Research Ethics Board

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 College Policy A201 - Research and Innovation. The REB helps ensure ethical principles are used in research projects involving human subjects. When research involves humans or human biological material, 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.

Contacts

The Research Ethics Board should be advised of and consulted on any proposed project involving human subjects.

Steve Crema, REB Chair
Chair, Donald J. Smith, School of Building Technology
Room T3010, 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd.
London, ON N5Y 5R6
Telephone: 519-452-4430, ext. 4005
E-Mail: screma@fanshawec.ca

Wanda Anderson, REB Coordinator
1001 Fanshawe College Blvd.
London, ON N5Y 5R6
Telephone: 519-452-4430 ext. 5279
E-Mail: w_anderson10@fanshawec.ca