Panel on Research Ethics

Navigating the Ethics of Human Research

In 2001, Canada's three federal research agencies, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, jointly created the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) as part of a collaborative effort to promote the ethical conduct of research involving human participants.

The Panel develops, interprets and implements the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS).

What's New

New Policy Analyst Joins the Interagency Secretariat on Research Ethics (January 2010)

Release for Final Public Comment – Revised Draft 2nd Edition of the TCPS (Closed) (December 2009)

Early Release for Public Comment: TCPS Revised Chapter 9 "Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples in Canada"
(November 2009)

Let COMPASS Be Your Guide - VOL. 2, ISSUE 2, AUGUST 2009

Update on PRE's Aboriginal Research Ethics Initiative (AREI) (August 2009)