News articles published by the Standards Council of Canada are listed below.
News
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2021/12/08Organizations aiming to become more diverse and inclusive can now access new guidance to help them. The Standards Council of Canada (SCC), working with the Ted Rogers School of Management’s Diversity Institute and with support from Innovation, Science and Economic Development...
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2021/12/01The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Instituto Nacional de Calidad de Peru (INACAL), the national standards body of Peru, have renewed their cooperation arrangement to advance international standards work between Canada and Peru. SCC and INACAL first entered into...
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2021/11/30Ricardo Certification Ltd. is the first organization to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17020:2012 under SCC’s new Independent Safety Assessor for Railway Systems Accreditation Program. This global rail consulting agency provides technical expertise, assurance and specialist...
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2021/11/23With 2021 expected to be the worst year on record for cyberattacks, the CIO Strategy Council has published a new standard that will help smaller businesses protect their systems from intruders. The new standard, supported by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), will...
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2021/11/23The merging of digital technologies with biological systems is poised to create social and mass market changes, in the same way that the rise of digital computing in 1985 altered society at large. Biodigital convergence is a new field of research exploring the interaction...
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2021/11/18Did you know that climate change affects playground safety? Given that the number of extremely hot days is expected to more than double over the next 30 years in parts of Canada, experts recognize the increasing need for safety measures and have engaged in a series of...
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2021/11/09Getting Canadians back to work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic has been critical to our economy and the well-being of all Canadians. Workplaces are potentially important sites of transmission for infectious diseases and play a critical role in controlling their spread, yet...
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2021/10/25Solid waste management in Canada’s North faces unique challenges given the geographic, climatic, transportation, and resource differences between southern and northern communities. While there are numerous guidelines available to help design and manage municipal solid waste...