Helping to Balance Research with Ethical Considerations.
Simon Fraser University is committed to ensuring the highest level of ethical conduct for research involving human subjects and to following the guidelines outlined in the Tri-Council Policy Statement, Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, (the TCPS).
University researchers enjoy special freedoms and privileges, which include freedom of inquiry and the right to disseminate the results thereof, freedom to challenge conventional thoughts, freedom from institutional censorship, and the privilege of conducting research on human subjects with the trust and support of the general public, often with public funding.
With these freedoms come responsibilities to ensure that research involving human subjects meets high scholarly and ethical standards, is honest and thoughtful inquiry, involves rigorous analysis and complies with professional and disciplinary standards and methodological approaches.
The Research Ethics Board holds regular meetings the second Wednesday of each month. Meetings are open to the University community, however, portions of the discussion may be closed in order to protect the privacy of individuals. The time and place of upcoming meetings and the agenda are posted on this internet site and can also be accessed by contacting Ms. Barb Ralph, Ethics Officer, at 778-782-3447 or barb_ralph@sfu.ca