Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) & National Councilon Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR) Workshop
Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) & National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR) Workshop Boundary Challenges to the TCPS: Risk, Definitions & Disciplines in Research Requiring Ethics Review 5 March 2004 Château Cartier Aylmer, Québec 12h30-17h40 As a sequel to last year's workshop on expedited review, this half-day PRE workshop addresses some of the important boundary challenges to research ethics norms in the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans -- risks of harm, the definition of research, ethics review process from different disciplinary perspectives. Will the challenges remain as such, or how will they become opportunities for enhancing optimal community use of the TCPS? 12h30-12h45 Welcome & Introduction Dr Barbara McGillivray, President, NCEHR; UBC Dr Howard Brunt, Chair, PRE; University of Victoria 12h45- 13h45 TCPS Challenges: Update on PRE activities e.g. research with Aboriginal Peoples, TCPS on- line tutorial, Olivieri, stem cell guidelines, etc. Dr Howard Brunt and PRE Members 13h45- 14h50 Round Table: Conceptual, Procedural and Disciplinary Challenges o Proportionate Research Ethics Review in the TCPS: A Priority for PRE's ProGroup1 Dr. Howard Brunt, PRE; University of Victoria 1 PRE's Subgroup on TCPS Procedural Issues o Emerging Canadian Priorities for Social Sciences & Humanities Research: PRE's SSHWC2 Dr Will van den Hoonaard, Chair, PRE SSHWC; University of New Brunswick o Does All Research Require REB review? Substantive and Procedural Dimensions of Definitions Dr Micheal Yeo, Laurentian University 14h50 - 15h15 Discussion 15h15 - 15h30 Break 15h30 - 16h30 Ethics and Methods: Risk of Harm in Context o Are there Always Risks of Harm? Concepts of Risk and Harm on the Research Spectrum Dr Pat O'Neill, President Canadian Psychological Association o Social Sciences and Humanities Methodologies, Paradigms of Research & Ethics Review Dr Michelle McGinn, Brock University o Exempt & Expedited Review in Social & Beha vioural Sciences Research - An International Perspective Dr Ivor Pritchard, US Department of Education 16h30 - 17h00 Discussion 17h00 - 17h30 Written Consultation on SSH Priorities Areas Dr Kathleen Oberle, University of Calgary 17h30 - 17h40 Conclusion 2 PRE's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Special Working Committee |