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A Breath of Fresh Air: How updating indoor air...
This report details the significant cost of poor indoor air quality. Regulators reference air quality standards in regulations to safeguard employees. However, this research demonstrates the benefits that can be realized from...
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Nominations open for Canadian committee advising...
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is accepting nominations for the establishment of a Canadian Advisory Committee on machine-readable standards in support of Canada’s participation on ISO Council’s SMART Steering Group (SG)...
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Understanding GDPR | The role of standards in...
SCC developed this guidance document to introduce Canadian organizations to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to recommend standardization strategies that can facilitate the compliance process. This regulation...
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Standards to Support Climate Resilience in Infrastructure...
Ensuring Canada's infrastructure is climate-resilient Interim Report 2016-2019 In the 2016 federal budget, SCC received $11.7 million over five years to support the Government of Canada’s climate change agenda. Through the...
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Future by design: standards for a climate resilient...
Final Report of the 2016-2021 Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program Our buildings and infrastructure are designed with weather in mind. We expect our homes to protect us from heavy snow, our stormwater...
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Requirements and Guidance – Accreditation of ...
This document specifies the requirements and guidance for the accreditation of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). For the purposes of expediency, the acronym R&G – SDO Accreditation will be used. The SDO...
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Bridging the Standards Divide: Modernizing Standards...
This report analyzes and compiles CATRTA beneficiary countries’ needs in the areas of standards, conformity assessment and technical barriers to trade (TBT), identified during the CIDA funded workshop/roundtable held from May...
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A Perspective on U.S. Standardization: A Strategic...
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...
Strengthening Canada’s Standardization Network - Avoiding Duplication of Standards and Effort
As the leader of Canada’s standardization network, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) worked with numerous stakeholders to address the duplication of standards used in Canada, and the duplication of effort of those...
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National Standards Strategy
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...
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An ounce of prevention: Standards as a tool to...
The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of standardization on unintentional deaths. While accidents are a complex problem with many contributing factors, the findings indicate that standardization can play an...
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Standards in Action: Building a Climate Resilient...
Since 2016, SCC’s Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program has led the development of dozens of standards and related guidance to safeguard critical infrastructure in Canada. SCC held a national consultation...