ICRP2021+1 | Vancouver, Canada | 6-10 November 2022

Experiences of One Mentee – the ICRP Mentorship Program and Beyond

J. Leblanc 1, K. Randhaxa 1, S. Ghazi 1, S. Bouffler 2

1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 280 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P1C2; 2 UK Health Security Agency, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RQ, UK

Citation

Leblanc, J., Randhaxa, K., Ghazi, S., Bouffler, S., 2023. Experiences of One Mentee – the ICRP Mentorship Program and Beyond. Ann. ICRP 52(1-2) Annex, 46-50.

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Abstract

Mentoring is a powerful way to help people grow personally and professionally – to guide them throughout their careers. Mentoring provides insights to support another person's understanding of a specific area in career or life. The same can be said about research collaboration – it not only benefits the scientific community or research group, but it benefits tremendously the individual researcher. As an early career scientist, I have the privilege of being a mentee in the new International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Mentorship Program and member of Task Group 111: Factors Governing the Individual Response of Humans to Ionising Radiation (TG 111). In this article, I will expand on the presentation that I provided during the “Involving Young Professionals” session during the ICRP 2021+1 Symposium in Vancouver. I will describe the ICRP Mentorship Programme and briefly describe some of the work that I am conducting for TG 111.