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Course approvals
Undergraduate and graduate courses including Directed Studies that require or permit students to participate in research projects as part of their training or for the purpose of assessment, must receive ethics approval before the course begins.
Do I require ethics approval?
Ethics approval criteria and exemptions
Ethics database
Step-by-step instructions for registering to the ethics database. Please note: the ethics database requires Adobe Flash.
Ethics policies and guidelines
Institutional policies; internal REB policies; provincial, national and international policies
Forms
SFU ethics documents including consent form template, study details and COI disclosure form
Initial and continuing review
Initial application, funding information, amendments, annual renewal, study closure
Multi-jurisdictional research
Research Ethics BC (RE BC) and the Provincial Research Ethics Platform (PREP) approvals, previously approved minimal-risk research with non-RE BC partner organizations
Research Ethics Board (REB)
Submission deadlines, full board review deadlines, REB meeting information and schedule