Resources

Resources For Learning About Research Ethics

Documents:

• Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS)
• Introductory Tutorial for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
• Professional Codes of Ethics for the CFREB Faculties
• Provincial & Federal Privacy Acts
• Bibliography for the CFREB Faculties
• Steps to Complete Prior to International Travel (Risk Management and Operations, University of Calgary - For research in international settings)
• Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North (Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies)
• Selected Human Research Ethics Norms, Organizations, and Resources (Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics [PRE])
• "The Governance of Health Research Involving Human Subjects" (2000) - The Law Commission of Canada
• Speech on Research Ethics Boards by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (2003)
• Canadian Standards Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information
• Nuremberg Code (National Institutes of Health)
• World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (National Institutes of Health)
• Belmont Report (National Institutes of Health)
• U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 46 (1991)
• Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams - National Institutes of Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Association of Internet Researchers' Ethics Guidelines

Organizations:

• Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE)
• National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR)
• Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB)
• Office for Human Research Protections (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
• Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• Alliance for Human Research Protection

Our thanks to Ryerson University's Office of Research Services for granting us permission to use their website as a source for our own Resources page.