National Coalition for Nuclear Medicine in Canada

Building a more transparent future for nuclear medicine in Canada.

Connecting professionals, patients, policymakers and industry through transparency, data and collaboration — one national coalition for a fragmented field.

01 — The Challenge
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Canadians impacted every year
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Provinces & territories, no shared standard
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Strategic pillars guiding the mandate
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National coalition to convene them all

Nuclear medicine isn't broken because of one problem.
It's fragmented.

Isotope supply, workforce capacity, clinical access and reimbursement are each governed separately — by different provinces, institutions and associations. No one holds the national picture.

NCNMC exists to assemble that picture, publish it openly, and convene the people who can act on it.

02 — Why NCNMC exists

From a white paper to a national mandate.

2019
The Challenge

Isotope shortages and uneven access make the gaps in Canadian nuclear medicine impossible to ignore.

2025
The White Paper

A cross-disciplinary group documents the evidence and sets out what a coordinated national response requires.

2026
The Coalition

NCNMC forms as a neutral convener — patients, clinicians, industry, academia and government at one table.

2027
The Observatory

The national dashboard goes public — the shared evidence base for policy and investment.

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Research & Publishing

White papers, policy briefs, and the annual State of Nuclear Medicine Report.

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National Dashboard

Public, transparent reporting on workforce, wait times, isotope supply and access.

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Public Awareness

Plain-language content for patients, families and the general public.

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Career Pathways

Outreach to students, parents and educators across Canada.

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Policy Engagement

Evidence-based briefings to federal and provincial policymakers.

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Stakeholder Convening

Forums, working groups and roundtables bringing the field together.

Eight Pillars
01 Workforce
02 Clinical Access
03 Wait Times
04 Education
05 Isotope Supply
06 Research
07 Policy & Funding
08 Public Awareness
01

Workforce

Technologists, physicists and physicians are retiring faster than they are replaced. We map the shortage province by province and push for a national training strategy.

02

Clinical Access

Where you live still determines whether you can get a PET scan or a theranostic therapy. We document the disparity and the cost of it.

03

Wait Times

No national benchmark exists for nuclear medicine waits. We are building the first shared measure — and publishing it.

04

Education

Curricula lag behind theranostics and AI-assisted imaging. We convene the programs that can close that gap together.

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Isotope Supply

Canada is a global producer and still faces domestic shortages. Supply resilience is a national question, not a hospital one.

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Research

Trials, registries and real-world evidence — coordinated nationally so Canadian data counts internationally.

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Policy & Funding

Reimbursement pathways decide which therapies reach patients. We make the case with evidence, not anecdote.

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Public Awareness

Most Canadians have never heard the words "nuclear medicine." Awareness is the precondition for everything else.

04 — The Ecosystem

Everyone in the field. One connective tissue.

Select any group to see how the coalition connects it to the rest of the system.

NCNMC
THE COALITION
Patients
Government
Industry
Universities
Researchers
Hospitals
Associations
Workforce
05 — National Dashboard

The Canadian Nuclear Medicine Observatory

FIRST DATA RELEASE — Q1 2027

A living public record of capacity, access and supply — province by province. The panel below is a design preview populated with illustrative figures, not measured data. The first verified release is planned for Q1 2027.

OBSERVATORY / NATIONAL VIEW
Wait times PET capacity Isotope supply Workforce
Illustrative dataSample figures shown for layout purposes only — not sourced measurements. First data release: Q1 2027.
Median wait for PET-CT, by jurisdiction (days)
YT
NT
NU
NL51
BC22
AB27
SK41
MB38
ON19
QC24
PE36
NB44
NS39
FASTER SLOWER ILLUSTRATIVE DATA
PET SCANNERS
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+6 since 2023
CYCLOTRONS
27
unchanged
Workforce vacancy rate, 5-year trend
20212022202320242025
06 — Research & Publications

The evidence base, published openly.

FOUNDING DOCUMENT2026

About the Coalition

Who the coalition is, why it was founded, what it does — and does not do — and the eight pillars of its mandate, from isotope production to research and clinical trials.

Read the document (PDF) →
FOUNDING DOCUMENT
Mission, Vision and Goals
FOUNDING DOCUMENT
Executive Summary Coming soon
WHITE PAPER
Canada’s Nuclear Medicine Technologist Workforce Shortage Crisis Coming soon

Further publications, the first State of Nuclear Medicine report and the national observatory’s first data release follow in 2027. Ask to be notified.

07 — Governance

The people holding the national picture.

FOUNDING BOARD — 2026

Nine seats spanning the ecosystem — clinical, patient, scientific, industry, academic and policy voices.

TO BE ANNOUNCED

The founding board will be announced at the CANM Annual Scientific Conference.

The coalition names its founding steering committee in Ottawa, 2–4 October 2026. Seat holders and full biographies will be published here immediately after the announcement.

Nominations remain open until the announcement.

THE NINE SEATS
  • 01Chair
  • 02Vice-Chair
  • 03Director
  • 04Director
  • 05Director
  • 06Director
  • 07Director
  • 08Director
  • 09Director
Interested in serving, or nominating a candidate? Write to the coalition’s General Manager.
Alexandre Fontana
Alexandre Fontana, MBA
General Manager, NCNMC
afontana@ncnmc.com
08 — Latest updates
09 — Partners & members
Formal agreements in progress ahead of the October announcement.
FOUNDING PARTNERS

Founding partnerships are being finalised ahead of the October announcement.

The coalition is completing formal agreements with national and provincial associations, hospital networks, universities and industry. Confirmed partners will be published here as each agreement is signed.

Hospitals, associations, universities, industry and patient groups are all welcome at the table. Add your organization →
10 — Join the coalition

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