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Human Research Ethics Boards Guidelines & Templates
Guidelines
- 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)
- 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)
- Mandatory Informed Consent Template for Clinical Trials (Oct. 1,2025)
- 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)
- Repository Letter of Information Guidance (Jan 2025)
- Amendment vs New Application Guidance (Jan 2026)
- Assent Letter (Apr 28, 2021)
- Autoethnography Guidance (Oct 21, 2020)
- Continuing Ethics Review (CER) (May 1, 2025) – Initial Approval Date & CER Date Determination
- Continuing Review Guidance (Mar 3, 2026)
- 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)
- Technology Risk Assessments for Human Participant Research (Nov. 25, 2025)
- Translated Documents (Oct. 25, 2023)
- Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2022)
- 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)
Templates
The templates below have been created to help researchers create study documentation, and serve as a guide to complement study protocol.
- Classroom Recruitment Script
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Debriefing Form
- Female Partner Pregnancy Letter of Information and Consent
- Female Partner Preliminary Acknowledgement - Optional
- Female Partner Preliminary Letter of Information and Consent
- Letter of Information and Consent: Sample 1
- Letter of Information and Consent: Sample 2
- Muscle Biopsy Subject Screening Form
- Optional Genetic Biomarker Sub Study Letter of Information and Consent
- Participant Photographic Release Form
- Recruitment Email Reminder
- Recruitment Materials: In-Class Recruitment Script
- Recruitment Materials: Recruitment Email
- Recruitment Materials: HSREB Recruitment Poster
- Recruitment Materials: NMREB Recruitment Poster
- Recruitment Materials: Telephone Script
Contact Us
For more information about human research ethics boards templates and guidelines, email ethics@uwo.ca.