Safeguarding Science – Module 5: Sanctions 101 – Feb 5, 2026

Session Description

Safeguarding Science Training Modules 2026 

Sanctions 101 | Global Affairs Canada

Module 5 (English) 

This module provides an overview of Canada’s current sanctions measures, best practices on how to conduct due diligence to verify sanctions, and information on how to apply for a permit should one be required. This module details how sanctions have implications for Canadian educational institutions, how they can affect research collaborations and funding opportunities, and how researchers and other academic personnel engage with international partners and entities in countries subject to Canadian sanctions.

Module 5 – Learning Objectives

• Gain awareness of Canadian sanctions, exceptions, and permits
• Learn about compliance and enforcement

Training Modules Overview 

Alongside other forms of engagement, Public Safety Canada’s Research Security Centre has actively been raising research security awareness through Safeguarding Science training modules. The Centre has partnered with other federal departments to create these training modules and ensure expertise in content, delivery, and focus. The modules are intended to enhance the research communities understanding of research security by introducing key concepts such as dual-use technologies, vulnerabilities, exploitation practices, threat vectors, relevant laws and regulations, and other associated risks. Topics of discussion focus on, but are not limited to, best practices in maintaining security-conscious research organization, geopolitical awareness, and research security guidance and tools to help recognize and address risk to Canadian research, researchers, and institutions.

Who should attend
The Safeguarding Science training modules are intended for all – regardless of academic domain. This includes researchers, research staff (including technicians, postdoctoral fellows, and students), research security professionals, research administrators, information technology and information management staff, security personnel, biosafety and radiological safety officers, human resources personnel, supply chain personnel, and senior management.

All Modules 

• Module 1: Safeguarding Science: Raising Awareness of Security Risks and Mitigation Tools in the Research Ecosystem
• Module 2: Dual-Use Technologies: Know Your Research – Know your Partners – Assess the Risk
• Module 3: Demystifying the International Student Immigration Process
• Module 4: Know before you Export: Canada’s Export and Brokering Controls
• Module 5: Sanctions 101
• Module 6: Travelling Safely: Protecting Your Research While Travelling Abroad
• Module 7: Conducting Open-Source Due-Diligence
• Module 8: Beyond the Lab: The Strategic Relevance of Social Sciences and Humanities in Research Security

More details, including French module options, are available online.