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“Users previously needed to re-authenticate every time they wanted to get online. Now, once their device is configured, they don’t even need to log in. Our users would never go back.”
Bryan Daniel, Manager of IT Infrastructure, University of the Fraser Valley

“Cross provincial authentication is a tremendous advantage. It brings down barriers and lets us move beyond traditional boundaries.”
Terry Nikkel, Associate VP of IT Service, University of New Brunswick

“By participating in the Canadian Access Federation (CAF), Canadian institutions joining MyCreds™ | MesCertif™ can benefit from a streamlined single sign-on mechanism widely used by a national network of higher education institutions. With the push of a button, our institutions can access our national network provisioned with the Federated Identity Management (FIM) service offered through CAF.

The result?
Staff and students use their institutional username and password to immediately and efficiently access their MyCreds™ | MesCertif™ organizational environment and credential wallet. The usual technical integration required for establishing authentication has disappeared. CANARIE’s CAF changes the implementation paradigm and provides time and cost savings to institutions.
Owned by the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC), MyCreds™ | MesCertif™ demonstrates the benefits of joining CAF. Participating in CAF and implementing the FIM service has helped ARUCC achieve efficiencies at a scale that makes a meaningful difference for institutions and learners.”
Joanne Duklas, Executive Lead | ARUCC National Network

Case Studies

Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI)

Situations requiring cross-institution studies are often found in medicine where training is highly specialized and equipment is expensive. However, the enriching and sometimes essential experience of studying at another school is typically fraught with…

LIGO

Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity theorized that black holes could create gravitational waves. To explore this phenomenon, scientists are exploring data generated by the detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory…

University of New Brunswick (UNB) and University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)

To continue making important advances, today’s researchers are increasingly working with large disparate teams of researchers from multiple universities and labs throughout the world – witness the coordinated hunt for an Ebola vaccine. Such a combined…

City of Mississauga

The City of Mississauga first began its pursuit of “Smart City” status in 2015 with an innovative IT master plan. Since that time, they’ve been rolling out their digital strategy to become one of the first truly smart cities in Canada. The current phase…

University of the Fraser Valley

Most Canadian post-secondary institutions provide several campus-wide wireless networks for their students and faculty, in addition to eduroam, the global Wi-Fi service for education and research communities. This requires the IT staff to manage…

Edmonton Public Library

This summer, the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) became the first non-post-secondary education institution in Alberta to offer …