MRT Week in BC

MRT Week 2025 will take place from November 2-8

MRT Week is an annual celebration (which falls on the week of November 8th every year) of the essential role that medical radiation technologists (MRTs) play in the healthcare system. MRTs deliver professional imaging and radiation-related treatment services with a caring touch, allowing patients to fully benefit from the latest in medical diagnosis and treatment technology.

Learn about CAMRT’s national MRT Week campaign and resources.

MRT Week in British Columbia

Recognition for MRTs

MRT Week Announcements and Proclamations in BC

Each year, CAMRT-BC submits a request to the Province of British Columbia to formally proclaim Medical Radiation Technologist Week. Proclamations can be viewed on the BC Laws website.

MRT Week 2025 Proclamation, Province of British Columbia – request submitted, response pending

Community Awareness

CAMRT-BC is seeking volunteers to submit MRT Week announcements and/or proclamation requests to their mayors and city councils.

CAMRT-BC Advisory Council Chair, Erin Robitaille, with colleague, Tracy Handfield, receiving MRT Week 2022 Proclamation by the City of Penticton

CAMRT-BC Site Ambassador, Riley Smith, receiving MRT Week 2022 Proclamation by the City of Fort St. John

We currently have volunteers submitting MRT Week 2025 requests to the following cities:

Penticton – request submitted, response pending
Vernon – request submitted, response pending

Want to help raise awareness of the MRT profession in your community? To have your city added to the list, simply adapt the template below and send it to your Mayor and City Council, cc’ing serdelyi@camrt.ca. Be sure to fill in all the blanks, remove highlights, and save your file as a .pdf before sending. If your city is already listed above, another volunteer has submitted a request.

When your request is responded to, this page will be updated with confirmed proclamations and community recognition activities.

Proclamation Request Template – MRT Week 2025
(if your city uses an online form, please copy and paste the relevant info from the template)
Correspondence Request Template – MRT Week 2025
(alternative template if your city does not offer proclamations – you are welcome to adapt with local information or data)

See below for tips on how to ask for recognition from your city!

Tips

MRT Week Landmark Lighting Requests in BC

CAMRT-BC members are “shining a light” on MRTs by sending requests to their cities to light up in blue and orange (two of CAMRT’s logo colours) during MRT Week.

Know of a landmark in your community that accepts lighting requests? Contact serdelyi@camrt.ca to add your MRT Week landmark lighting details to this page. See below for examples from previous years.

Celebrate MRT Week Virtually

A growing number of organizations in BC (including health authorities, post-secondary institutions, BC Radiological Society, Health Sciences Association of BC, and more) are promoting CAMRT’s national MRT Week campaign on their social media platforms. We encourage you to reach out to the communications department at your workplace and find out if they have MRT Week on their social media calendar.

Ways you can participate:

Join the CAMRT-BC Facebook Group or follow us on Instagram
Tag @camrt_bc in your MRT Week posts so we can re-share
Use the hashtags #MRTWeek2025 and #camrtbc
Send us photos of you and your colleagues celebrating MRT Week to feature in CAMRT/CAMRT-BC publications and social media.