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Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), with the collaboration and participation of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER), issued a Joint Statement on Clinical Trials Oversight in Canada recognizing the urgent need to conduct clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a drug, a vaccine or a medical […]
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AREB-ACCERlaunchesCOVID-19 Forum CAREB-ACCER has created a new Open Forum dedicated to COVID-19 to help the research ethics community discuss issues and share information. This Forum is open to any person with a CAREB-ACCER account, whether or not they have an active membership. Three Topics are live:Clinical TrialsREB Guidance for researchers in the wake of COVID19REB […]
CAREB-ACCER 2020 Conference Update Given the quickly escalating situation with COVID-19, including the fact that many Canadian institutions are not allowing travel, the CAREB-ACCER conference will not take place on April 1 – 3, 2020. We will begin issuing refunds as of March 18, 2020. Please note that this may take a few days. We […]
A draft guidance text is available below for REBs who wish to issue a statement regarding research conduct and review given the COVID-19 situation. French translation to follow shortly. We will list other guidance as it becomes available. (Updated Oct. 7, 2020) Hastings Centre: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/ University of Guelph: https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/article/2019-novel-coronavirus-information Trillium Health Partners: http://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/researchandinnovation/Pages/Research-Ethics-Board.aspx UBC: https://research.ubc.ca/covid-19-curtailing-research-activities-ubc-campuses University of Ottawa: https://research.uottawa.ca/ethics/guidelines-covid-19 University […]
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Ottawa 2020 – CANCELED Apr 01, 2020 to Apr 03, 2020 The hotel can be booked here The conference website link Registration closes on March 15.Location: Brookstreet Hotel525 Legget DriveOttawa, ON K2K 2W2 Buy Tickets: Non-member prices are shown. Member discounts will be applied with coupon upon checkout (top right corner).
CAREB-ACCER often receives various questions about REBs and their functioning via email and via the Association’s online Forum. To help answer some of those questions, and to learn more about the REB community and the work of REB administrators in particular, we are conducting a scan of REB functioning and workloads across Canada. We encourage […]
NEWS – REB SOPs v3 Release of the Third Version of the N2/CAREB-ACCER REB SOPs The N2 and CAREB-ACCER organizations are pleased to announce the release of the third version of the Canadian REB SOPs – the English language version is available now with the French language version to follow. The REB SOPs are specific […]
Are you interested in contributing to the Association’s activities? If so, we invite you to join the CAREB-ACCER Board of Directors! The Nominating Committee is looking for individuals who ideally have previous experience on CAREB-ACCER committees and who have excellent communication skills. The Board is meant to be representative of our membership. In preparing the […]
The Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, on behalf of the federal research agencies (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC), has announced the launch of TCPS 2 (2018). This is the 3rd revision of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, 2nd edition. The Secretariat – and the TCPS 2 – also have a new website […]
CAREB-ACCER is turning 20 in 2020 and we are looking forward to celebrating this milestone with all of you at the National Conference and AGM at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. April 1: Workshop Day April 2 & 3: Main conference Confirmed speakers: Françoise Baylis, Dalhousie UniversityNichole Fairbrother, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital […]