Pages about research ethics at the University of Alberta, and Canadian Tricouncil

University of Alberta

Research Ethics Office

• ARISE: you'll use this site to obtain ethics approvals for your research projects (you may have to create an account first). Let's check out some of my proposals (in class).
• document templates for informed consent/assent (also addressing issues such as: anonymity, confidentiality, privacy.
• research ethics
• human research ethics
• human research ethics training
• support
• ethics review
• research exempt from review

Faculty of Arts Intranet - ethics (lists REB boards)

UA Policies online

Tricouncil

Applies for your SSHRC grants...

Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (read selectively). (Tricouncil = SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR - the three funding bodies for social sciences and humanities, science and engineering, and health sciences, respectively). Read sections A and B.

Core principles:

• Respect for People
• Concern for Welfare
• Justice

Critique

Think about: why do organizations and governments codify ethics?