Ethics Review
Saint Paul University has adopted the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, which addresses the rules and principles that guide faculty, researchers, students and staff members. This is required whether the project is funded or not, whether it is carried out in Canada or abroad, or whether it is a collaborative project or not.
The Research Ethics Board (REB) Committee meets from September to June. No meetings are held in July and August.
RESEARCH ETHICS: COVID-19 Interpretations
Application Forms
- Checklist (required to be submitted with the ethics application form)
- Ethics Application Form
- Consent Process
- Consent Form Template
- Thesis Committee Approval Form (for students)
- Supervisor's confirmation of methodology form (for non-thesis students)
- Course Outline Form (for professors teaching a course)
- Modification to Research Project
- Secondary Use of Data Form
- Unanticipated issues / adverse events report
- Survey Tool: Saint Paul University and University of Ottawa students, professors, researchers and staff can now use SurveyMonkey. An online survey tool, it provides real-time visibility and control over the data. The Enterprise licence grants access to all the options available on this powerful and intuitive platform tool (Log in with SSO →).
Renewal and closure forms
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- Final Report for Research Project
- Final Report for Secondary Use of Data
- Final Report for Course Outline
UNIVERSITY REGULATION
Conditional Release of Research Funds (Form 1B)
There are instances where a project is not yet ready to be reviewed by a Research Ethics Board (REB) because certain details must still be finalized. Nonetheless, a researcher can request the release of some funds to support activities that do not involve human beings or their data.
According to the Agreement on the Administration of Agency Grants and Awards by Research Institutions, the University is permitted to release funds "to cover only expenses to be incurred before human participants are involved."
According to article 2.1 of Tri‐Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2), the following requires ethics review and approval by an REB before the research commences research involving living human participants.
To release a portion of the research funds, please answer the following questions, sign the attestation, and return the signed form to the Office of Research and Ethics.
Click here to download the Form 1B.