Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 20 - Emerging Methods in Radiotherapy Dosimetry / Land Acknowledgement – the Why / Thank You COMP Volunteers!
Join Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Zain ul Abidin, and Gabrielle Lee for “ Emerging Methods in Radiotherapy Dosimetry ,” an engaging seminar exploring the latest advances in improving...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 13 - Call for Applications: MedPhys Slam / Continuing Education Funding Opportunities / April Issue of InterACTIONS
MedPhys Slam is a science communication competition where medical physics trainees present their research in three minutes with an emphasis on clarity, engagement, and...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 6 - “Leaders in Professional Collaboration” April 13th / Celebrating Professor Luc Beaulieu / Reference Dosimetry Simplified
Join Maria (Ria) Corsten, Dr. Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, and Dr. François Therriault-Proulx on April 13 for an insightful seminar on “Leaders in Professional Collaboration” ....
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 30 - April 16th Lunch Bytes / H.E. Johns Travel Award / Shattering Glass Ceilings
Join Dr. Gino Fallone on April 16, 2026 for a Lunch Bytes session on historical development and funding of the Alberta linac-MR: Aurora-RT. The session will cover the...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 23 - Celebrate with COMP in Vancouver!/COMP Awards Nominations/Hights from the CUMPC
Join us on July 21, 2026 for two special COMP events during the Joint AAPM|COMP Scientific Meeting! Start the evening at the COMP Awards Ceremony (4:45–6:00 PM, Fairmont...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 16 – Lunch Bytes – Inspection Insights: Common Compliance Trends/Women’s Day Special - Evaluating stress, burnout, and job satisfaction in Medical Physicists of Canada/InterACTIONS
Join Julia Mulder, Julie-Anna Benjamin, and Nadia Petseva on March 19, 2026 for a Lunch Bytes session exploring common compliance trends observed during inspections. The...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 9 – AAPM | COMP JSM Registration Open / Lunch Bytes – March 19 / 2026 World Radiology and Medical Imaging Conference
AAPM | COMP Joint Scientific Meeting – Registration Open Housing and registration for the 2026 Annual Meeting are now open. To receive COMP member pricing, register using the...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 23 – Powering discovery. The Fedoruk Centre's impact on health research/Global Medical Physics book review/Executive Director Report
Discover how the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation at the University of Saskatchewan is strengthening diagnostics, advancing therapies, and powering...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 9 – Latin/Hispanic Medical Physicists in Canada Gathering Sessions/15th Anniversary of Fukushima Webinar/Call for Abstracts - CARO 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting
COMP members are invited to express interest in Latin/Hispanic Medical Physicists in Canada Gatherings, led by medical physics students Odette Rios Ibacache and José Antonio...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 26 – Help us understand Linac Technical Training Across Canada/AAPM|COMP JSM/Message from the COMP President
As part of COMP’s agreement with CNSC, QARSAC and the Radiation Safety Subcommittee is conducting a short national survey to understand what training is available to linear...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 19 - Early Career Seminar on Professional Certification in Medical Physics/How to Get Involved with COMP and Medical Physics Initiatives/January Issue of InterACTIONS
Join the COMP Residency Subcommittee’s first seminar, Early Career Seminar on professional certification in medical physics , taking place virtually on Thursday, January 29th...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 5 – Shattering Glass Ceilings: Celebrating Remarkable Physicists/LAST WEEK for COMP Winter School Room Block Pricing/Radiation Shieling for Ulta High Dose Rate Election Flash Radiation Therapy
Shattering Glass Ceilings: Celebrating Remarkable Physicists is an ongoing quarterly series by the CWC-IDEA group that highlights leaders in Canadian medical physics whose...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 29 – Streamlining Radiotherapy QA/COMP Winter School – Hockey Night Out/Celebrating Medical Radiation Technologist Week: Solomon Akinsola’s journey from Nigeria to Canada
Read Streamlining Radiotherapy QA : How SunCHECK delivers clinical efficiencies in the latest issue of InterACTIONS. Attending COMP Winter School in Ottawa? Join us in the...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 22 – COMP Winter School LAST WEEK for Early-bird Pricing/Retreatment in Radiation Therapy/Nuclear medicine groups launch effort to standardize PET imaging
LAST WEEK to register for COMP Winter School with the early-bird pricing! Read Retreatment in Radiation Therapy managing complexity with the right tools in the latest issue...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 15 – Lunch Bytes -December 18/Tami Freeman Book Review/Winter School Program
On December 18, 2025 join Dr. Eugene Wong and Dr. Michael Roumeliotis of the COMP Science Committee for the latest Lunch Bytes session, Clinically driven Medical Physics...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 24 – Global Medical Physics: A Guide for International Collaboration/AAPM|COMP Joint Scientific Meeting 2026/COMP Winter School 2026
The book "Global Medical Physics: A Guide for International Collaboration" is now available through CRC Press. The eBook will be made available as open access in the near...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 17 – Lunch Bytes – November 20, 2025/Retreatment in Radiation Therapy/Call for Volunteers
Join Dr. Lone Hoffman for Building a National Framework for Reirradiation in Denmark: National Collaboration, Consensus Guidelines, and Clinical Trials. Learn how Denmark is...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 10 – Winter School Project Gallery/Message from the CCPM President/Lunch Byte – Nov 20
Showcase your innovation at the Winter School Project Gallery, a lively, informal space where attendees can explore, connect, and be inspired by quality and safety projects...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 3 – LAST WEEK – COMP IDMP Contest/Deadline Extended – CNSC Innovation Grant/Executive Director Report
It’s the last week to submit your entry for the IDMP 2025 Art Contest! This year’s theme “ Medical Physics and Emerging Technologies: Shaping the Next Decade ” invites you to...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 27 – COMP IDMP 2025/Winter School Project Gallery/Message from the COMP President
How do you see medical physics? Enter the 2025 IDMP Art Contest and turn your passion into art – from sketches and graphics to photos and creative visuals that highlight the...