Research with animals

Research and teaching projects conducted on or off-campus by students, staff, or faculty involving live, non-human vertebrate animals must be reviewed and receive ethics clearance.

Animals are only used in research projects deemed to have scientific merit and in teaching and testing when there are no alternatives.

Animal-based research must conform with:

Please use the Waterloo Ethics Process to the right to guide you by clicking on the step in the process where you need more information.