Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), with the collaboration and participation of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER), issued a Joint Statement on Clinical Trials Oversight in Canada recognizing the urgent need to conduct clinical...
CAREB-ACCER has created a new Open Forum dedicated to COVID-19 to help the research ethics community discuss issues and share information. This Forum is open to any person with a CAREB-ACCER account, whether or not they have an active membership. Three Topics...
CAREB-ACCER 2020 Conference Update
Given the quickly escalating situation with COVID-19, including the fact that many Canadian institutions are not allowing travel, the CAREB-ACCER conference will not take place on April 1 – 3, 2020.
We are currently looking at possible alternatives and will provide updates as soon as additional information becomes available.
Location : Brookstreet Hotel, Ottawa Main Conference : April 2 & 3 Workshop day : April 1
A draft guidance text is available below for REBs who wish to issue a statement regarding research conduct and review given the COVID-19 situation.
French translation to follow shortly.
We will list other guidance as it becomes available. (Updated Oct. 7, 2020)
Hastings...
CAREB-ACCER often receives various questions about REBs and their functioning via email and via the Association’s online Forum. To help answer some of those questions, and to learn more about the REB community and the work of REB administrators in particular, we are conducting a scan of REB...
