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The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) is the newest standards development organization to receive accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to develop National Standards of Canada (NSCs) for Canadian...

SCC is set to launch the development of a National Standards Strategy (NSS) that will ensure Canadian standardization interests are strategically represented internationally. The NSS has a vital role in helping Canadian...

In the last two years, Accessibility Standards Canada emerged as an important player for accessibility to Canadians with disabilities. Recently, the organization signed the accreditation agreement from the Standards Council...

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), the national standards body of Brazil, renewed their cooperation arrangement to advance international standards work between...

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...

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...

With extreme weather on the rise, flooding is now the fastest-growing source of disaster-related costs in Canada; in eleven of the twelve years leading up to 2020, property and casualty insurance payouts have exceeded $1...

We are actively recruiting a broad representation of stakeholders from industry, academia, federal/provincial/municipal government and civil society to participate in our initiative to develop standards and conformity...

Canada’s North is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Current climatic conditions are changing rapidly, and northern communities have been and continue to be disproportionately affected by these changes. As...

Business, governments and consumer groups interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the U.S. standardization system will want to read the Standards Council of Canada’s (SCC’s) latest report, A Perspective on U.S...

A Canadian standards champion is retiring after years of involvement with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Jacques Régis’s term as president of Canada’s national committee to IEC (CANC/IEC) is coming to an...

The National Standards Strategy is a comprehensive strategy that explores new thinking and new priorities and engages with new stakeholders in the standards network. It considers the current geopolitical environment, national...