Public health surveillance activities can raise questions about whether they require a Research Ethics Board (REB) review when conducted in a health authority or using health authority data. To help support and ensure a streamlined approach in research ethics, this Guidance document is intended to support REB offices and members when considering activities pertaining to […]
What We Do
As part of the BC Academic Health Science Network, we support a province-wide, harmonized system for research ethics reviews of studies conducted in multiple geographic areas involving the resources, people, patients or data from more than one BC research institution. Find out more about us.
Our Network
We help streamline the ethics review and approval process, so that researchers submit a single ethics application across all of these partner institutions:
- University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Northern BC, University of Victoria, Langara College, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Thompson Rivers University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Camosun College
- Island Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health, Northern Health, Interior Health, First Nations Health Authority
- BC Cancer, BC Children's Hospital, BC Women's Hospital, Providence Health Care
Eligibility
Find out if you're eligible to apply for harmonized ethics review of your new multi-jurisdictional study.
