Resources and Links

The Research Ethics Board (REB) and The Office of Research Services (ORS) share the mandate of providing education relating to the ethical conduct of research to members of the Brock community. The Research Ethics Office would be happy to meet with researchers on an individual or class basis, to facilitate a case study discussion, present an overview of research ethics issues, or simply participate in an informal discussion.

Brock University Faculty Handbook Regulations III:8.1-8.3

General Resources

Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (Canada)
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Policies and Guidelines in Ethics (Canada)
Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB)
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Regulations (United States)
USC at Davis - Glossary of Human Subjects Terminology

Online Tutorials

Introductory Tutorial: Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Canada)
University of California, Los Angeles in the "Protection of Human Research Subjects" - Online Human Protection Assurance Training Program
National Institutes of Health IRB Computer-Based Training
Human Participant Protection: Education for Research Teams

Professional Code of Ethics

American Anthropological Association
American Medical Association
American Planning Association - American Institute of Certified Planners Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
American Psychology Association
American Sociological Association
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Psychological Association

Code of Ethics

Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Canada)
Belmont Report (National Institutes of Health, USA)
Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association)
Nuremberg Code (National Institutes of Health, USA)

Research with Children and Adolescent Populations

Internet Research

Ethics of Internet Research: Contesting the Human Subjects Research Model
Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities
Privacy Commissioner: Best Practices in Survey Research
Ethical Guidelines for Research Online
Ethical & Legal Aspects of Human Subjects Research on the Internet
CUNY: Guidelines for Internet Research with Human Subjects

Privacy Resources

Provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act (Canada)
Governance of Health Research Involving Human Subjects (2000) - The Law Commission of Canada
Canadian Standards Association's Privacy Code
Personal Health Information Protection Act

First Nations and Indigenous Research Ethics Protocols

Indigenous Research Protections Act
Qanuippitali - Inuit Health Survey for Nunavut 2007 - 2008
Akwesane Good Mind Research Protocol
Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program Research Code of Ethics
Protocols and Principles for Conducting Research in an Indigenous Context
Mi'kmaq College Institute - Research Principles and Protocols
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies: Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North
NAHO: National Aboriginal Health Organization
The Role of Community-Based Participatory Research
TCPS: Section Six - Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples
TCPS2: Chapter 9 - Research Involving The First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples of Canada
American Indian Law Center - Model Tribal Research Code
Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples
CIHR Aboriginal Ethics Policy Development
Hopi Cultural Preservation Office: Protocol for Research, Publications and Recordings
Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Ethical Guidelines for Aboriginal Research - CIHR sponsored conference at Six Nations 2005
Kwayask Itotamowin: Indigenous Research Ethics (2005)
The Ethics of Research Involving Indigenous Peoples (2004)
Aboriginal Research Ethics Initiative (AREI)

Multi-Institutional Research

If you are conducting research at a facility outside of Brock, you are required to obtain the necessary Research Ethics Board clearance from the participating institution/school board. Clearance by one Research Ethics Board does not oblige the participating Research Ethics Board to grant ethics clearance to the protocol. Please read the Guidelines for Inter-Institutional Research if you are participating in multi-institutional research.