INTERAGENCY ADVISORY PANEL ON RESEARCH ETHICS (PRE)

1^ST MEETING

Ottawa, 1-2 November 2001

AGENDA

Thursday, 1 November 2001:

• 18:30
  DINNER-CONFERENCE
  1. Introduction of PRE Members, Secretariat Staff and Invitees of the Federal Granting Agencies
  2. PRE's Terms of Reference: Mandate
  3. Roles, Responsibilities and Relationship between PRE, the Secretariat, the Interagency Management Committee and the Steering Committee

Friday, 2 November 2001:

• 7:30 - 8:00
  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
  
  
• 8:00 - 9:30
  WORK SESSION 1: PRE'S OPERATIONS
  1. Opening remarks
  2. Approval of agenda
  3. PRE' Standard Operating Procedures
  4. PRE's Sub-Committee and Task Group membership
     
     
• 9:30 - 9:45
  BREAK
  
  
• 9:45 - 12:00
  WORK SESSION 2: OPTIONS FOR AN ASSURANCE / GOVERNANCE SYSTEM
1. SSHRC Public Assurance System
2. Health Canada's Mandate and Governance Project: Director, Ethics Division of Health Canada
3. General Discussion

• 12:00 - 12:45
  LUNCH
  
  
• 12:45 - 13:15
  WORK SESSION 3: THE STEWARDSHIP CYCLE
  

• 13:15 - 14:30
  WORK SESSION 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TCPS
  1. Roles & Responsibilities of the Federal Granting Agencies & PRE
     • TCPS Requirements
     • Proposed Agencies Memorandum of Understanding on Roles and Responsabilities
  2. Agency Process for Institutional Compliance
     • Status of Institutional Research Ethics Policies
     • Compliance Issues
  3. Evaluation and Assurance Frameworks
  4. Creation of PRE's Task Group on Implementation

• 14:30 - 14:45
  BREAK
  

• 14:45 - 16:75
  SESSION 5: EVOLUTION & INTERPRETATION OF THE TCPS
  1. Transfer of Responsibility from the TCAG
  2. Interpretation Role
     • Nature and Scope of Interpretation Task
     • Interpretative Service Delivery: Needs, Issues and Strategies
  3. Policy Development and Evolution
     • Policy Issues
     • Recommendations of SSHRC Standing Committee on Ethics and Integrity
     • Creation of PRE's Task Groups on Evolution and on Interpretation of the TCPS
       
       
• 16:45 - 17:15
  WORK SESSION 6: EDUCATION
  1. Scope and Process of Meeting Educational Needs
  2. Creation of PRE Task Group on Education
     
     
• 17:15 - 17:30
  CLOSING
  1. Review of Membership of the Task Groups
  2. Next PRE meeting
  3. Closing Remarks and Adjournment