Sandy Auld Director, Research Ethics Office of Research University Centre 437 X56606

 NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR ◦ 1998 – First Edition ◦ 2010 – Second Edition  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Respect for Human Dignity  Concern for Welfare  Respect for Persons  Justice

 REB-General  REB-Natural, Physical, and Engineering Sciences

 Faculty representatives ◦ CSAHS ◦ CME ◦ COA ◦ OAC  Community members  Legal representative  Graduate Student

 Faculty representatives ◦ CPES ◦ CBS ◦ OVC  Alternative Health Care Provider  Community members  Legal representative  Medical representative  Graduate Student

 REB-NPES ◦ 10 members  REB-G ◦ 11 members  Monthly meetings  Full board review  Delegated review

 Proportionate  Ethics and the Law ◦ Duty to report ◦ Compelled to report  Perspective of the Participant

 living human participants  human biological materials ◦ living or deceased

 Publicly available information.  No expectation of privacy  Quality assurance studies.  Observation in public places  Secondary use of anonymous information  Creative practice

 Physical risk  Psychological risks  Social Risks (privacy)  Benefit

 PROCESS ◦ INITIATE before research begins. ◦ MAINTAIN throughout. ◦ ONGOING  FREE ◦ Undue influence ◦ Conflict of Interest  INFORMED ◦ Consent documents  Information letters  Recruitment  Written consent  scripts

 Directly identifying data  Indirectly identifying data  Coded information  Anonymized information  Anonymous information  Maintained “within the extent permitted by ethical principles and the law”

 E-Surveys  Chapter 9  Chapter 10 ◦ Observation  Chapter 11

 PROTOCOL ◦ Application to Involve Human Participants ◦ Recruitment documents ◦ Consent Document(s) ◦ Surveys/questionnaires ◦ Debriefing ◦ Permission from external agencies ◦ Signature page.

 Keep it simple.  DO NOT submit your grant proposal, thesis proposal.  Avoid jargon in all documents but particularly those to go to participants.  Read guidance documents beforehand.  Use your Ethics Office – we’re there to help.

 Full Board Review  Delegated Review  Revisions will be required ◦ work with the ethics office ◦ communication

Sandy Auld Director, Research Ethics Office of Research X56606