Name and Title	Email	Phone Number
Dr. Andrew Winterborn Director	andrew.winterborn@queensu.ca	613-533-3047
Jennifer Couture Manager, Research Ethics Compliance	jennifer.couture@queensu.ca	613-533-6000 ext. 78223
Crystal McCracken Ethics Compliance Advisor	crystal.mccracken@queensu.ca	613-533-6000 ext. 75826
Gail Irving Ethics Coordinator (GREB)	irvingg@queensu.ca	613-533-6000 ext. 78281

 

Guidance on Completing and Reviewing the New GREB Standard Application Form (PDF, 315 KB)

Letter of Information and Consent Form Checklist (WORD, 56 KB)

Letter of Information and Consent Form Guidance Document (WORD, 51 KB)

Letter of Information/Consent Form Example 1 Faculty Researcher, Interviews, No Risk (Word, 37 KB)

Letter of Information/Consent Form Example 2 Student Researcher, Interviews, No Risk, Compensation (WORD, 37 KB)

Letter of Information/Consent Form Example 3 Faculty Researcher, Interviews, Some Risk, No Compensation (WORD, 37 KB)

Letter of Information/Consent From Example 4 Faculty Researcher, Surveys, Some Risk, Entry into Draw (WORD, 39 KB)

Research Ethics Recruitment Poster Example (WORD, 52 KB)

Debriefing Letter Example (WORD, 55 KB)

Generic Confidentiality Agreement (WORD, 53 KB)

Confidentiality Agreement for Research Assistants/Transcribers (WORD, 53 KB)

Security Protocol Form for Conducting Human Participant Research on Campus After Regular Business Hours (WORD, 53 KB) ***EXTENDED TO 6pm

• Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Study Guidelines (Word 42KB)

• Snowball Sampling Recruitment Guidelines (PDF 138KB)

• How to Use and Understand Flesch-Kincaid Readability Statistics in Microsoft Word (PDF 150KB)

• Ethical Considerations for Instructors Conducting Research on their Students (PDF 80KB)

​• ​Guidance for Qualtrics - Conducting Anonymous Surveys (PDF 475 KB)

• Guidance for Qualtrics - How to Distribute Your Survey Anonymously (PDF 144 KB)

• Research Ethics Recruitment Poster Guidelines (PDF190 KB)

• GREB Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Guidelines (PDF 252 KB)

• Security Protocol for Conducting Human Participant Research on Campus After Regular Business Hours (PDF 87 KB) ***EXTENDED TO 6pm

• GREB Guidelines for Breaking Participant Confidentiality (PDF 78 KB)

• Secondary Use of Data Guidelines for Data Sets Initially Collected with an Associated Research Ethics Clearance and for Publicly Available Anonymous Data (PDF 159 KB)

• Research Ethics Data Security Recommendations​ (Word, 39KB)

• Policy on Collecting Information About Sex and Gender at Queen's University (PDF 740 KB)

• Incentive Guidelines for Human Participant Research (PDF 355 KB)

• On-line Survey Research and Fraudulent Compensation Claims (PDF 355 KB)

• Duty to Report Child Abuse and Neglect

• Research Data Management at Queen's University (Queen's University Library)

• Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications

• Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

• The Latest Edition of The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2 2014)

• Course on Research Ethics (CORE)

• CORE Tutorial Module 9: Research Involving First Nations, Inuit & Métis Peoples of Canada

• CORE Tutorial Module 10: Multi-Jurisdictional Research

• Tools for Researchers at Queen's (TRAQ)

How do I Apply for Human Participant Ethics Clearance? You must log in to TRAQ to access the Human Participant Research Ethics Application Forms.

How do I create an anonymous survey in Qualtrics? 

• GREB Instructor Course-Based Research Assignment Application Form

• GREB  Course-Based Research Guidelines

• GREB Short Application Form for Course-Based Research

• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2, 2014)

• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)

• The Nuremberg Code (PDF 121 KB) 

• EU - U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Principles (PDF 282 KB)

GREB Full Board Meeting & Submission Schedule 2018 (PDF, 195 KB)

Taking Part in Research? Brochure for Participants (CAREB) (PDF 853 KB)

GENERAL RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD (GREB) RESEARCH COMPLAINT PROCESS

Talk to Us
If you have concerns regarding a research study conducted under the authority of the General Research Ethics Board (GREB); please contact the GREB Ethics Office.

Our Contact information

Telephone: 1-844-535-2988;
or Email: GREB Chair at chair.GREB@queensu.ca

Our Role
Your welfare is our concern. If you have any ethics concerns or complaints about a research study, please contact the GREB Ethics Office.

What We Will Do

• We will listen to you and address your concerns,
• We will respect your confidentiality,
• We will keep you informed about the progress of the review and its conclusion.
 

GREB has the authority to stop a research study until action has been taken to remedy the identified problem.