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Lectures and website
Mandatory online ethics training, mandatory online IRB certification
Office of Research Assurance is primarily responsible for RCR.
PHIL 6000: Responsible Conduct of Research: a for-credit course is available to all graduate students (and some post
docs). There are also some departmental training programs. As of March 4, 2013, the following academic programs
have an approved in-house RCR training approach for their doctoral students (completing one of these approaches
replaces the need for taking PHIL 6000).
Applied Physiology—PHIL 6010: Biotechnology and Research Ethics
Biology—BIOL 8106: Tools of Science
Biomedical Engineering—PHIL 6010: Biotechnology and Research Ethics
Building Construction—BC 8100: Research Methodology
Chemical &Biomolecular Engineering—ChBE 6003: Chemical Process Safety and ChBE 8801: Introduction to
Research (both courses are required)
Chemistry—CHEM 8902: Information Resources for Chemists and Biochemists
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences—EAS 6000: Introduction to Research and Responsible Conduct
Psychology—PSYC 8900: Special Problems in Experimental Psychology-RCR
Public Policy—PUBP 8801: Dissertation Starter Course (2 semesters)
Plagiarism School
Research Ethics Office within the Office of Research Services, VP Research and Innovation Institute of Social Research
Senate Policies. Academic Integrity through the Teaching Commons. (There are web resources and online tutorials.)
Research Misconduct Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, Financial Conflict of Interest on Federal Grants Policy,
Responsible Conduct of Research Training Requirement for Students/Post-Docs.
Researchers wishing to receive ethics approval for their project need to complete the Government of Canada’s Tri-
Council Policy Statement 2 Course on Research Ethics (TCPS 2 CORE). This is an online course administered by the
government of Canada. Once successfully completed, the candidate will get a certificate that must be attached to any
ethics approval request. All researchers involved in a project must complete the course. The university also recently
introduced an online Research Integrity Course that is delivered through Desire2Learn. The university also participates
in the Network of Networks (N2): Clinical Research Resources through collaboration with the Collaborative Institutional
Training Initiative (CITI) Program with the University of Miami. N2 makes a variety of educational resources available to
Canadian Clinical Researchers/Investigators, REB members, clinical research coordinators, research assistants, and other
research support staff and students. CITI training includes Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Biomedical Human Subjects
Research, Responsible Conduct of Research. Researchers are also required to adhere to the RCR framework set out by
Canada’s research granting agencies—Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). This
new framework is an umbrella document that describes agency policies and requirements related to applying for and
managing agency funds, performing research, and disseminating results. It also outlines the process that institutions
and agencies follow in the event of an allegation of a breach of agency policy. The university is in the middle of revising
and approving a new policy on Responsible Conduct of Research and Responsible Conduct of Research—Code of
Research Ethics. There is a policy on academic fraud as well.
The university has RCR training available in various ways, but no certification that I could find.
The university Office of Research &Economic Development offers occasional workshops but the majority of training is
through a free online course.
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