At a minimum, all human research conducted in Canada must comply with the principles set out in the:
Tri-council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) (1998, and updates May 2000, September 2002, and October 2005).
Clinical trial research must comply with the following international ethical and scientific quality standards:
International Conference on Harmonisation; Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP): Consolidated Guideline (CPMP/ICH/135/95 July 2002).
Both the TCPS and the ICH GCP are founded on the ethical principles developed in the Declaration of Helsinki (1964).
VIHA maintains two Research Ethics Boards (REBs) to provide oversight of all human research conducted in VIHA:
- the Clinical Research Ethics Board (CREB) reviews applications for clinical trial research and other research that require review by medical specialists;
- the Health Research Ethics Board (HREB).
In addition:
- the Joint UVic/VIHA Ethics Sub-committee reviews applications for UVic faculty, staff and students who wish to conduct research in VIHA.
Please see the guidelines for submission requirements, deadlines and forms under the applicable REB.