News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.
News
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2019/09/16
The growing recognition that standards are not neutral, but in fact can be experienced differently depending on someone’s gender, prompted the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to take action so that women and men benefit equally from standardization. As part of these... -
2019/09/04
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) has released a faster and cost-competitive path to standardization that helps support cutting-edge innovators. The new National Technical Specifications (TS) tool was developed with the speed of innovation in mind and supports Canada’s... -
2019/08/30Three Canadian experts are among this year’s recipients of the 1906 Award from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Dave Adams, Sue Molloy and Peter Rodrigue were among those nominated by the chairs and secretaries of IEC’s 68 technical committees (...
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2019/08/27
Canada’s central federal regulatory agency, the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), is coordinating a three-year targeted Regulatory Review process with federal departments and agencies. The Standards Council of Canada invites any interested stakeholders to take this opportunity... -
2019/08/20
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is pleased to publish our 2018–19 Annual Report, Delivering Value, Together. SCC had an incredibly successful: we set out to drive innovation, mobilize Canadian leadership and realize organizational excellence. In each of these areas we... -
2019/08/13
In her keynote address at the Society for Standards Professionals’ annual conference, SCC’s CEO Chantal Guay called on participants to envision a better future built on standards. “Imagine a world where every innovator is using standards and is involved in standards... -
2019/08/12
The Standards Council of Canada will join federal partners to deliver the new CyberSecure Canada certification program. The voluntary program was announced by the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance today in Fredericton, New Brunswick and will be administered by... -
2019/08/09
Northern communities now have access to two new standardization resources that provide important strategies to integrate climate resiliency into building and infrastructure design, guides and codes. Specifically, CSA Group recently published: A new standard – Planning,...