News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.
News
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2019/12/10
In its effort to protect Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from cyberattacks, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) has engaged CIO Strategy Council to develop a National Standard of Canada for the CyberSecure Canada certification program. The work is a... -
2019/12/09
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have renewed their joint cooperation agreement with the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for another three years. International collaboration is key... -
2019/11/26
Building in the far north has always presented unique design challenges. But now, with the increase in annual average temperatures being felt particularly strongly in the north, the challenges are even greater. To help address the growing need, three new documents developed by... -
2019/11/25
Reducing the Risk of Inflow and Infiltration in New Sewer Construction: A new report from Norton Engineering, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Engineers Canada and the Standards Council of Canada As climate change hits home, the need for resilience in our... -
2019/11/18
Pictured: Chantal Guay, SCC CEO at the annual meeting of ISO’s General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa (fall 2019). Canada’s interests will be strongly represented at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) with the election of SCC CEO Chantal Guay to... -
2019/11/15
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) had the great privilege to welcome Sergio Mujica, Secretary-General at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for a visit to Canada. During his time in Ottawa and Toronto, he generously shared his insights with... -
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...