Information about Research Involving Human Participants

Every semester, Research Ethics Workshops and Presentations are available for all researchers (faculty members, graduate students, and administrators) in advance of the application deadlines. Recorded presentations are available on request. Email requests for workshops to - ethics@ecuad.ca.

Consultations and "office hours" with the research ethics coordinator or members of the ECU-REB are available for research ethics applicants. Send appointment requests to ethics@ecuad.ca .

New! Resources for doing research with participants during the COVID-19 pandemic

Participant research activities during COVID-19 must be compliant with government and university mitigation measures. These will include restrictions to in-person activities.

Researchers are advised to consult these "COVID-19 Interpretations" from the Panel on Research Ethics. They describe some of the unique conditions that the pandemic has presented for participant research. Proposals for participant research need to integrate this advise.

https://ethics.gc.ca/eng/nr-cp_2020-09-02.html

Participant research with on-line methods require careful attention to privacy and data security. Please review the following resources when preparing to take your research on-line:

Privacy_Research Recordings_July2020.pdf

Introduction_to_Privacy_in_Research.pdf

SFU_Infographic_Zoom v9.pdf

All modifications to previously-approved in-person activities need to be described to the ECU-REB through the modification request process.

New! Resources for Data Management

During the 2020/21 academic year, Emily Carr University hosted the series, "Digital + Creative Knowledge Sharing: Data Management in Creative Research". Event recordings can be found here.

Also see the "Data Management Research Guide", Emily Carr University Library - https://guides.ecuad.ca/datamanagement

The Tri-Council Policy Statement and Course on Research Ethics

• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans "TCPS2" (updated 2018) and the Course on Research Ethics (CORE) are found here, http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/home.html

Writing Research Ethics Applications

Having trouble writing that REB application? The Emily Carr Writing Centre can help. Also see Thesis Whisperer - (Human) ethics applications with minimum pain (part one) and (Human) ethics applications with minimum pain (part two).

Creative Practices & Visual Methods

• The Responsible Conduct in Research Creation project (Université de Montréal) was conducted by a multi-disciplinary team in 2016-2018. See their "https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/20924 " title="Toolbox in RCRC">Toolbox for Research Conduct".

• Emilie St-Hilaire, "Who Should Care About Responsible Conduct of Research in Research-Creation," RACAR, VOL 43, NO 1, 2018 - https://www.racar-racar.com/uploads/5/7/7/4/57749791/racar_43_1_2_sthilaire.pdf

• Susan Cox, Glen Lowry, Jacqueline Davidson, editors, "The Arts and Health Research: Inspiring Creative Dialogue" theme collection, Cogent Arts and Humanities (2017, 2018) - https://www.cogentoa.com/collection/the-arts-and-health-research-inspiring-creative-dialogue

• Lois Klassen, Glen Lowry and Julie York, "Importing a Research Model into Creative Research" (2013) Current Design Journal 3 - https://current.ecuad.ca/importing-a-research-ethics-model-into-creative-research

• Guidlines for Ethical Visual Research Methods presents ideas and considerations for researchers who make use of visual research methods with human participants. Susan Cox, from UBC's W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics andeformer rxternal member of the ECU-REB, is a lead author of this document. Other members of the ECU-REB contributed feedback during its preparation.http://vrc.org.au/guidelines-for-ethical-visual-research-methods

Other Resources

•  Carrie Bourassa, “Indigenous Research Methods”, Research Chair in Indigenous and Northern Health and Senior Scientist at Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury, CFI Podcast

• First Nations Governance Information Centre - "Ownership, Control, Access, Possession" https://fnigc.ca/ocapr.html 
  

• From the project, IPinCH (Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage): Theory, Practice, Policy, Ethics (SFU), Think Before You Appropriate: A Guide for Creators and Designers is found here - https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/resources/teaching-resources/think-before-you-appropriate/
• Christina Clark-Kazak, with CCR, CARFMS and CRS, 2017. "Ethical Considerations: Research with People in Situations of Forced Migration," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40467
  
• Two resources for researchers working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are: Empowering Informed Consent (2018) and Research 101: A Manifesto for Ethical Research in the Downtown Eastside
• The TCPS2 is based on three ethical principles: Respect for Persons; Concern for Welfare; and Justice. One aspect of "Justice" in design research, is well illustrated in this video by Sally Armstrong, 2019 CBC Massey lecturer - http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1638698563660/

• BC Privacy Act - http://www.bclaws.ca/

• BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act - http://www.bclaws.ca/

• BC Human Rights Code - http://www.bclaws.ca/

• Legal advice for artists is available for low cost at the Artists' Legal Outreach

• Ethical guidelines from the Association of Internet Researchers https://aoir.org/ethics/

• Data Management - Please consult with the Data Management Research Guide on the Emily Carr University Library website to ensure that your data management plan meets current standards, and to learn about new tools that are available to help researchers manage data safely and ethically.