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The latest thinking and news from the Digital Governance Council (formerly the CIO Strategy Council) and the Digital Governance Standards Institute.
At our organization’s latest Executive Forum meeting, I had the privilege of presenting to Council members the highlights of our 2023 Annual Report. The full report, available in the Member
The Digital Governance Council (DGC) and Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) introduces a new course focussed on the practical aspects of mitigating risks in AI systems. Participants will learn to
TORONTO, Canada, September 6, 2023 – Social Value Canada (SVC), the Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI), and the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA) announce the release of the first “Technical Specification
Ottawa – The Digital Governance Standard Institute is proud to announce the publication of the new national standard of Canada, CAN/DGSI 112 – National Occupational Standard for Cybersecurity. This groundbreaking standard
The Digital Governance Standards Institute Council invites stakeholders to share and provide their input on a draft national standard for health data that will reduce ambiguity and uncertainty by providing
TORONTO – The Digital Governance Standards Institute is pleased to announce the reaffirmation of CAN/DGSI 100-1:2020 (R2023), Data governance – Part 1: Data centric security. This National Standard of Canada

Read the IT World Canada Article featuring CIO Strategy Council’s new national standard on Third-Party Access to Data
The CIO Strategy Council published a new National Standard of Canada for third-party access to data last week, news that quickly got buried after Sidewalk Labs announced it was pulling

CIO Strategy Council Announces Approval of National Standard of Canada for Third-Party Access to Data
TORONTO, May 6, 2020 – The CIO Strategy Council is pleased to announce the publication of the new National Standard of Canada for third-party access to data that will help

CIO Strategy Council and Electro-Federation Canada Join Forces to Improve the Cybersecurity & Competitiveness of Canada’s Manufacturing Sector
TORONTO, April 29, 2020 – The CIO Strategy Council (CIOSC) and Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) today announced a new partnership to support Canada’s electro-technical sector in the quest to digitize, standardize

Opening Remarks during April 8th Council Meeting from the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Digital Government
To support CIOs across the country, the April 8th Council meeting was held online to provide the latest information on what technology leaders are doing to better understand and respond

Read the latest from CIO Strategy Council Executive Director, Keith Jansa, on how Canada can end the false sense of digital security featured in IT World Canada
“The wealth creation potential of digitalization has no limits or boundaries. The economic activities related to the billions of online transactions that occur every day are a testament to Canada’s

CIO Strategy Council and Compute Ontario Launch Data Governance Partnership
Creating frameworks to optimize the power of data while ensuring privacy and security. TORONTO, April 20, 2020 – Today, the CIO Strategy Council and Compute Ontario announced a new strategic