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Safeguarding Science

Canada is a leader in innovation, research and development, thanks to the research community's commitment to open science and international collaboration. However, this commitment has the potential to be exploited, leading to loss of expertise and trade secrets, damage to the integrity of Canadian academic and research institutions, and lost publication and patent opportunities. This loss has national and economic security implications, particularly if the knowledge is sensitive or has potential military applications.

The Government of Canada recognizes the immense short and long-term value of the research conducted in Canada and wants to keep it as open as possible while ensuring security measures are in place.

Workshop

To raise awareness of research security issues, Public Safety's Research Security Centre offers Safeguarding Science, a 90-minute workshop. The workshop focuses on:

best practices in maintaining a security-conscious research organization
research security guidance and tools to help recognize and mitigate risks to Canadian researchers and institutions
understanding of sensitive technology and how to recognize dual-use technology

This workshop is offered both virtually and in-person and is recommended as an introduction to the topic of research security. Additional modules offering a deeper dive into research security-related topics are also available.
Who should attend

Safeguarding Science is intended for researchers, research staff (including technicians, postdoctoral fellows and students), research security professionals, research administrators, information technology and information management staff, security personnel, biosafety and radiological safety officers, human resources personnel, supply chain personnel and senior management.
Learning Outcomes

The goal of the workshop is for participants to:

• Access guidance and tools to strengthen their security posture
• Understand best practices to identify and mitigate research security threats
• Pursue and maintain safe research partnerships
• Maintain institutional reputation as a safe research organization
• Protect valuable research, data or potentially patentable property

Each Webinar has a limit of 250 participants. Please register with a university or professional email address. Otherwise, your registration may be denied. Register directly here Safeguarding Science Initiative (publicsafety.gc.ca) and feel free to pass us a question in advance when the registration process prompts you.

Please register with a university or professional email address and note that we will not be granting access to the AI Notetaker feature. Otherwise, your registration may be denied. 

• About the Research Security Centre
• Learn more about our Safeguarding Science Webinars