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The International Code Council is the latest standards development organization (SDO) to receive accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). It joins a select group of organizations that contribute to the...

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is pleased to announce that Zakiah Kassam is the new Chairperson of the ISO technical committee on Environmental management (ISO/TC 207) . Zakiah Kassam is President of AirVironment...

Did 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...

Ricardo 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...

A new report from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommends the development of standardized methods for conducting wildland/urban interface fire case study...

Québec – The 15 biomedical laboratories that make up the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) cluster have just obtained their ISO 15189 accreditation in recognition of the quality of their testing and the competence of...

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is proud to announce that three Canadians received the 1906 Award from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The three Canadians recognized this year are Howard Sedding...

Doc Brown fuelling the DeLorean with garbage to get “Back to the Future”—that’s what you might think of the first time you hear about Terragon’s MAGSTM device. Terragon Environmental Technologies is a Montreal-based clean...

The 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...

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...

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 –...

Public transit is a vital part of Canada’s transportation system and critical to ensuring sustainable growth of Canada’s urban centres. Metrolinx is undertaking the largest transportation investment in Ontario’s history to...