Congress 2005
28 May - 5 June 2005, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

PRE Session

Engaging Voices: Deliberating, Debating & Evolving the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS)

A Special Session of the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics

1 June 2005
12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
IVEY, 2R09

The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) invites the research community to an afternoon session on human research ethics in the social sciences and humanities. The focus of the session will be on consulting the research community on PRE's sub-committees' work towards developing working recommendations from the Social Sciences and Humanities Ethics Special Working Committee, the Sub-group on TCPS Procedural Issues, and the Aboriginal Research Ethics Development Initiative.

PROGRAM
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12:30 PM - Opening remarks
Will van den Hoonaard, PRE; University of New Brunswick

Deborah Poff, Subcommittee on Ethics and Integrity, CFHSS; University of Northern British Columbia

12:40 PM - Cultivating a Culture of Research Ethics: An Overview of PRE Activities
Derek Jones, Executive Director, Secretariat on Research Ethics (SRE)

- Update on CFHSS Initiatives
Deborah Poff, Subcommittee on Ethics and Integrity, CFHSS; University of Northern British Columbia

- Proportionate Approach to Research Ethics Review: Draft Recommendations
Susan Hoddinott, PRE's Sub-group on Procedural Issues for the TCPS (ProGroup); University of Western Ontario

1:15 PM - Discussion

1:30 PM - Towards Guidelines for Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples
Marlene Brant Castellano, PRE; Trent University

2: 30 PM - Discussion

3:00 PM - Break

3:15 PM - Privacy and Confidentiality from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Perspective : Work in Progress
Ted Palys, PRE's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Special Working Committee (SSHWC); Simon Fraser University

4:00 PM - Discussant, Heather Kitchin, Acadia University

4:30 PM - Discussion

4:55 PM - Closing Remarks and Adjournment

All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

For Further Details:
Secretariat on Research Ethics
Michèle Bourgeois-Doyle
(613) 996-2569
michele.bourgeois-doyle@pre.ethics.gc.ca