News & Events

NEW October 28, 2024

Five Eyes intelligence alliance members – Canada, US, UK, Australia and New Zealand – launched Secure Innovation (external link, opens in new window) , a shared security advice initiative to help protect emerging technology companies, researchers and investors from a range of threats, particularly those from state actors. A guidance document from the Secure Innovation initiative on Security Advice for Emerging Technology Companies and Researchers provides helpful advice to safeguard the research ecosystem.

August 2024

Mitacs has developed a Research Security Plan, which was drafted based on consultations with Canadian research organizations and academic partners, and further updated based on feedback from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED). 

June 2024

The Government of Ontario has published new Research Security Guidelines for Ontario Research Funding Programs. 

These guidelines are to provide Ontario's institutions and researchers with an overview of the research security requirements and processes when they apply for a research funding program under the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

The guidelines include: Definitions, Process overview, Application stages, Adjudication stage, Contracting stage and FAQs.

There are notable differences between the federal and provincial research security definitions and guidelines.

March 2024 

Tri-agency guidance on research security webpage

This webpage provides up-to-date guidance for the research community with regard to the implementation of research security measures by the federal granting agencies. We encourage the TMU research community to familiarize themselves with this guidance, as well as the policies, guidelines and resources provided by the Government of Canada.