Ethics and Procedures
The Research Ethics Board (REB) vets research involving human subjects, under the University Senate’s Research Ethics Policy.
The purpose of this Policy is to create a research environment in which the University’s responsibilities towards Human Participants involved in research are discharged in accordance with the highest ethical standards; to promote awareness and understanding of such standards among members or associated members of the University; to articulate clearly the Tri-Council Core Ethical Principles applicable to research in a manner consistent with the most current version of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans and with international best practices; and to establish an independent research ethics review process.
2021-2022 Research Ethics Board Membership
- Dr. Dwayne Keough (Chair)
- Dr. Miguel Garcia-Ruiz (Faculty Member)
- Dr. Nicola Shaw (Faculty Member)
- Dr. Rose Cameron (Indigenous Expert)
- Adrienne Hagan (Relevant Law)
- Tammy Ryan (Community Member)
To contact the team, email ethics@algomau.ca.
2021-2022 Research Ethics Board Meetings
September 20, 2021
October 28, 2021
November 18, 2021
December 16, 2021
Forms & Procedures - Research Ethics Board
For information regarding research policies, please navigate to our Policies and Procedures section.
Animal Research
The Animal Care Committee is Algoma University’s regulatory committee responsible for the ethical assessment of all protocols for animal care and use in research and teaching. As a committee of the university Senate, the Animal Care Committee is comprised of a veterinarian, animal users, non-animal users, as well as student and community representatives. This broad base of membership provides diversity of expertise and insight.
All research or teaching that involves animals must go through Algoma University’s Animal Care Committee to obtain ethical approval prior to any project commencing.
2021-2022 Animal Care Committee Membership
- William Dew (Chair)
- Shannon Rowell–Garvon (ACC Coordinator)
- Rodney Jouppi (Veterinarian)
- Cindy Ross (Community Member)
- Jennifer Foote (Animal User)
- Laurie Bloomfield (Past Chair & Resource)
- Miguel Garcia (Non-Animal User)
- Donna Rogers (Vice President Academic & Research)
To contact the committee, email ancare@algomau.ca
Animal Research Forms
Animal Research Standard Operating Procedures
- #AU 0001 Blood Collection from Small Birds (PDF)
- #AU 0002 Collection of Wild Birds (PDF)
- #AU 0003 Processing of Captured Birds (PDF)
- #AU 0004 Banding Birds (PDF)
- #AU 0005 Measurement and Length of Wild Juvenile Fish (PDF)
- #AU 0006 Skin or Visceral Tissue Collection from Sea Lamprey (PDF)
- #AU 0007 Anaesthesia or Euthanasia of Fish Using MS-222 (PDF)
- #AU 0008 Allergies (PDF)
- #AU 0009 Working in and Around Water (PDF)
- #AU 0010 Insect Bites (PDF)
- #AU 0011 Hiking (PDF)
- #AU 0012 Getting Lost (PDF)
- #AU 0013 Zoonoses Birds (PDF)
- #AU 0014 Driving (PDF)
- #AU 0015 Sun Exposure (PDF)
- #AU 0016 Encounter with Wild Animals (PDF)
- #AU 0017 General Humane Endpoints (PDF)
- #AU 0018 Animal Facilities Emergency Procedures (PDF)
- #AU 0019 Animal Husbandry (PDF)
- #AU 0020 Animal Facility Cleaning and Sanitation (PDF)
- #AU 0021 RFID and PIT Tags for Studies of Wild Birds
- #AU 0022 Dominance Observations
- #AU 0023 Monitoring Stress and Injury in Wild Birds
- #AU 0024 Bird Euthanasia
- #AU 0025 Seine Net Handling Procedure