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Carleton University Institute on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous Peoples (CUIERIP) 2016

CUIERIP is a week-long summer institute where Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers learn about the ethics of research with Indigenous communities, particularly First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada. Participants learn in a collaborative environment and are led by Carleton faculty, research ethics professionals, and community-based researchers. Presiding Elders guide all participants. This year’s institute will take […]

CIHR Standing Committee on Ethics

The CIHR Standing Committee on Ethics (SCE) is a Subcommittee of CIHR’s Governing Council, with a mandate to identify emerging ethical issues of strategic relevance with respect to health and health research. The SCE is also charged with providing the Governing Council with high-level strategic advice on the ethical, legal and socio-cultural dimensions of CIHR’s mandate as […]

CAREB-ACCER’s response to the U.S. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) – Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

In September, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies announced proposed revisions to the U.S. regulations for protection of human subjects in research. The proposed changes are intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. A […]

CAREB-ACCER’s response to the NPRM – Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

In September, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies announced proposed revisions to the U.S. regulations for protection of human subjects in research. The proposed changes are intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. […]

New TCPS 2 Interpretations | Nouvelles interprétations de l’EPTC 2

New TCPS 2 Interpretations The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics is pleased to share new additions to its growing collection of responses to written requests for interpretation of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2). Nouvelles interprétations de l’EPTC 2 Le Groupe consultatif interagences en éthique de la recherche […]

Researchers defend ‘unethical’ med-student work-hour study

A recent article by Sabriya Rice in Modern Healthcare profiles a contested medical student work hour study: “The key piece is that we just have never had prospective, randomized high-level evidence to inform our decisionmaking,” said Dr. Karl Bilimoria, vice chair for quality in the surgery department at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “That’s why these trials are […]

Toronto 2016

Toronto 2016 May 25, 2016 to May 28, 2016 The Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER) 2016 National Conference & AGM were held at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre Toronto, Ontario. A look back at the 2016 National CAREB-ACCER Conference Thank you to all the delegates and speakers at the 2016 CAREB-ACCER National Conference in Toronto for […]

New educational resources coming soon from PRE and SRCR

The Panel on Research Ethics and the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research are creating new educational resources in support of TCPS 2 (2014). http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/resources-ressources/news-nouvelles/nr-cp/2015-12-22/ The Panel on Research Ethics – Activities and Resources for 2016 For immediate release –  Ottawa, ON (December 22, 2015) The Panel on Research Ethics and the Secretariat on Responsible […]