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News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.

  • 1997/02/03
    Canadian to head international environmental standards committee
    Dr. Margaret G. Kerr, senior vice-president for environment, ethics and quality at Northern Telecom (Nortel) Ltd., has been named chair of an international committee developing a comprehensive series of voluntary standards for environmental management. The appointment was...
     
  • 1996/10/31
    Industries Invited to Help Make North America's Standards Compatible
    The Standards Council of Canada is inviting Canadian businesses to help set the agenda for the fifth North American Trilateral Standardization Forum, being held in Mexico City, in February 1997. The Forum gives businesses, standards organizations and governments the...
     
  • 1996/09/16
    International workshop cool to idea of OHS standards
    Most participants in an international workshop on occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) have concluded that there is no need for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to develop standards for such systems. The workshop, which took...
     
  • 1996/07/03
    Working group to establish national position on OHS systems management standards
    A new ad hoc working group has been charged with formulating a Canadian position on whether or not the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) should develop voluntary standards on occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS). The working group...
     
  • 1996/04/18
    Canadians to be Consulted on International OHS Management Standards
    Canadians will have a chance to discuss whether or not the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) should begin work on a series of occupational health and safety management system standards, at a forum taking place in Toronto in May. The forum, organized by...
     
  • 1996/01/24
    Ensuring Quality Auditors Offer Quality Services
    The Standards Council of Canada is launching two accreditation programs that will provide enhanced confidence in Canadian quality management system (QMS) auditors. One program will establish a framework for a national certification service for QMS auditors. The Council's...
     
  • 1996/01/10
    SCC Announces New Accreditations
    The Standards Council of Canada has accredited two testing laboratories and granted new or expanded accreditation to two certification organizations. CERTIFICATION Certification organizations provide assurance that a product or service conforms to applicable standards...
     
  • 1995/12/12
    Environmental Management Systems Accreditation Program
    On November 27, 1995, the Executive Committee of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) authorized the development of an accreditation program for organizations registering environmental management systems (EMS) to the ISO 14000 series of standards. In addition, a decision was...
     

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