Research ethics involves the application of fundamental ethical principles to research involving human participants. Fleming's Research Ethics Board (REB) follows the guidelines set out in TCPS-2 - 2nd edition of Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.
Research ethics are put in place to protect study volunteers with respect to:
Fleming's REB was established to ensure the protection of study volunteers in research projects and reports directly to the President of the College. It receives administrative support from the Office of Applied Research and Innovation.
Before any research that involves human participants can take place at Fleming College, the proposal for research must undergo a review and approval process by the Research Ethics Board to ensure that the research complies with the highest ethical standards.
Specifically, all research projects involving human subjects undertaken by members of or conducted at Fleming College-including all faculty, staff and students, including students carrying out research as part of class assignments-shall fall within the jurisdiction of a committee called the Fleming College Research Ethics Review Board (REB), irrespective of the source of financial support (if any) and irrespective of the location of the project, in the latter case, so long as the investigator represents the work as Fleming research. Projects conducted by researchers from outside the Fleming College community who access College resources (either equipment or personnel) will also fall within the jurisdiction of the Fleming College REB.
- Board Policy 2-216
Members of the Board can sign-in to the secure portal.
To ensure that your proposed research project complies with ethical standards, please read Fleming's policies related to research at Fleming:
If you are not sure if you need REB approval for your study, please contact the Office of Applied Research and Innovation at reb@flemingcollege.ca.
Submit REB applications by email to reb@flemingcollege.ca. Applications must be submitted by the first day of the month for that month's REB meeting.
To initiate a new REB review, all researchers are required to complete: the free online TCPS ethics Tutorial.
In order to start the ethics review process, you must submit the Certificate by email to reb@flemingcollege.ca along with the following:
Please be sure to include all of the required information and forms. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
In order to simplify the application process for those researchers seeking ethics approval at multiple institutions, Fleming's REB has adopted a common multi-site REB application form for use by researchers conducting studies at the following colleges: Cambrian, Centennial, Conestoga, Durham, George Brown, Georgian, Loyalist, Seneca, Sheridan, and St. Lawrence.
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