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Public Safety Portal
Link to authoritative safety information in a variety of areas, including transportation, internet, environment, national security, and health.
Defence Research Reports
Access a database of scientific and technical research documents produced by and for Defence Research & Development Canada over the past 50 years.
CRC: Safeguarding Canada's Networks
Discover how the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) is making communications networks in Canada — and around the world — more secure.
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Visit Canada's central coordinating point for responding to public health security issues, including natural events and disasters and accidents or criminal and terrorist acts involving explosives, chemicals, radioactive substances or biological threats.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Research and Technology Initiative
Learn about the federal science community's response and commitment to providing science solutions to counter terrorism and safeguard national security.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI)
Understand Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research, a key Canadian science issue, through this overview article and relevant Web sites. Find information on how science and technology are being used for counter-terrorism and national security research.
Code Breaker
Challenge your mind to see how many secret codes you can decipher within 90 seconds. Part of the Science.gc.ca Arcade.
Cospas-Sarsat: Satellites helping keep Canadians safe
Learn about Canada’s role in the development of an international satellite system that helps save lives by providing alert and location information to search-and-rescue services throughout the world.
Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic – Research and Technologies
Read about research areas of Defence Research and Development Canada, Atlantic, including underwater sensing and countermeasures as well as shipboard command and control.
Defence R&D Canada – Research Centres
Find information on the agency within the Department of National Defence that conducts leading-edge science and technology research.
Environmental Emergencies Program
Learn how this program’s scientific research plays an important role in preventing environmental emergencies and minimizing harmful impacts when they do occur.
National DNA Databank
Read about the National DNA Data Bank, a science and technology tool in the field of modern law enforcement.
Radiation Protection Bureau
Find information about a program responsible for the investigation, communication and reduction of health risks to Canadians from exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.