Data collection guidelines

Resources relating to specific research methods and data collection modalities

Autoethnographic research —Toronto Metropolitan University

Collection of human biological material for biobanks or bio-repository - Waterloo guidelines

Equipment and device safety review form (PDF) — Safety Office

Controlled acts and medical directives

Crowdsourcing and online panels in research

Guidelines for conducting research using social media (PDF) — Toronto Metropolitan University

Incidental and secondary findings

Mass email and anti-spam law and guidelines — Waterloo IST guidelines

Observation of participants: Guidelines for ethical conduct — University of Toronto

Partial disclosure and deception

Research using social media platforms (Panel on Research Ethics 2022)

Risk to researchers when conducting field or lab work

School boards in Waterloo Region

Secondary use of information for research purposes from the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans (TCPS 2 2022)

Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Student information usages — University of Waterloo policy on access and release of student information

Survey research and applying the anti-spamming legislation

Survey research and need help? — University of Waterloo Statistical Consulting and Survey Research Unit

Use of equipment and devices to collect biometric or physiological data for non-clinical trials - Waterloo guidelines