Research Ethics Board

The Athabasca University Research Ethics Board is an independent decision-making board. It has been established to review all proposals for research involving:

1. Living human participants (and their data)
2. Human biological materials derived from living or deceased individuals where research is conducted:
   • by members of the university community, or in collaboration with them
   • using university resources (e.g., research space, material, equipment, human resources, research funds)
   • at or under the auspices of the university by external researchers

Research Ethics Board reviews conform to the requirements of the federal Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2022) and related Athabasca University policy and procedures.

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Board members

• Katie MacDonald, Chair
• Frits Pannekoek, Vice-Chair
• Venise Bryan
• Rhiannon Bury
• Alexa Ferdinands
• Marta Massi
• Eloy Rivas Sanchez
• Ivy Shawl-Song, Graduate Student Member
• Robyn Stobbs, non-voting expert member

Community member

• Joe Corrigan