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		<title>Advancing the Future of CIPS Certification: Next-Generation Portal Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CIPS is pleased to share continued progress on the development of a Next-Generation Certification Portal, being designed in collaboration with students from the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Business Information Systems (BIS) program. This initiative explores how CIPS can modernize and streamline its certification processes through a more efficient, user-focused digital experience. Role-Based Experience for Applicants, Reviewers, and Office A key milestone in the latest prototype is the implementation of role-based access, enabling tailored experiences for each user group: Each role is presented with a customized interface, helping ensure clarity, efficiency, and a more intuitive experience across the certification lifecycle. Improved Application Workflow…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Earth Day 2026: Why Businesses Should Prioritize Reuse Over Recycling Electronics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Featured Article from the ERA (Electronic Recycling Association), a CIPS Partner As organizations mark Earth Day, CIOs and IT leaders have a powerful opportunity to align sustainability with social impact. By prioritizing reuse before recycling, businesses can extend the life of their IT assets while directly supporting charities in need. While recycling plays an important role in reducing e-waste, reuse delivers significantly greater environmental and social value. Recycling breaks devices down into raw materials—often requiring energy-intensive processes and still resulting in some material loss. In contrast, reuse keeps whole devices in circulation, maximizing the embedded energy, resources, and emissions already…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIPS On-Demand Webinar:  It’s 2026 – Do You Know Where Your AI Agents Are?! (Feb 2026)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>CIPS On-Demand Webinar: &#8220;Hybrid Authorship – How to Maintain Human Agency in a world of GenAI&#8221; (Feb 2026)</title>
		<link>https://cips.ca/on-demand-webinar-hybrid-authorship-how-to-maintain-human-agency-in-a-world-of-genai-feb-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CIPS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Call for Nominations for CIPS Fellowship Award (Deadline: March 1st)</title>
		<link>https://cips.ca/2026-call-for-nominations-for-cips-fellowship-award/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The CIPS Fellowship Electoral Committee is inviting nominations from CIPS member societies and individual members for the prestigious CIPS Fellowship Award. Being awarded the CIPS Fellow status is earned recognition of significant development or outstanding contribution to the advancement of the profession, computer technology, the ICT sector or the adoption of ICT.  Contributions can be made at a local, provincial, national or international level.  Contributions can be made within or for the profession, business or government or industry.  They can be made through research, systems development, education, authorship, public policy or advocacy. CIPS Fellowship Awards are open to members of…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sprint to Innovate: The Innovation Challenge 2026 Recap</title>
		<link>https://cips.ca/2026-sprint-to-innovate-the-innovation-challenge/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sprint to Innovate: The Innovation Challenge was hosted by Red River College (RRC) Polytech from January 29th to February 1st, 2026 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with significant support from sponsors and volunteers in the community.  Sprint to Innovate provides post-secondary students from varied disciplines such as technology, business, entrepreneurship, and more with the opportunity to work together solving real business challenges, learning about innovation while collaborating in a fun and exciting way over a 3 day period. Each team was comprised of between 4 to 6 students and had to choose from a list of available business challenges that were…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIPS On-Demand Webinar: &#8220;Top 10 Low-Cost Cybersecurity Tips&#8221; (Jan 2026)</title>
		<link>https://cips.ca/cips-on-demand-webinar-top-10-low-cost-cybersecurity-tips-jan-2026/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Saskatchewan Polytechnic BIS Students Take on Capstone Project to Design CIPS’ Next-Gen Certification Portal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CIPS is pleased to announce the launch of a new Student Capstone Project in collaboration with Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Business Information Systems program. This initiative brings together emerging IT talent and CIPS (Canada’s Association of IT Professionals) to explore the development of a next-generation certification portal. The project officially began on January 9th 2026 with an initial kickoff meeting between the student project team and CIPS National. This marks the start of a multi-month collaboration focused on enhancing how certification applications are submitted, reviewed, and managed, supporting CIPS’ ongoing commitment to professionalism, quality, and continuous improvement. A Real-World Project with National…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Season’s Greetings from the CIPS Chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear CIPS Members, Volunteers, and Partners, As we approach the end of the year, I would like to take a moment to extend my sincere thanks and warm season’s greetings to the entire CIPS community. This past year has been one of continued change, opportunity, and growth for the IT profession in Canada. Across the country, CIPS members have demonstrated professionalism, leadership, and a strong commitment to ethical and responsible technology practice. Your dedication to continuous learning, career development, and service to the profession is what strengthens CIPS and the broader IT community we represent. On behalf of the CIPS…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ERA Launches a National Holiday Tech Drive to Strengthen Canada’s Social Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Featured Article from the ERA (Electronic Recycling Association), a CIPS Partner Through Renewed Technology The Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) is issuing a nationwide call to Canada’s corporate leaders: mobilize dormant technology assets to reinforce the digital backbone of more than 500 Canadian charities and community institutions. As organizations serving women, seniors, newcomers, youth, and vulnerable populations face escalating technological shortfalls, a surplus laptop is no longer just excess inventory; it is social infrastructure waiting to be activated. The Strategic Imperative In an economy where access to technology increasingly dictates access to opportunity, the digital divide has become one of the…]]></description>
		
		
		
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