Training for Researchers
On this page, you will find various resources to provide training for conducting human participant research in an ethical manner. Please reach out to the Office of Research Ethics at research.ethics@uleth.ca if you have questions, or if you have requests for other training opportunities!
The Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2) is the standard by which the Human Participant Research Committee (HPRC) or other Research Ethics Board (REB) determines that research protocols involving human participants are ethically acceptable. This free interactive online tutorial is recommended for researchers, students, Research Ethics Board members, research participants, and members of the general public. Faculty members are invited to consider using this tool as a teaching resource for their research methods courses. The tutorial requires a minimum of 3 hours to complete (and can be completed in multiple sittings) and provides a printable Certificate of Completion.
The most recent version of the TCPS2 is the TCPS2-2022, and it outlines the requirements for research involving human participants, their data, and/or their biological materials. It also describes the requirements for the scope and approach, the consent process, fairness and equity in research participation, privacy and confidentiality, governance of Research Ethics Boards, conflicts of interest, multi-jurisdictional research, research involving the First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis peoples of Canada, qualitative research, clinical trials, human biological materials, and human genetic research.
This poster was prepared by the (SRCR) in March 2025, and it provides general information for projects that require Research Ethics Board (REB) review versus projects that do not require REB review. Note that in cases where it is unclear if REB review is required, the REB is responsible for making the final determination (please contact research.ethics@uleth.ca for information regarding the process for obtaining an official determination).
The Tri-Agency (PRE) offers this guidance to further support Research Ethics Boards (REBs) and researchers in the ethics review process and the ethical conduct of research that involves using information that exists on, or has been collected via SM platforms (referred to throughout this document as using SM platforms). The guidance is intended to support the community's educational initiatives and context specific considerations in the application of the to research using SM platforms.
Sponsored by the federal , several free webinars are available that complement the online tutorial by exploring important TCPS2 topics as identified by the research community. Topics for future webinars may be suggested by emailing the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research.
The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics provides an interpretation service to support the needs of participants, researchers and Research Ethics Boards (REBs) in the effective use and understanding of the TCPS2. Responses to written requests for interpretation are grouped into various categories in a publicly accessible bank of interpretations.
The 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge is a member of , and our membership includes access to many of the CITI Program's training modules in research, ethics, compliance, and safety training. These resources are free for ULethbridge faculty, staff and students to access. For more information, please contact research.ethics@uleth.ca.
This webpage was updated on May 28, 2025