The Office of Research Ethics, on behalf of Western's Research Ethics Boards (REB), manages the approval and monitoring process for the use of humans in research at the University and its affiliated hospitals and research institutes. All research involving humans conducted by faculty, staff or students at Western or its affiliated hospitals or research institutes must be approved by a Western-sanctioned review board.

Upcoming Ethics Workshops

The Office of Research Ethics is holding a series of ethics workshops in February and March, 2012. These interactive workshops are designed to help you:

• understand the recent changes in The Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 (TCPS2)
• create more informative letters of information (LOI)
• learn about our electronic protocol submission system (ROMEO)

For more information, please visit our Education page.