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Novel Coronavirus Update: COVID-19
Standards and conformity assessment are here when Canadians need them most The Standards Council of Canada is committed to supporting government, industry and the broader community to respond to this unprecedented challenge...
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Strengthening the resilience of Canada’s sewer...
Every year across Canada, billions of litres of clean rain and groundwater is unnecessarily discharged into sanitary sewers and treated at sewage treatment plants. This excess water in sewers, referred to as Inflow...
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New National Long-Term Care Standards to Provide...
The global pandemic has shone a light on the unique challenges within Canada’s long-term care (LTC) sector, with approximately 70% of all deaths attributed to people living in LTC settings and retirement home settings across...
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World Cities Day 2022 – Protecting Canada’s urban...
A line of violent windstorms carved a path of destruction through Ontario and Quebec in May of this year, passing close to or directly through three of Canada’s four largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. And, just...
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Breaking down barriers to bio-based investment...
In order to help catalyze and accelerate clean fuels project development in Canada, the Standards Council of Canada supported a Workshop Agreement led by Ecostrat to identify key siting requirements for new plants that...
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Champion of standardized data for sustainable...
Dr. McCarney is a self-proclaimed “data nerd” turned “ISO nerd”. She wholeheartedly believes that the international standardization of data is the fuel to propel positive change in cities. “I’m a devoted urbanist, and I...
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Behind the standards: How Magdalena Turlejski...
We spoke with Magdalena Turlejski, quality manager at the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), to gain insights into her role and what inspires her approach to maintaining quality. As a key figure in ensuring our quality...
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Q&A with Lord Kelvin award recipient Elias Ghannoum
Elias Ghannoum received the 2024 Lord Kelvin Award . He is the 39th person to achieve this honour and the second from Canada. He received the award at the IEC general meeting in Edinburgh, which also celebrated the 200th...