Research Ethics Board
REB meeting dates for 2011/12
2011
- Thursday, September 8
- Thursday, October 13
- Thursday, November 10
- Thursday, December 8
2012
- Thursday, January 12
- Thursday, February 9
- Thursday, March 8
- Thursday, April 12
- Thursday, May 10
- Thursday, June 14
All REB meetings are scheduled from 1-3 p.m. All take place in K1014, London Campus. The REB does not meet in July or August. In order for your application to be considered, the REB secretary must receive it - and all supporting documentation - a minimum of 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting. Applications received after these deadlines are deferred to the next meeting.
One paper copy of the application and supporting documentation should be delivered to the REB secretary in the Applied Research and Innovation (ARI) Office, Room T3010, London Campus. Faxed applications are not accepted.
What we do
Fanshawe's Research Ethics Board (REB) is accountable to ensure any and all research involving human subjects conforms to the ethical standards outlined in the college policy Ethics Guidelines & Review Process for Research Involving Human Subjects. The REB helps ensure ethical principles are used in research projects involving human subjects. When research involves human subjects, there are several guiding ethical principles:
- Respect for human dignity;
- Respect for free and informed consent;
- Respect for vulnerable persons;
- Respect for privacy and confidentiality;
- Respect for justice and inclusiveness;
- Balancing harms and benefits - minimizing harm, maximizing benefit.
The REB serves the Fanshawe College research community as a consultative body, and thus contributes to education in research ethics. It also has responsibility for independent, multidisciplinary review of the ethics of research to determine if research projects should start or continue.
What other ethics regulations must be considered?
In addition to Fanshawe College policies, external research funding agencies also have stringent guidelines regarding the general conduct of research and ethics, especially in regard to the use of human and animal subjects. These external agencies have banded together to adopt uniform guidelines. For example, Canada's largest federal research granting agencies -- the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) , the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) , and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) -- have adopted guidelines under the umbrella name of the Tri-Council. All projects involving human subjects must follow the guidelines as outlined in the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. Fanshawe's research and ethics guideline was developed in accordance with Tri-Council policies.
Test your knowledge
Test your knowledge of ethics and earn a certificate from the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics' (PRE) by completing the online Introductory Tutorial for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2). The Tri-Council establishes the criteria for ethical research in Canada for the country's major funding agencies.
Click here to start the tutorial and quiz.
