Ever wondered about what research ethics are, and why the term sometimes has a bad rep? Sarah Bennett recalled that “for a long time, research ethics were reactionary and fearful.” While it seems that conversations about the topic could be daunting and stilted, she’s helping to make it less so, assisted by several key individuals […]
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.
Partner Organizations
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
- 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.
