Research Ethics Board

The National Research Council of Canada's Research Ethics Board (NRC-REB), and its support staff are central to the NRC's human participant ethics functions.

Reporting to the Senior Executive Committee through the Secretary General, the NRC's REB reviews applications for human participants ethics approval, oversees and advises on the ethical aspects of all research involving human participants in which the NRC participates, and provides a resource for education, guidance and leadership in the application of ethical principles in the conduct of research involving human participants.

Meeting schedule

The NRC Research Ethics Board meets regularly (see meeting schedule below).

Protocols can be submitted at any time and may be processed outside of the meeting schedule if they are eligible for Chair or Sub-committee review. Protocols that are eligible for sub-committee review, but are submitted on or near the meeting submission deadline, will be included on the meeting agenda.

Meeting schedule
Meeting dates Submission deadlines
January 15, 2025 January 01, 2025
February 19, 2025 February 05, 2025
March 19, 2025 March 05, 2025
April 16, 2025 April 02, 2025
May 21, 2025 May 07, 2025
June 18, 2025 June 04, 2025
August 20, 2025 August 06, 2025
September 17, 2025 September 03, 2025
October 15, 2025 October 01, 2025
November 19, 2025 November 05, 2025

Membership list

Chair

  • Gordon DuVal, SJD
    Carleton University,
    Office of Research Ethics

Vice Chair

  • Geneviève Gagnon
    pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Resource persons

  • Erin Skrapek
    NRC-REB Secretariat
  • Adriana Bedoya
    NRC-REB Secretariat

NRC members

  • Calvin Li
    Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Christopher Brown
    Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Stephen Downes, Ph.D.
    Digital Technologies
  • Evan Laye
    Secretary General's Office
  • Margaret McKay, J.D.
    Digital Technologies
  • Jonathan Power, Ph.D.
    Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering
  • Anita Smith
    Health, Safety and Environment
  • Karine Turcotte
    Medical Devices
  • Jennifer Veitch, Ph.D.
    Construction

Contact us

Please contact the NRC-REB Secretariat by email at nrc-reb@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca with any questions.

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