Careers & Fellowships

BC Cancer – Prince George and University of British Columbia – Radiation Therapy Program
Deadline: December 15, 2025

BC Cancer manages a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of British Columbia. It operates six regional cancer centres in Abbotsford, Kelowna, Prince George, Surrey, Vancouver, and Victoria. Clinical Research Fellowships are available at each of the six centres.

While all centres are focused on training fellows to deliver excellent clinical care, the focus in research varies by centre and may be tailored to the interests of the fellow. At BC Cancer – Prince George, we lead several prominent clinical trials in SABR for oligometastatic disease (including SABR-COMET-3, SABR-5, and the newly opened SIMPLIFY-SABR-COMET) and therefore a major focus of the fellowship can be on SABR. In addition, we have a focus on patient reported outcomes, health services delivery, breast cancer, and head and neck cancer. As we are a relatively small centre, most radiation oncologists treat 3+ disease sites, and so an opportunity to see a broad clinical practice can be chosen by the fellow.

Fellowship candidates must be physicians who will have completed training in Radiation Oncology suitable to practice as a specialist in their home country and have demonstrated ability in basic or clinical research as evidenced in their CV. Fellows must be eligible to obtain an educational license from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC.

English proficiency is an important criterion for the educational license and the College currently requires a candidate to demonstrate their English proficiency by obtaining a score of at least 7 in each of the components of the academic IELTS test. Provision of such evidence of English proficiency will be required if the primary language of their medical education was not English. Strong preference will be given to candidates who have successfully completed an English Language Proficiency test before applying, if one is required per College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia.

Preference is given to candidates who completed their residency in radiation oncology within the last 3 years.

Candidates should be looking for a one- or possibly two-year opportunity. The selected candidates will be expected to divide their time between clinical activities and research. Fellows will be registered as post-graduate trainees with the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Prior to applying to individual preceptors, all non-Canadian Radiation Oncology resident candidates MUST first contact Aida Castro-Chan to confirm their eligibility.

Applications to our fellowship programs are provincially coordinated. Eligible applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae, contact information for 3 references, and cover letters for each of the BC Cancer Centres they wish to apply to. All documents should be submitted to Aida Castro-Chan, who will forward relevant documents to the respective fellowship directors: Aida Castro-Chan: acastro@bccancer.bc.ca

Afterwards, you may contact the BC Cancer – Prince George Fellowship Director:

600 West 10th Avenue Tel: 604.877.6000, x2006

Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E6 Fax: 604.877-0505

www.bccancer.bc.ca

Dr. Robert Olson rolson2@bccancer.bc.ca

For more information about BC Cancer, please visit the website at: www.bccancer.bc.ca

BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority, which is committed to employment equity and hires on the basis of merit. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including

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