News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.
News
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2023/03/30
The Standards Council of Canada is now the first Canadian accreditation body offering the Business Continuity Management Systems scheme as part of its accreditation services. This scheme is based on ISO 22301 – Security and resilience – Business continuity management systems... -
2023/03/29
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the greatest technological advances of our age, and we need to invest efforts to drive its adoption across our economy and society. Standardization is essential to ensure AI will be used safely and responsibly, which is why we are... -
2023/03/23
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) are now accepting applications for their new accreditation program for reference material producers. The program is based on ISO 17034 – General requirements for the competence of reference... -
2023/03/16
The Standards Council of Canada is working with Environment and Climate Change Canada to establish rigorous verification oversight that will ensure compliance with the Clean Fuel Regulations implemented under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The... -
2023/03/09
The Standards Council of Canada is a recognized accreditation body under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF program). We are the only Canadian organization that can grant accreditation for this program. This... -
2023/02/17
What if we could build our infrastructure—the places we live and work—to withstand the impacts of climate change? It would mean fewer injuries and deaths each year to our families and friends and billions of dollars saved on repair and recovery. In fact, weather-related... -
2023/01/31
Complementary standards address the need for high-quality services and safer environments The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted long-standing issues in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) sector. In early 2021, Health Standards Organization (HSO) and the Canadian Standards... -
2022/12/15
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is delighted to announce that Mr. Colin Clark, as Vice-Chairperson to the Standards Council of Canada’s Governing Council, has been reappointed by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. ...