Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Multipurpose Room (PCN 2012), Ponderosa Commons North
Hybrid Event
RSVP: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6tUus3sAjY1ExIq
Key concepts for completing a research ethics application for behavioural research involving human participation.
The prospect of submitting an ethics application for the first time can be daunting. The best advice we can offer is that you get an early start on familiarizing yourself with the ethics application content and submission requirements. If you are working on or planning to submit an ethics application, this workshop is for you!
Wendy Bond (Office of Research Ethics) will guide you through the 3 Core principles of research ethics and how they are addressed in the BREB ethics application. We will clarify some key aspects including: how to assess participant vulnerability and research risk | understanding privacy, confidentiality and anonymity in the research context | ensuring fully informed consent | ethical practices in Indigenous and community-based research | whether (and when) ethics approval is required | and tips for successfully completing your ethics application.
Wendy will be joined by Maria Valente, who is actively involved in the review of behavioural ethics applications and is responsible for managing BREB meetings.
All students, faculty, and staff in the Faculty of Education are welcome to attend the workshop; it will be assumed that attendees have some familiarity with the TCPS2 (Tri-Council Policy Statement).
Wendy Bond has worked in research ethics at UBC since 2013 and currently focuses on supporting initiatives related to Indigenous research ethics. Wendy is honored to be a member of the Faculty of Arts Indigenous Advisory and works closely with the Critical Indigenous Studies Research Review Committee in an advisory capacity. She is currently project lead on the development of an Indigenous Research Ethics Repository funded by the Indigenous Support Initiative at UBC. Before joining UBC, Wendy worked in education and publishing, as a book editor, business analyst/technical writer, and project manager.
Maria Valente has worked in research ethics since 2015. Prior to that, she worked as a social sciences researcher at BC Children’s Hospital. Maria’s role in research ethics is to help review studies and assist students and faculty in navigating the review process. Maria also oversees the BREB review of studies involving multiple provincial ethics boards. Maria’s background is in Psychology and Family Studies.