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Guidelines

NMREB

Ethical Challenges in Online Research: Bots, suspicious data and other issues (Jan. 20, 2022)
NMREB Consent Form Guidance Document (Mar. 6, 2024)
REB Handbook - Arts and Humanities (and Related Diciplines) (July 2022)

HSREB

Approval of Sponsor Documents (Mar. 11, 2022)
Case Report vs. Research (Jan. 15, 2017)
Delegated Level 1 - Retrospective Chart and/or Sample Review (Sept. 18, 2019)
Female Partner Preliminary & Pregnancy Information (Nov. 16, 2022)
Health Canada Attestation Form (Jan. 15, 2017)
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (Jun. 6, 2018)
Integrated Consent (Mar. 11, 2025)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Feb. 1, 2016)
Main Letter of Information and Consent (Jan. 10, 2025)
Multi-phase and Open Label Extensions (Apr. 27, 2023
Non-Clinical LOI/C (Jan. 10, 2025)
OBI LOI Confidentiality Clause (May 8, 2015)
Optional Genetic Biomarker Sub-Study Consent Form (Mar. 11, 2025)
Research Protocol/Plan (Jun. 5, 2019)
Registration of Studies (Sept. 10, 2022)

Applicable to Both Boards

Assent Letter (Apr 28, 2021)
Autoethnography Guidance (Oct 21, 2020)
Continuing Ethics Review (CER) (May 1, 2025) – Initial Approval Date & CER Date Determination
Coordinated Review for Multi-Site Research
Data Security and Confidentiality (June 4, 2025)
Distinguishing Between Quality Assurance/Improvement & Research (Mar. 9, 2021)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Mar. 4, 2019)
Guidelines for Incentives, Reimbursement and, Compensation (Oct. 11, 2023)
Multi-Jurisdictional Research Guidance (Dec. 13, 2022)
Open Access/Open Data (Mar. 11, 2025)
Participant Recruitment (Jun. 28, 2022)
Remote Consent Guidance (Mar. 11, 2025)
Student Research and Pedagogical Activities (Jan. 7, 2022)
Translated Documents (Oct. 25, 2023)
Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 (2018)
Unanticipated Problem Reporting - Adverse Event (Jul. 10, 2018)
Unanticipated Problem Report - Protocol Deviation/Violation (Feb. 22, 2024)
Use of Qualtrics for Informed Consent (Jan. 9, 2025)
Vaccination Confirmation for Research Participants (Sept. 17, 2021)

If you require a Technology Risk Assessment Committee (TRAC) review for your research submission please visit the TRAC website for further information.

Templates

The templates below have been created to help researchers create study documentation, and serve as a guide to complement study protocol.