- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- Nuremberg Code
- Belmont Report
The REB recommends an open text box for gender identity and sexual orientation. If necessary, the following categories could be used as a minimum standard and expanded as relevant to the study:
Gender Identity
The REB recommends the following two models for questions about gender:
If you had to select ONE response that best describes your current gender identity, what would it be?
(if working with adults, use man/woman; if working with children, use boy/girl)
- Man/boy
- Woman/girl
- Indigenous or other cultural gender identity (e.g., two-spirit)
- Non-binary, genderqueer, agender, or a similar identity
- Prefer not to say
Optional additional question:
Do you identify as transgender, non-binary, or otherwise identify as a gender other than the one you were assigned at birth?
Yes
No
If you had to select ONE response that best describes your current gender identity, what would it be?
- Cis woman/girl
- Trans woman/girl
- Cis man/boy
- Trans man/boy
- Indigenous or other cultural gender identity (e.g., two-spirit)
- Non-binary, genderqueer, agender, or a similar identity
- Prefer not to say
Sexual Orientation
- Asexual
- Bisexual
- Gay
- Heterosexual/Straight
- Lesbian
- Same-gender loving
- Pansexual
- Queer
- A sexual orientation not listed above (please specify): __________________________
- Prefer not to say
- First Nations Information Governance Centre
- Ethics Hub: ethicshub.ca Thomas Burelli is a Professor of Law at the Civil Law Section of the University of Ottawa. His areas of expertise are environmental law, intellectual property, indigenous peoples’ rights, and ethics. The website provides resources and tools for the ethical conduct of research with project involving Indigenous People.
- OCAP
- Research Ethics Guidelines
- International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
- 2021 International Compilation of Human Research Standards
Please note that if you intend to complete research and utilize the University of Windsor Psychology Participant Pool, then you are required to follow the Participant Pool Researcher Manual.
Please note that you should obtain a "conditional letter" of clearance from the University Research Ethics Board before submitting your application to either school board.
Available to Undergraduate medical students currently enrolled in their 1st or 2nd year within the Windsor program of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Note: If you have SWORP funding, you will apply to the Windsor Regional Hospital Research Ethics Board first, and then come to the UWindsor Research Ethics Board.
March 21, 2019: Online Research: Challenges and Ethical Solutions