Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics

The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research ethics (PRE) approved the creation of a PRE Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Special Working Committee (SSHWC) in November 2002. Its mandate is to provide advice and recommendations to PRE on (a) priorities, and (b) methods and strategies for coherently addressing priority ethical issues in social sciences and humanities research involving human participants. As part of its mandate, SSHWC members seeks to engage the research community on social sciences and humanities research ethics issues. The SSHWC held its inaugural meeting in May 2003.

Activities & Developments

June 2004	SSHWC Report to PRE, "Giving Voice to the Spectrum"

March 2004	Highlights of the Forthcoming Report "Giving Voice to the Spectrum" from PRE's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Special Working Committee (SSHWC), presented at PRE&NCEHR; 5 March 2004 National Workshop "Boundary Challenges to the TCPS: Risk, Definitions & Disciplines in Research Requiring Ethics Review"

August 2003	Call for Comments: Consultation of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Community

June 2003	Announcement of SSHWC Membership

January 2003	Call for Nominations to Establish the SSHWC

Last Modified: 2005-07-26

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