Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
On November 22 the following email was shared with graduate students
To: Graduate students
From: Charmaine B. Dean, Vice-President, Research and International
Subject: New Processes for approvals of human participant research
Based on the province’s most recent reopening plans and management of COVID-19 for the long term, the University of Waterloo is further adjusting our review and approval of human participant research activity.
These changes bring the institution close to pre-pandemic approval structures.
Departments/Faculties will have oversight of the monitoring of resume research processes including:
You can find the following process for approving human-participant research under the accountabilities section of the COVID-19 information website.
Process for approving on- and off-campus human participant research
Ethics application submission is no longer conditional on approved resume request and safety plan Human participant research (on and off campus) participant research (on and off campus).
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.