Useful links

I Research groups and organizations:

National Council on Ethics in Human Research

Clinical Trials Research Group (CTRG) at McGill University

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Canadian Institute of Health Research

National Research Council Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation

University of British Columbia Centre for Applied Ethics

University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Research Ethics

II Other institutions and universities ethics policies:

Concordia University Office of Research Services

Dalhousie University Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

McMaster University Research Involving Humans

Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board

Queen's University Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Human Subjects

Université de Laval - Éthique de la recherche

Université de Montréal - Recherche avec des êtres humains

University of Calgary Ethics of Human Studies

University of Manitoba Human Ethics

University of Toronto Ethics concerning Human Subjects

University of Waterloo Research Ethics with Humans

Memorial - University of Newfoundland Human Investigation Committee

III Monographies:

Bower, R.B., & De Gasparis, P. (1978). Ethics in social research: protecting the interest of human subjects. Praeger Special Studies. New York: Praeger. (H 62 .B625 1978 - Morisset)

Bulmer, M. (Ed.). (1982). Social research ethics: an examination of the merits of covert participant observation. London: Macmillan. (HM 48 .S567 1982 - Morisset)

Burgess, R.G. (Ed.). (1989). The ethics of educational research. Social research and educational studies series. New York: Falmer Press. (LB 1028 .E85 1989 - Morisset)

Grodin, M.A., & Glantz, L.H. (Eds.). (1994). Children as research subjects: science, ethics and law. New York: Oxford University Press. (RJ 85 .C45 1994 - Health Sciences)

Kimmel, A.J. (1988). Ethics and values in applied social research. Applied social research methods series. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (H 62 .K495 1988 - Morisset)

Kimmel, A.J. (Ed.). (1981). Ethics of human subject research. New directions for methodology of social and behavioral science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (BF 76.5 .E74 1981 - Morisset)

Levine, R.J. (1981). Ethics and regulation of clinical research. Baltimore: Urban & Schwarzenberg. (R 853 .H8 L48 1981 - Health Sciences)

Medical Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, & Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (1998). Tri-council policy statement: ethical conduct for research involving humans. Ottawa: Medical Research Council. (R 853 .H8 M44 1998 - Health Sciences & Morisset) (Also available on-line)

Medical Research Council of Canada Working Group on Human Experimentation. (1978). Ethical considerations in research involving human subjects. Ottawa: Medical Research Council of Canada. (R 853 .H8 C25 1978 - Health Sciences & Morisset)

Rich, J.M. (1984). Professional ethics in education. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas. (LB 1779 .R53 1984 - Morisset)

Sieber, J.E. (1992). Planning ethically responsible reserach: a guide for students and internal review boards. Applied Social Research Methods Series. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Sieber, J.E. (Ed.). (1982). The ethics of social research. Springer series in social psychology. New York: Springer-Verlag. (HM 251 .E76 1982 v.1-2 - Morisset)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (1993). Ethics: guidelines for research with human subjects. Ottawa: Social Sciences and humanities Research Council of Canada. (CA1 CR22 93E73 - Morisset)

Stanley, B.H., & Sieber, J.E. (Eds.). (1992). Social research on children and adolescents: ethical issues. Sage focus editions. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (HQ 767.85 .S63 1992 - Morisset)

Stanley, B.H., Sieber, J.E., & Melton, G.B. (Eds.). (1996). Research ethics: a psychological approach. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (BF 76.5 .R4625 1996 - Morisset)

Weisstub, D.N. (Ed.). (1998). Research on human subjects: ethics, law and social policy. Amsterdam: Pergamon. (R 853 .H8 R46 1998 - Health Sciences)

IV Periodicals:

Commanda L., Freeman W.L., Gibson N., Macaulay A.C., McCabe M.L., Robbins C.M., Twohi P.L. (1999). Participatory research maximizes community and lay involvement. The British Medical Journal, 319, pp.774-778 s.

Foster C., & Holley S. (1998, May-June). Ethical review of multi-centre research: a survey of multi-centre researchers in the South Thames region. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 32(3), pp.242-5. (Periodicals R 31 .J67 - Health Sciences)

Freedman B., Fuks A. & Weiger C. (1993). In loco parentis: Minimal risk as an ethical threshold for research upon children. Hasting Center Report 23(2), pp13-19.

Kessel A.S. (1998). Ethics and research in psychiatry. International Review of Psychiatry 10, pp. 331-337.

Leigh B. & Smith M.A. (1997). Virtual subjects: Using the Internet as an alternative source of subjects and research environment. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 29(4), pp. 469-505.

Rodriguez, R.G. (1992, Spring). The ethical analysis protocol. Ethics and Standards in Institutional Research, 73, pp.57-66.

Smith D.L. & Others. (1991, Spring). Use of students as research subjects: institutional responsibility. Research Management Review, 5(1), pp.23-31.

Weed D.L. (1998, Jan.). Preventing Scientific Misconduct. American Journal of Public Health, 88(1), pp.12-14.

Weijer C. (2000, March 31- April 1) The analysis of risks and potential benefits in research. National Council on Ethics in Human Research Annual Meeting

V On-line documents

Medical Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, & Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (1998). Ottawa: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. From the World Wide Web:

Tri-council policy statement: ethical conduct for research involving humans.

Énoncé de politique des trois conseils: éthique de la recherche avec des êtres humains.

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