Good Practices

Listed below are examples of institutional policies governing the ethics review of research involving humans that the Granting Agencies found to be good overall. Please note that this is an evolutionary process. Since the initial review and listing by the Agencies in 1999-2000, the policies may have been revised internally by the respective institution(s). This initial selection of good practices may be updated as the Agencies continue to receive institutional ethics policies.

Examples of policies:

University of Alberta
 http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Eunisecr/policy/sec66.html

University of Calgary
 http://www.ucalgary.ca/research/compliance/human/.

University College of Cape Breton
(available from the institution upon request)

École de technologie supérieure
 http://www.etsmtl.ca/sg/liste-politiques.htm

McGill University – Faculty of Medicine and affiliated hospitals
(available from the institution upon request)

University of Prince Edward Island
 http://www.upei.ca/~research/ethics/reb_policiesandpro/reb_policiesandpro.html

Université du Québec en Outaouais
 http://www.uqo.ca/recherche/ethique/

Ryerson Polytechnic University
 http://www.ryerson.ca/ors/

University of Victoria
 http://web.uvic.ca/uvic-policies/pol-1000/1250RSIH.html

University of Waterloo
 http://iris.uwaterloo.ca/ethics/

University of Winnipeg
 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/research-human-ethics

There are many other good policies, and most of them are available on university Web sites. We encourage you to explore the above and other Web sites to compare approaches to particular issues, such as the review of undergraduate research projects, or processes for obtaining free and informed consent. You may also wish to obtain a greater sample of policies developed by institutions similar in size to your own, or by institutions that promote research in similar areas.