Office of Research Ethics and Integrity
Any research project involving human participants, whether it is funded or not, must receive ethics approval from a Research Ethics Board (REB) prior to the start of the project.
It is the responsibility of the professor as researcher, as thesis supervisor and as lecturer to ascertain whether or not a project requires an ethical review. This may be done by consulting the Protocol officer for ethics in research.
Failure to seek ethical review and to comply with recommendations of the relevant Research Ethics Board may be deemed as a contravention of the article entitled "Professional Ethics" of the Collective Agreement between the University of Ottawa and the APUO.
Ethics Office Hours
September to May: 8:45am to 4:30pm
June to August: 8:45am to 3:30pm
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As of August 1st, 2013, new ethics applications from the School of Psychology will be reviewed by the Health Sciences and Science Research Ethics Board (REB), which was the initial REB configuration approved by Senate in 2001.
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If you want to offer compensation to participants in the form of a draw, you must include the information which is required by Ontario law. A draft text can be found here.
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An online tutorial for the 2nd edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS 2) is available at http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/education/tutorial-didacticiel/. Please make sure you use your University email address when you register so that we can confirm your completion of the tutorial.