Below are resources to guide your research and answer some common questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
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Activities that require ethics review - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Adverse events - FDA reporting requirements
Adverse events - Health Canada reporting requirements
Adverse events - World Health Organization guidelines (pdf)
Anti-spamming law and guidelines - Waterloo IST guidelines
Autoethnographic research -guidelines for conducting research Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) guidelines (pdf)
B
Biological material, bio-banks, and bio-repositories - Waterloo ethics guidelines
C
Capacity to consent - Mental health and the law in Ontario, A practical guide (pdf)
Classroom research - Waterloo ethics guidelines on research in classes and with students as study participants
Clinical research protocols - Incorporating ethical principles into clinical research protocols: a tool for protocol writers and ethics committees
Clinical trial agreements when uWaterloo is the sponsor
Clinical trial definition - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Clinical trials or studies involving a drug, medical device, or natural health product - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Clinical trial requirements for registration - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Clinical trial reviews: A guide for ethics committees (pdf)
Clinical trial sponsors - Health Canada guidance document for clinical trial applications
Confidentiality and Privacy in Health Research- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Conflict of interest declaration - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Controlled acts and medical directives - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
Course-based research vs. professional skill development - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Course projects - Guidelines for instructors and guidelines for students (pdf) - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Crowdsourcing - Waterloo ethics guidelines on using crowdsourcing and online panels in research
D
(Research) Data management in the Canadian context: a guide for practitioners and learners - e-book
Data management services for research - Waterloo Library guidelines
Data management resources from Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Data retention: Guideline on retention of study information and data - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Data sharing (or transfer) agreements - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Deception and partial disclosure - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Declaring a conflict of interest - Waterloo ethics guidelines
De-identification guidelines - Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Demographics: Guidelines for Collecting Demographic Information from Study Participants - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Depositing Data: Guidance on Depositing Existing Data in Public Repositories - Panel on Research Ethics
Device and equipment safety review form - Safety Office
Direct and indirect identifiers (pdf)
Drugs, biologics, and natural health products
E
Equipment and device safety review form - Safety Office
Equipment and devices to collect bio-metric or physiological data - Waterloo ethics guidelines
F
First Nations Information Governance Centre - Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP) principles
First Nations Principles of OCAP - Understanding the First Nations Principles of OCAP: Our Road Map to Governance - YouTube
G
Gatekeepers - Waterloo ethics guidelines for conducting research within structures
Gender and Health Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Gender and health, videos and webinars, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Gender and sex infographic, Canadian Institute of Health Research
Gender and sex, Learning about sex and gender video, Canadian Institute of Health Research
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidance for researchers and study coordinators
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines (pdf)
Good clinical practice - European forum
Good clinical practice - Health Canada adopted ICH guideline
Good clinical practice definitions and standards for reporting - ICH-GCP reporting requirements (pdf)
Good clinical practice -Guidance Document on how to apply to Health Canada Part C, Division 5
H
Health Research- Privacy and Confidentiality - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
I
Incidental and secondary findings - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Indigenous Peoples--Waterloo ethics guidelines on conducting research with Indigenous Peoples
Infection prevention and control - Public Health Ontario best practices (pdf)
Information consent letters: Guide to creating your letter - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Informed consent information sheet - Guidance for IRBs, clinical investigators, and sponsors
International human research protections, regulations, guidelines, and laws by country
International research - Waterloo ethics guidelines
L
Legal support to maintain researcher-participant confidentiality - Waterloo guidelines
M
Mass email and anti-spam law and guidelines - Waterloo IST guidelines
Medical device creation - Curriculum for progress
Medical device development - Things you need to consider
Medical devices - Health Canada
Medical devices in research - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Mental health and the law in Ontario, A practical guide (pdf)
Multi-jurisdictional research and research ethics review --Waterloo ethics guidelines
Multi-site clinical trial agreement
N
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority
Northern Canada research - Waterloo ethics guidelines
O
OCAP - Understanding the First Nations Principles of OCAP: Our Road Map to Governance - YouTube
Online panels - Waterloo ethics guidelines on using crowdsourcing and online panels in research
P
Partial disclosure and deception - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Participant observation: Guidelines for ethical conduct - from University of Toronto (pdf)
Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), section 44, disclosure for research
Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), section 16, requirement for research plans
PIPEDA and OHIPA information - from McMaster University
Plain Language: Using Plain Language in Participant Materials - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Principal Investigator's Handbook
Privacy and Confidentiality- Health Research- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Privacy: Principles and Best Practices for Protecting Participant Privacy (NIH)
Professional skill development vs. course-based research - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Protecting privacy in health research - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) best practices (pdf)
Protection of personal data - Rules for the protection of personal data inside and outside the European Union (EU)
Public Repositories - Guidance on Depositing Existing Data in Public Repositories - Panel on Research Ethics
Q
Quality assurance or quality improvement projects - Waterloo ethics guidelines
R
Readability: Using Plain Language in Participant Materials - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Registering a clinical trial - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Remuneration to research participants - Waterloo finance policy
Research data management services - Waterloo Library guidelines
Research licenses in Northern Canada--Waterloo ethics guidelines
Responsibilities of the principal investigator or faculty supervisor - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Risks to researchers - Waterloo ethics guidelines
S
Safeguarding your research - Resources provided by a joint Government of Canada-Universities Working Group
Safe Harbor Standards - De-identification standards (USA)
Scientific merit review form - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Scholarly teaching guide - Waterloo Library
School boards in Waterloo region - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Secondary use of information for research purposes from the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans (TCPS2 2018)
Secondary use of information in health research (pdf) from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Secure file sharing using Sendit - Waterloo IST guidelines
Security of research participants' data - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Securing information - Waterloo IST guidelines
Securing information for research - Waterloo IST guidelines
Sensitive Data Guidance - Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Sex and gender infographic, Canadian Institute of Health Research
Sex and gender, Learning about sex and gender video, Canadian Institute of Health Research
Social media - guidelines for conducting research -Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) guidelines (pdf)
Social media--Research with Social Media Platforms (Panel on Research Ethics 2022)
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Stem cell research - Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) guidelines for human pluripotent stem cell research
Students as study participants - Waterloo ethics guidelines for instructors
Student information usages - University of Waterloo policy on access and release of student information
Students for research in post-secondary education - Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) guidelines on recruitment (pdf)
Survey administration at University of Waterloo
Survey panels - Guidelines for using survey panels in research
Survey research and applying the anti-spamming legislation
Survey research and need help? University of Waterloo Survey Research Centre
T
Top 10 problems that can delay your ethics application - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Travel and risk management - Waterloo policy
U
"Under the auspices": Research that requires ethics review - Waterloo ethics guidelines
W
Waterloo school boards - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Waterloo Wellington Research Ethics Board (WWREB) -Waterloo coordinated ethics review process - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo coordinated ethics review process -Waterloo ethics guidelines
Who needs to complete an application form? - Waterloo ethics guidelines
Women in clinical trials and analysis of data by sex - Health Canada guidance document on considerations for inclusion