Human research guidelines, policies, and resources - alphabetical list

Below are resources to guide your research and answer some common questions. 

A,ÌýB,ÌýC,ÌýD,ÌýE,ÌýF,ÌýG,ÌýH,ÌýI, J, K,ÌýL,ÌýM,ÌýN,ÌýO,ÌýP,ÌýQ,ÌýR,ÌýS,ÌýT,ÌýU,ÌýV,ÌýW,ÌýX, Y, Z

A

Activities that require ethics review - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Anti-spamming law and guidelines - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ IST guidelines

 Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) guidelines (pdf)

B

Biological material, bio-banks, and bio-repositories - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

C

Capacity to consent - , A practical guide (pdf)

Classroom research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines on research in classes and with students as study participants

- Incorporating ethical principles into clinical research protocols: a tool for protocol writers and ethics committees

Clinical trial agreements when uÀ¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ is the sponsor

Clinical trial definition - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Clinical trials or studies involving a drug, medical device, or natural health product - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Clinical trial requirements for registration - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Conducting research when participants are part of an organization/group - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Canadian Institutes of Health Research 

Conflict of interest declaration - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Metaresearch and Open Science Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Controlled acts and medical directives - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Course-based research vs. professional skill development - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Course projects - Guidelines for instructors and guidelines for students (pdf) - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Crowdsourcing - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines on using crowdsourcing and online panels in research

D

- e-book

Data management services for research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Library guidelines

Data retention: Guideline on retention of study information and data - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Deception and partial disclosure - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Declaring a conflict of interest - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Demographics: Guidelines for Collecting Demographic Information from Study Participants - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Depositing Data: - Panel on Research Ethics

Device and equipment safety review form - Safety Office

Direct and indirect identifiers (pdf)

Drugs, biologics, and natural health products

E

Equipment and device safety review form - Safety Office

Equipment and devices to collect bio-metric or physiological data - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

F

First Nations Information Governance Centre -

First Nations Principles of OCAP - - YouTube

G

, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Gender and health, , Canadian Institutes of Health Research

, Canadian Institute of Health Research

(pdf)

Gender and sex, , Canadian Institute of Health Research

Ìý(±è»å´Ú)

- European forum

- Health Canada adopted ICH guideline 

H

- Metaresearch and Open Science Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 

I

Incidental and secondary findings - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Indigenous Peoples--À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines on conducting research with Indigenous Peoples

- Public Health Ontario best practices (pdf)

Information consent letters: Guide to creating your letter - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Guidance for IRBs, clinical investigators, and sponsors

International research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

L

Legal support to maintain researcher-participant confidentiality - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ guidelines

M

Mass email and anti-spam law and guidelines - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ IST guidelines

- Curriculum for progress

Medical device development - Things you need to consider

- Health Canada

Medical devices in research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

, A practical guide (pdf)

Multi-jurisdictional research and research ethics review --À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Multi-site clinical trial agreement

N

Northern Canada research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

O

OCAP - - YouTube

Online panels - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines on using crowdsourcing and online panels in research

- from McMaster University
- from University of Toronto

P

Partial disclosure and deception - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- from University of Toronto (pdf)

- from McMaster University

Plain Language: Using Plain Language in Participant Materials - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Principal Investigator's Handbook

- Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Privacy: (NIH)

Professional skill development vs. course-based research - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) best practices (pdf)

- Rules for the protection of personal data inside and outside the European Union (EU)

Public Repositories - - Panel on Research Ethics

Q

Quality assurance or quality improvement projects - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

R

Readability: Using Plain Language in Participant Materials - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Registering a clinical trial - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Remuneration to research participants - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ finance policy

Research data management services - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Library guidelines

Research licenses in Northern Canada--À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Responsibilities of the principal investigator or faculty supervisor - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Risks to researchers - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

S

 - Resources provided by a joint Government of Canada-Universities Working Group

- De-identification standards (USA)

Scientific merit review form - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Library

School boards in À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ region - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

from the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans (TCPS2 2018)

from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

- À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ IST guidelines

Security of research participants' data - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Securing information - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ IST guidelines

- À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ IST guidelines

- Digital Research Alliance of Canada

, Canadian Institute of Health Research

Sex and gender, , Canadian Institute of Health Research

-Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) guidelines (pdf)

(Panel on Research Ethics 2022)

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) guidelines for human pluripotent stem cell research

Students as study participants - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines for instructors

Student information usages - University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ policy on access and release of student information

- Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) guidelines on recruitment (pdf)

Survey administration at University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

Survey panels - Guidelines for using survey panels in research

Survey research and applying the anti-spamming legislation

Survey research and need help? University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Survey Research Centre

T

Top 10 problems that can delay your ethics application - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Travel and risk management - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ policy

U

"Under the auspices": Research that requires ethics review - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

W

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ school boards - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Wellington Research Ethics Board (WWREB) -À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ coordinated ethics review process - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

Who needs to complete an application form? - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ ethics guidelines

- Health Canada guidance document on considerations for inclusion

Working alone - University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ guidelines

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