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Research Ethics Board: About the Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada REB
2021 meeting dates | Meeting dates | Submission deadlines |
| January 21, 2021 | December 31, 2020 |
| February 18, 2021 | January 28, 2021 |
| March 18, 2021 | February 25, 2021 |
| April 15, 2021 | March 25, 2021 |
| May 13, 2021 | April 22, 2021 |
| June 10-11, 2021 | May 20, 2021 |
| July 15, 2021 | June 24, 2021 |
| August 2021 | No meeting |
| September 9, 2021 | August 19, 2021 |
| October 7, 2021 | September 16, 2021 |
| November 4, 2021 | October 14, 2021 |
| December 9, 2021 | November 18, 2021 |
Research involving humans can greatly benefit human society, but it must be done in a way that protects and respects the research participants. The Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Research Ethics Board (REB) was created to provide this oversight. It reviews all research from Health Canada and PHAC that involves humans (including living individuals, human biological materials and information from or about humans) to ensure that it meets the highest ethical standards, and that the greatest protection is provided to research participants. Specifically, the Health Canada-PHAC REB reviews all research involving humans that is:
- Carried out by Health Canada or PHAC (intramural);
- Performed by Health Canada or PHAC in collaboration with external researchers;
- Carried out on Health Canada or PHAC premises; or
- Conducted under contract to Health Canada or PHAC.
The REB may also review research that is funded by Health Canada or PHAC through grants and contributions to external researchers who do not have access to another research ethics board.
Researchers must obtain ethics approval in writing before the research begins.
All research is also subject to continuing ethics review by the REB throughout the life of the project. To maintain a valid ethics certificate, applicants are required to submit annual reports to the REB, seek approval for amendments to the research protocol, and report any unanticipated issues or events.
The REB is guided by the principles of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, which sets the standard for research ethics boards in Canada.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/science-research/science-advice-decision-making/research-ethics-board/apply-ethics-review.html