Research Requiring Review
The TCPS requires that all research involving human subjects under the
jurisdiction of, or conducted by members of, an institution receiving
funds from one or more of the three federal research agencies undergo
ethics review by a REB. A REB is a multidisciplinary committee established
by an institution to undertake the ethics review of research projects
affiliated with that institution. The REB ensures that ethical principles
of the TCPS are applied to research involving human subjects.
REBs are responsible for ethics review of research
involving humans as subjects of research. This includes research involving
human remains, cadavers, tissue, biological fluids, embryos or foetuses.
While quality assurance studies, performance reviews, or testing within
normal educational requirements do not normally require REB review, there
may be circumstances where these activities overlap with research. In
such cases, the activities would be expected to undergo ethics review.
REBs review research involving
humans as subjects of research; they do not review research that is
based exclusively on publicly available documentation. A researcher should
seek the opinion of the REB should there be any doubt concerning the need
for REB review of a research with or on humans.
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