. Patrick Veit-Haibach, UHN

Episode 12

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • Duration 23:36

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

This episode features Dr. Rebecca Wong and Dr. Patrick Veit-Haibach of Toronto's University Health Network who share their perspectives on current and upcoming clinical trials using radiotheranostic drugs to improve patient outcomes. Radiotheranostics can both diagnose and treat cancers with far fewer side-effects from traditional treatments like chemotherapy or surgery, and offer promising results through personalized medicine. With Canada’s leading production sector and infrastructure, we have a significant opportunity to continue to lead in this space with strategic investments and policies across the supply chain.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 17: Dale Schick-Martin, Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation

Episode 17

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 21:34

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

This episode features Dale Schick-Martin of the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation, a Canadian gem for research in nuclear materials. The Centre operates the Saskatchewan Cyclotron Facility, which provides critical just-in-time isotopes to hospitals in the Saskatchewan and surrounding provinces. Cyclotrons, like the one at the Fedoruk Centre, are an essential piece of Canada’s isotope infrastructure, providing another form of energy that's required to supply lifesaving isotopes directly to the hospitals that need them.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 16: John Burta, Laurentis Energy Partners, and Dr. Wayne Mullett, Boston Scientific

Episode 16

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 22:32

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

Join CNIC Chair James Scongack for this exciting episode with John Burta of Laurentis Energy Partners and Dr. Wayne Mullett of Boston Scientific who discuss a new partnership to use OPG's Darlington Facility to irradiate yttrium-90 microspheres, offering new hope to patients with liver cancer. The work being done in Canada to use commercial CANDU reactors to shore up supply and add reliability to the pipeline puts us in a position to truly lead the global fight against cancer.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 15: Rachel Sumner, Talent

Episode 15

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 24:05

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

Rachel Sumner, CEO of Talent joins Chair of the CNIC, James Scongack for a discussion on workforce development for the Canadian medical isotope industry. It's the capability of people in our sector that makes all the difference. It's what gives Canada our competitive advantage and the confidence to know that we can continue to play a critical global role in the production, use, and deployment of medical isotopes for decades to come.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 14: Gary Rose, AtkinsRéalis

Episode 14

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 22:19

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

In this episode, Gary Rose of AtkinsRéalis explores how our CANDU reactors are an important asset for Canada's medical isotope future as we continue to leverage our power reactor fleet to provide high volumes of isotopes. Our CANDU reactors have given us the ability to not only produce electricity, but to become a high volume, reliable source for medical isotopes. In the future, AtkinsRéalis is working to make it even easier to produce medical isotopes, using purpose-built access ports to take our production to the next level through the design of a new MONARK CANDU reactor.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 13: Member of Parliament Pam Damoff

Episode 13

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 20:21

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

In this episode, CNIC Chair James Scongack is joined by Member of Parliament Pam Damoff, who has been a champion for the Canadian isotope industry throughout her career. Join James and Pam as they discuss how collaboration between various levels of government, across party lines, and internationally is essential to improving access to nuclear medicine.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 11: Ram Mullur, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories & Actineer

Episode 11

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 23:38

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders.

In this episode, CNIC Chair James Scongack is joined by Ram Mullur of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, who highlights CNL as a Canadian gem of research and innovation that put Canada at the forefront at a time when the global isotope industry was in its formative stages. Through a new partnership with ITM, CNL has formed Actineer, which will focus on expanding production of the highly-promising radiotheranostic isotope actinium-225 here in Canada.

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Isotopes for Hope Podcast - Episode 2: Kathryn Hayashi, TRIUMF Innovations

Episode 2

Monday, March 18, 2024 • Duration 26:51

The Isotopes for Hope Podcast is a series that highlights Canadian leaders in the country's isotope and cancer care sector who are contributing to Canada's leadership role in fighting cancer. While this podcast aims to frame the industry’s future in this area, we will also feature unique stories and perspectives about the importance of isotopes from current industry leaders. In this episode, CNIC Chair James Scongack is joined by Kathryn Hayashi, President & CEO of TRIUMF Innovations, and Executive Committee Co-Chair of the Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem (CMIE) initiative. TRIUMF Innovations is the business interface and commercialization arm, connecting TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, to the private sector via industry partnerships, licensing, and company creation.

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