Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern

Government of Canada | 2023

On February 14, 2023, the federal government announced its intent to further protect Canada’s research, its institutions, and its intellectual property by announcing that Canada would adopt an enhanced posture regarding Canada’s research security. The resulting new Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern was developed in close consultation with implicated federal departments and agencies including Canada’s federal granting councils – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – as well as the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Canada’s research community through the Government of Canada-Universities Working Group.