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Bruce Power has announced a new partnership between the Saugeen Ojibway Nation and the Canadian Nuclear Isotopes Council.

Saugeen Ojibway Nation is the first indigenous community to join the CNIC, which works to maintain the continued availability of isotopes to be used in the medical field in Canada and around the world.

The CNIC said in 2019, Saugeen Ojibway Nation was heavily involved in talks with the government to ensure that Canada continues its leadership role in the isotope sector and that reconciliation continues through Indigenous economic and community development, innovation and creating new highly-skilled jobs in Canada.

“Many of our community members have been impacted by cancer in some way, and I believe that working with the CNIC on the next generation of life-saving isotopes in the SON Territory is an opportunity for us to have a positive impact on the people and families touched by cancer,” said Greg Nadjiwon, chief of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation.

CNIC Chair James Scongack said medical isotopes are extremely important to the world at large, and so is involving communities like Saugeen Ojibway Nation.

“People in Canada and around the world rely on the continuous availability of medical isotopes. For more than 60 years, Canada has been a leader globally in the research, development and production of medical isotopes and radio-pharmaceuticals,” Scongack said. “This has meant that Canada has been a global leader in the fight against cancer and keeping our hospitals clean and safe.”

“This is a tremendously important partnership with the SON that will see us join forces in the fight against cancer worldwide as we advocate for continued Canadian innovation and leadership to work in developing new isotopes.”