​TORONTO, August 6, 2020 – The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to welcome Paul Childerhose to the CRTA Board of Directors, and Myron Mallia-Dare and Ally Karmali as Strategic Advisors.

​The CIO Strategy Council and the Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) today announced a new partnership to advance regulatory efficiency and promote digital governance research, proof-of-concepts, and standards in the Canadian RegTech ecosystem.

 
​We are thrilled to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) Canada has joined the CRTA.  
The addition of AWS strengthens our membership community and will open new opportunities for innovation and collaboration across the Canadian RegTech ecosystem.

 The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) / Association canadienne de la technologie réglementaire (ACTR) today published a report entitled  Safeguarding AI Use Through Human-Centric Design. It examines the risks and ethical challenges that need to be addressed and overseen to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) provides benefits and avoids harm.  The paper delves into practical and technical challenges and solutions, by bringing the perspectives of practitioners, academics, and technologists in Canada’s AI ecosystem (listed in the paper) on how some of the human-rights risks introduced by AI systems are being and can be managed during the product development life cycle.  

​The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to announce that it has appointed three additional advisors to its Strategic Advisory Board.  The advisors are Paul Childerhose – Managing Director, Maple Peak Group Inc.; Laurie Clark – Founder and Principal, Canchek; and Guy Robert –Principal, Resolution Compliance Consulting Inc. (RCC). These appointments bring strong leadership, technology and financial talent to our advisory group and will help us broaden our reach into Eastern and Western Canada.

We are happy to announce our official partnership with Fintech Cadence.  Fintech Cadence provides multiple programs for Canada's Fintech community. They focus on three pillars 1) Educate 2) Support Early-stage start-up and 3) collaborate with financial institutions to help solve industry challenges. 
The intent of the partnership is to work together in research initiatives and the development of RegTech within the Canadian financial services ecosystem. 

The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to announce that it has appointed three additional advisors to its Strategic Advisory Board.  The advisors are Daniel Leslie – Attorney, Norton Rose Fulbright; Sylvia McGratten – Vice President, Internal Audit, Scotiabank; and Loren Schwartz – Head of Regulatory Reporting Services, CIBC World Markets.  This brings the advisory group to nine members representing key parts of the RegTech sector, with expertise from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.

​The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to announce that it has appointed three additional advisors to its Strategic Advisory Board.  The advisors are Barbara Amsden – Principal, PQbd, Craig Davis – Partner, Risk Consulting at KPMG Canada, and Rosalind Laruccia – AVP, Internal Audit, Laurentian Bank of Canada. They join Sandra Persaud – Director Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada, Tonya Blackmore – CEO Apexa, and Eric Brock – COO at PNC Bank, Canada.