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The Interagency Advisory
Panel on Research Ethics
June 2003
The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) is a body of external experts established in November 2001 by Canada's three Federal Granting Agencies (the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) to support the development and evolution of their joint research ethics policy the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS).
The Agencies adopted the TCPS in August, 1998 as a common statement of research ethics policy to guide those conducting, participating in, or reviewing human research in institutions funded by CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC. PRE is mandated to advise the Agencies on the evolution, interpretation, implementation and educational needs of the policy. PRE's independent and multi-disciplinary advice is intended to promote high standards of ethical conduct, advance the protection of human research participants, and enhance accountability in research ethics.
As part of the new governance structure around the TCPS, the Agencies have also created a Secretariat on Research Ethics to support the work of PRE.
Membership
Dr. Howard Brunt, Associate Vice President of Research and a Professor of Nursing at the University of Victoria, chairs the 12 member advisory panel. Its volunteer members bring diverse expertise and views on research involving humans from such fields as ethics, law, psychology, engineering, medicine, research involving aboriginal peoples, sociology, administration, and the public.
Activities
PRE carries out its mandate through policy initiatives focused on the evolution of the TCPS, as well as its interpretation, educational needs, use and implementation in the research community. These initiatives support the development of PRE's recommendations, and include such projects as drafting position papers, partnering in research ethics workshops, creating special working groups, providing written interpretations of questions related to the TCPS, participating in the national dialogue on oversight of research involving humans, and engaging the community in prioritizing procedural reforms of the TCPS.
PRE is committed to openness, inclusiveness, and collaboration throughout the development of its projects and recommendations. The work of PRE is informed by both national and international research ethics developments.
How to Reach Us
350 Albert Street
Ottawa ON
K1A 1H5
Email: secretariat@pre.ethics.gc.ca
Tel: (613) 996-0072
Fax: (613) 996-7117
www.pre.ethics.gc.ca
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