Target Audience: All staff and students required to handle and/or store radioactive materials (open source) must follow this course.
Training:
- McGill students, staff and faculty must register online using the EHS Course Registration System - In-Person Training. See the
Quick Guide if you encounter any issues - Non-McGill student and visitor registrants please complete and submit the Paying Participant Training Form.
Certification: An e-certificate is issued to participants who successfully complete a written examination. Passing grade is set at 80% or higher. Certification is valid for a period of 3 years.
Content: Basic radiation physics; Biological effects of ionizing radiation; Sources of exposure; Dose limits; Radiation protection principles; Environmental surveillance and dosimetry; Radiation safety management; Safe laboratory work practices; Emergency procedures; Useful radiation safety formulae and how to receive and transport radioisotope packages.
Duration: from 9h to 18h
- 7-hours for the presentation (9h to 16h00/16h30), plus
- 90-minutes for the examination time. The exam is compulsory for all staff and students under McGill's permit. Course notes, English-French or English-another language dictionary and a scientific calculator are allowed during the exam. The exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions.
Dates: see calendar below
Course Notes
Once McGill staff and students have registered for this course, they may access the course notes. Non-McGill students and visitors who have registered for this course will be sent an email with the course notes as attachments.
E-Certification Status: If you read "sent" in the chart below for your course date and you have not received your copy, please ehs [at] mcgill.ca (email us) along with the course date and your McGill ID.
Downtown calendar
Course Dates
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Downtown Campus Location |
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Fall 2025 |
E-Certificates Status* (See above) |
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| online Refresher | Web based | No registration needed. McGill IT tutorials here: https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/training. If you don't have access email ehs [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Radiation%20Safety%20course%20certificate) (us). | |
| Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 9h to 18h | 3610 McTavish, Room 430 |
Registration will be limited to VPN access: EHS Course Registration System - In-person Training |
Questions? If you cannot write the exam on the same date as the course, please contact our, gurnam.manku [at] affiliate.mcgill.ca (Radiation Safety Officer).
Macdonald campus calendar
Course Dates
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9h to 17h30/18h
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Please Note: Online registration is mandatory. Payment for non-McGill participants, including the Lady Davis Institute and McGill University Health Centre is required 48 hours prior to the course date. Questions? ehs [at] mcgill.ca (Email us) or contact us at 514-398-4563.
For MNI participants from research laboratory facilities, online registration is mandatory. However, for more info, please contact the McGill gurnam.manku [at] affiliate.mcgill.ca (Radiation Safety Officer). Note for all other radiation safety inquiries related to the Nuclear Medicine, PET or Cyclotron activities, contact the christian.janicki [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Radiation%20Safety) (MNI Radiation Safety Officer) at (514) 934-1934 loc. 43866.