Virtual STARS: My Life as a Decon Artist
My Life as a Decon Artist – The history of environmental health and safety at McGill
Wayne Wood will share his stories of almost 30 years at McGill where he made sure everyone and every lab was safe and healthy. He will talk about the early days of finding out where everyone was working to the end of his career when he delved deep into particle physics, radiation and nanomolecules. As he says in a 2019 article:
“They didn’t even exist when I was a student – they weren’t even in my textbook. But there we were, at a point when McGill had more nano researchers per capita than any university in Canada. I made it my job to become a bit of an expert on nanoparticles in health and safety, to the point where I was giving presentations elsewhere.”
Wayne Wood earned his Master’s in Occupational Health at McGill, taught a graduate course in occupational safety for almost 30 years and supervised more than 30 graduate projects during that time.
You can learn more about his career and work here: https://reporter.mcgill.ca/wayne-wood-calls-it-a-career/
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STARS (Scientists Talk About Research for Staff) is a series of special lunch-hour talks and visits to science related sites and institutes specifically for Faculty of Science support staff.
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