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Oct 7, 2021 in News, Press Releases by DIACC

ICTC and DIACC Collaboration

ICTC and DIACC Collaborate to Ramp Up Innovation in Identity Management, Security, and Data Privacy (Ottawa, October 7, 2021) The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and the Digital Identity Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)...

Sep 16, 2021 in News by DIACC

DIACC Project Coordinator (Bilingual)

Open date: September 23, 2021 Closing date: October 29, 2021 DIACC is seeking a highly motivated English and French bilingual Project Coordinator to support projects, meetings, events, community engagement, project plans, and action tracking. The...

Aug 3, 2021 in News, Papers & Projects by DIACC

2022 Pre-Budget Submission

DIACC’s Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2022 Budget Ahead of the 2022 federal budget, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has asked Canadians to share their input. DIACC is pleased to...

Jun 22, 2021 in AGM, Members, News by DIACC

DIACC Membership Appoints 2021 Board of Directors

June 22, 2021 – The Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada, (DIACC) today announced the appointment of five (5) nominees to the five seats up for election at its Virtual Annual General Meeting held...

May 31, 2021 in Members, News, Press Releases by DIACC

Canada’s Community of Digital Identity Leaders Grows to Over 100 Members

Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) welcomes the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, City of Toronto, Deloitte, the Province of Quebec, and VISA as members. Toronto, June 1, 2021 — Governments and businesses...

May 3, 2021 in News, Papers & Projects by DIACC

Directory of Products That Assess Identification Documents and Verify Identity Version 2.0

As a follow up to our very well received first launch of the Directory that was released in the Spring of 2020, DIACC is pleased to publish updated responses from vendors who were included in...

Apr 22, 2021 in Letters from the President, News by DIACC

Setting up digital ID regime could provide boost to post-pandemic recovery

By Joni Brennan, DIACC and Antoine Normand, In-Sec-MOriginally published by The Hill Times There is no clear policy directive in Bill C-11 that allows Canadians to understand what they can expect in terms of accessing...

Apr 19, 2021 in Letters from the President, News, Press Releases by DIACC

DIACC welcomes Budget 2021 investments for digital transformation and innovation

Canada’s trusted digital ID leader, the DIACC, welcomes Budget 2021 investments for digital transformation and Canadian innovation TORONTO, APRIL 19, 2021 — Joni Brennan, President of the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)...

Mar 15, 2021 in News by DIACC

DIACC Trustmark Verification Program Manager

The Digital Identification & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) is seeking a Trustmark Verification Program Manager to support the DIACC Voilà Verified program. This is a part-time remote position with the potential to grow into...

Feb 22, 2021 in News, Papers & Projects by DIACC

Decentralized Identity and DIACC PCTF Authentication

While the Authentication component may have been mostly developed before Decentralized Identity approaches emerged, this document demonstrates that Authentication is applicable in the context of Decentralized Identity systems and encourages service providers not to lose...